Funding

The startup cryptocurrency Nestcoin from Nigeria has secured a $1.9 million investment round. Hashed Emergent led the financing round in...

A Nigerian firm is making waves with its ground-breaking project in an effort to establish a welcoming and digitally-driven business...

A new $1 billion fund has been established by the African Development Bank to speed up climate funding for the...

One of the most admirable of cryptocurrency's many high promises is the possibility of bringing financial inclusion to disadvantaged people....

Leading pan-African Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider Anchor has revealed its $2.4 million Seed round, which will be used to introduce new...

This September, during World Literacy Month, Innovation Edge has released a call for startups to submit proposals for funding and...

FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi) has announced a £10 million (almost $13 million) investment in a groundbreaking risk-sharing backup facility in...

FarmWorks, a Kenyan agritech startup, has announced its $4.1 million pre-Series A funding round to advance its data analytics skills...

For the third iteration of the Startup Wise Guys accelerator, which provides chosen B2B SaaS firms with access to EUR100,000...

Ten companies from Southern Africa have been recognized for their innovative approaches to closing the financial access gap for underprivileged...

According to a recent survey, blockchain funding increased by a startling 1,668% in 2022 compared to the previous year, reaching...

To make the United Arab Emirates the best country in the world on the Global Food Security Index by 2051,...

A Nairobi-based accelerator known as The Baobab Network has revealed its most recent batch of five investees, each of whom...

Startups in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania have been given the opportunity to scale their impact-driven businesses and receive up...

Goodwell Investments and Alitheia Capital have announced the first closing of their uMunthu II fund, which invests in early and...

At the West Africa Deal Summit, which was hosted in Accra yesterday, Deal Source Africa, a comprehensive platform to connect...

Leading Global South specialist Capria Ventures has announced the first closing of its US$100 million fund. Capria Ventures invests in...

In order to promote entrepreneurs developing agricultural and climate solutions, Novastar Ventures, a pan-African venture capital business, has received a...

The "missing middle" of East Africa will be addressed by a new EUR20 million (US$22 million) fund that Goodwell Investments...

Between January 1 and March 31, 2018, African tech companies raised US$649,303,000, a decrease of 57.2% from the total raised...

Almentor, the top Arabic-language online video learning platform, has acquired $10 million in pre-Series C fundraising from investors to help...

Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, co-founders of the business Humane, which was created by the former Apple design and engineering...

A $4 million Series A fundraising round, led by AK Holding and included Al-Wazzan Educational Group, Rasameel Investment House, and...

An $8 million seed fund dubbed EchoVC Chain has been formed by EchoVC, a Lagos-based early-stage venture capital firm that...

Azur Innovation Fund has invested $960,000 (MAD10 million) in the Moroccan EdTech startup KOOLSKOOLS. The Fund is a public-private seed...

Dr. Jaishree Naidoo was in charge of pediatric radiology at a South African hospital in 2014 when she had an...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Nordic Development Fund (NDF), and the Sustainable Energy Fund...

Due to the rising demand for payroll and other HR solutions, the global HR payroll market is anticipated to develop...

Startup Wise Guys, a VC and accelerator company, has raised the first EUR25 million (US$26.7 million) of EUR45 million (US$48...

Jumba, a tech platform that makes B2B building material purchases easier, has raised a $4.5 million seed round of funding....