News - West Africa

The government of Ghana officially launched its long-anticipated 24-hour economy policy on July 2, with the aim of boosting productivity,...

Cameroon’s telecom regulator has issued fines totaling approximately 2.6 billion CFA francs (around US $4.6 million) to MTN Cameroon and Orange...

Ghana-based agritech company Complete Farmer has secured approximately €2.2 million (equivalent to around $2.5 million) from the European Union–funded AgriFI...

Senegal‑based fintech startup Wave has secured a $137 million debt financing facility to accelerate the rollout of its mobile money...

Ghanaian fintech startup Liquify has raised $1.5 million in seed funding to revolutionize how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across...

Shoptreo, a Nigerian e-commerce startup digitizing informal artisanal supply chains, has secured seed funding from Rebel Seed Capital.  Founded in...

Nigerian on-demand delivery startup Chowdeck has acquired Nairobi‑born POS platform Mira, marking a bold expansion beyond logistics into full-stack technology...

Nigerian fintech startup Hizo has closed a $100,000 friends-and-family seed financing round. The funding will help scale its platform designed...

Nigerian HR‑tech startup PaidHR has officially closed a $1.8 million seed funding round, led by Accion Venture Lab and joined...

Egypt‑based DisrupTech Ventures has made its first pan‑African investment by backing Nigerian agri‑fintech startup Winich Farms as part of its...

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...