News - West Africa

Klasha, based in Lagos and San Francisco, has raised an extra $2.1 million to round up its $4.5 million seed...

The United States has concluded its nearly six-year $316 million investment in Ghana's energy infrastructure with the opening of the...

Starlink, a satellite internet network operated by SpaceX, has been granted a license by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).  Elon...

Zuri Health, a mobile-based digital healthcare startup, has announced that it has raised $1.3 million in funding to grow across...

Topship, a Nigerian logistics firm, has raised US$2.5 million in funding to continue building the "Flexport for Africa."  Topship, which...

TRB Advisors led a $10 million bridge round for Africa-based healthcare startup CarePoint, with participation from Breyer Capital, Beyond Capital...

Nigeria's markets regulator has published a set of digital asset regulations, indicating that the continent's most populous country is attempting...

Interswitch, an African payments company, has received a $110 million investment from LeapFrog Investments and Tana Africa Capital to help...

Identitypass, a cybersecurity, and anti-fraud startup based in Lagos have raised $2.8 million in seed funding, which it plans to...

One of Africa's leading crypto exchanges, MARA, has received $23 million in funding from Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research (FTX), Distributed...

Kaltani, a Nigerian clean-tech plastic waste recycling company, has raised $4 million in seed funding to boost its recycling operations...

Hello Tractor, a Nigerian tractor-booking platform, has received $1 million in funding from Heifer International to provide loans for tractor...