News - West Africa

Aruwa Capital Management, a female-founded private equity firm based in Lagos, has successfully raised $35 million in the second close...

 Ghanaian retail-tech startup Tendo Technologies has announced its strategic acquisition of fellow Ghanaian company Shopa in a cash-and-stock deal aimed...

Ghanaian clean-tech startup Kofa has raised $8 million through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to expand its battery-swapping network, aiming...

Nigerian B2B e-commerce startup OmniRetail has raised $20 million in Series A funding, marking a major milestone in its mission...

MEST Africa, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has announced the selection of 12 promising startups for the second cohort...

Umba, the Kenyan digital banking platform, has announced it has secured $5 million in debt financing to support its expansion...

Djamo, a fast-growing fintech startup from Côte d'Ivoire, has announced it has raised $17 million in fresh funding to expand...

Arnergy, a leading Nigerian provider of distributed renewable energy solutions, has announced the close of an $18 million funding round...

Nigerian fintech startup Payhippo has raised $4 million in pre-Series A funding as part of its rebranding initiative to Rivy,...

Gozem, a leading super app in Francophone Africa, has successfully raised $30 million in a Series B funding round to...

Ghanaian fintech startup Oze has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from investors including global payment leader Visa and German...

Ghanaian fintech startup Affinity Africa has secured $8 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to expand its affordable banking...