News - East Africa

African cross-border payments provider Chipper Cash has secured $150 million in an expanded Series C round, which included participation from...

Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) has announced the launch of a $250 million Virunga Africa Fund I, which would invest...

The Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI) at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology...

Twiga, a Kenyan B2B e-commerce platform, has raised $50 million in Series C funding to help it expand its inexpensive...

Union54, a fintech startup, has received a new round of funding from Tiger Global, a renowned venture capital firm. Ace...

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has granted Ampersand, a Rwanda-based electric motorcycle startup, a $9 million financing facility...

Green enterprises in Uganda are invited to apply for the accelerator program, which provides free finance-focused courses and subsidized loans...

TaskMate, a crowdsourcing tool developed by Google, is now available in Kenya, allowing users to use their smartphones to complete...

Asante Financial Services, an African fintech, has raised a $7.5 million Series A round of funding to expand its credit...

Sanergy, a waste management company based in Kenya, has received a $2.5 million funding from the Japan International Cooperation Agency...

Tala, a fintech company, announced that it has raised USD 145 million in a Series E funding round led by...

Google has announced that it will invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to ensure that the...