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Shekel Mobility, a B2B mobility startup based in Nigeria, has successfully raised $7 million in funding. Ventures Platform and MaC ...

Pineapple South Africa insurtech startup

Pineapple, a South African insurtech startup, has raised US$21.3 million in Series B funding

Pineapple, a South African insurtech startup, has announced the close of a Series B funding round of ZAR400 million (US$21.3 ...

Akhdar, an Egypt-based edtech startup, has received six-figure US Dollars in funding

AKHDAR, an Egyptian Edtech startup, has received six-figure US dollar funding from Saudi Arabia-based venture studio ''Value Maker Studio (VMS)'' ...

Ivory Coast’s StarNews Mobile Guy Kamgaing

StarNews Mobile, based in the Ivory Coast, has received $3 million in funding

StarNews Mobile, Africa's top mobile video network, based in Ivory Coast, has raised $3 million in funding from investors including ...

JOBJACK, a South African recruitment startup, has raised $2.5 million in pre-Series A funding

JOBJACK, a South African recruiting startup, has raised ZAR45 million (US$2.5 million) in pre-Series A funding to help it change ...

MNT-Halan, an Egyptian fintech company, secures $130 million in funding for securitization

11/10/2023

The first unicorn and fastest-growing fintech company in Egypt, MNT-Halan, revealed that it has closed five tranches of securitized bond ...

AFEX, a startup in Nigeria specializing in commodities trading, has raised $26.5 million

11/10/2023

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AFEX, a Nigeria-based commodities platform, has received $26.5 million in capital from British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance ...

Norrsken22’s tech growth fund raised $205 million, exceeding the target

11/10/2023

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Norrsken22, based in Kigali, has raised US$205 million, exceeding its goal of US$200 million, to close its first African tech ...

Novastar Ventures, a pan-African VC firm, has raised $80 million

11/08/2023

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Novastar Ventures, a pan-African VC firm, has raised $80 million from Japan's SBI Holdings. Together, Novastar and SBI Holdings will ...

Elon Musk launched Grok, an AI chatbot designed to compete with ChatGPT

11/08/2023

Elon Musk launched an AI bot Grok to compete with ChatGPT, stating the prototype is already more advanced than ChatGPT ...

Inclusivity Solutions, a South African insurtech startup, has raised a $1.5 million Series A extension round