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Chari has launched a new chain of B2B stores to meet the needs of local grocery stores. The platform has onboarded over 20,000 food businesses in Morocco and expanded into Tunisia and Ivory Coast. A participant in the Y Combinator S21…

Flutterwave has today announced that it has received its Electronic Money Issuer and Remittance Licenses from the National Bank of Rwanda. This will help the company expand its operations in East Africa. With these new licenses and being…

The Nigerian government has launched a $618 million subvention fund in partnership with regional and international partners to invest in the nation's creative and digital sectors. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this at an event…

Prepdia said it has grown to Gabon after seeing impressive growth in its home market. Prepdia has assisted more than 1,200 learners with more than 400 tutors across the country and sold more than 75,000 hours of lessons. It has also…

Pandascrow has launched a payments solutions platform built on escrow technology to help African businesses grow from new startups to market leaders in the commerce industry and beyond. Pandascrow was born out of the painful experiences…

SwiftVEE said it had launched a new app – PrysWys – aimed at reducing input costs for farmers. The app offers users a digital request form where farmers can list multiple products required for their farming operation and receive price…

Flat6Labs has announced the launch of a new US$95 million fund to nurture the growth and development of early-stage tech startups on the African continent. Flat6labs said Its new Africa Seed Fund (ASF) will focus on three primary…

Almentor, the leading online video learning platform in Arabic, has raised a US$10 million pre-Series C round of funding to accelerate its growth towards its goal of serving 10 million learners in the MENA region. With a monthly or…

FairMoney said it had acquired PayForce, a merchant payment service that serves small businesses. The details of the deal were not disclosed. However, the transaction was estimated to be a cash-and-stock deal from USD 15 million to USD…

On March 10, the President  & CEO of YCombinator, Garry Tan,  tweeted that 30% of YC companies cannot make payroll in the next 30 days due to Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) failure. SVB's failure is the most significant US bank failure…