News - West Africa

Google has announced that it will invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to ensure that the...

Ghana Tech Lab has partnered up with a number of partners for the fourth edition of the Ghana Startup Summit,...

Verto, a Nigerian B2B payments platform that allows small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to pay their suppliers in over 200...

The launch of Nigeria's digital currency, eNaira, has been postponed, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria. The launch was...

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...