News - West Africa

Djamo, a fintech in Francophone Africa that is establishing a personal finance company, has raised $14 million in an equity...

Pivo has announced the completion of a $2 million seed funding round to expand its product offerings to supply chain...

CutStruct Technology, a startup in Nigeria, has secured a US$600,000 pre-seed funding round.  With the support of angel investors, notably...

AfyA Care's Series A capital funding has included a $6 million investment by CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA), a manager of...

Touch and Pay, a fintech company based in Nigeria has been named the winner of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2022. ...

Moove, a Nigerian mobility fintech startup, has secured US$16.8 million in funding from Emso Asset Management to expand its UK...

Bumpa, a social commerce startup based in Nigeria, has announced a $4 million seed funding round to help it broaden...

The Nigeria Startup Act, formerly known as the Nigeria Startup Bill (NSB), has been passed into law.  President Muhammadu Buhari...

In order to compete for the grand prize of US$50,000 and entry into the Ecobank Fintech Challenge Fellowship program, six...

Maplerad, a Nigerian startup that provides Banking as a Service (BaaS), has secured $6 million in a seed funding round.  Along...

Singapore's Pillow has raised $18 million in Series A funding led by Accel, Quona Capital, Elevation Capital, and Jump Capital. ...

Lifestores Healthcare, a health technology startup based in Nigeria, has successfully completed a 3 Million Pre-Series A funding round.  Health54 took...