News - West Africa

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...

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...