News - West Africa

Grey, a fintech company founded by two Nigerians to make it easier for Africans to send and receive foreign funds,...

The Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) will now be available to film and television students in the West and...

Nigerian telecommunications company MTN has just launched a nationwide 5G mobile internet service in 190 locations, with the largest number...

Taaply, a Cameroonian startup that originally focused on digitizing business cards, has just announced the completion of a US$500,000 funding...

Microtraction, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in African technology startups at the pre-seed level, has announced a US$15...

Omnibiz, a retail technology firm based in Nigeria, has raised $15 million in a pre-Series A round of funding, which...

Koolboks, a sustainable cooling startup, has just completed a $2.5 million Seed funding round to make its affordable cold storage...

In a seed funding round, the company known as Pastel (previously known as Sabi Cash) raised a total of $5.5...

Zeepay, a Ghanaian challenger mobile money provider that specializes in cross-border payments, has announced a $10 million Series A.5 Funding...

Youverify, a Lagos and San Francisco-based identity verification startup, has announced that it has secured a $1 million seed funding...

MEST Africa has officially announced that the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge is now accepting applications.  Technology startups in Ghana, Nigeria,...

Umba, a digital bank in Nigeria, has bought a majority share in Daraja, a microfinance bank in Kenya, for an...