News - West Africa

Andela, a Nigerian firm that connects African software engineers with multinational companies, has raised $200 million from investors. Softbank Vision...

Nigeria's central bank digital currency (CBDC) website has gone live, signaling that the eNaira digital currency will be launched on...

Yobante Express, a Senegalese delivery business that connects local couriers with local commerce to optimize domestic, cross-border, and last-mile delivery,...

Yellow Card, a pan-African cryptocurrency exchange, has raised $15 million in a Series A round, the most ever raised by...

OurPass, a Nigerian digital commerce firm, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round as it releases its mobile app,...

54gene, an African genomics company, has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round to develop global drug discovery...

Releaf, a Nigerian agriculture technology startup that develops proprietary hardware and software solutions to advance the industrialization of food processing...

Wave, a mobile money service located in Senegal, has raised $200 million in a Series A round of fundraising. This...

Prospa, a Nigerian fintech startup, has raised $3.8 million in pre-seed funding round to provide banking and software services to...

MTN Ghana has donated $1.6 million (GHS10 million) to the Girls in Information Communication Technology (ICT) Project. A Ghanaian effort...

Autochek, a Nigerian automotive company, announced that it has purchased Cheki Kenya and Cheki Uganda from Ringier One Africa Media (ROAM)...

Series A funding of $17.5 million was raised by Agricorp International, a Nigerian spice manufacturing, processing, and exporting company, to...