News - West Africa

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...

Kwely, a Senegalese B2B wholesale distribution channel for "Made in Africa" products, has raised a seed round of funding of...

OnePort 365, a digital freight forwarding company based in Nigeria that makes it easier to transfer cargo to, from, and...

Bboxx, a London-based cleantech company that delivers clean energy in Africa, has reportedly paid $200 million for PEG Africa, another...

Techstars, a global accelerator, and investment firm has announced the creation of a Lagos-based program in collaboration with ARM, which...

Farmerline, a Ghanaian startup that bills itself as "Amazon for African farmers," has raised US$6.4 million in pre-Series A funding...

ETAP, a Nigerian startup that makes it easier to acquire auto insurance and file claims, has raised US$1.5 million in...