News - West Africa

Asante Financial Services, an African fintech, has raised a $7.5 million Series A round of funding to expand its credit...

Sendbox, a Nigerian e-commerce fulfillment startup, has raised US$1.8 million in seed funding to help small-scale merchants get access to...

Sparkle, a Nigerian startup that provides financial, and business support services to Nigerians all over the world, has raised US$3.1...

Eden Life, a Nigerian business that digitizes home services, has raised $1.4 million in a seed round. The round was...

Mono has completed a $15 million series A funding round. Tiger Global led the round, which also included Target Global, General...

Klasha, a cross-border technology company based in San Francisco, said today that it has raised $2.4 million in seed funding...

Ejara, a Cameroonian financial services platform, has raised $2 million in a seed round. Coinshares Ventures and Anthemis Group led the...

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...