News - West Africa

Senegalese e-health startup KERA Health Platforms has raised US$10 million in funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member...

Nigerian clean energy startup Salpha Energy has secured a $1.3 million investment from All On, a Shell-backed impact investor, to...

CutStruct, a Lagos-based construction-tech startup, has raised US $1.5 million in a seed funding round led by CRE Venture Capital, with additional...

Carrot, a fintech startup based in Nigeria, has secured US $4.2 million in seed funding to scale its innovative asset-backed lending service...

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...