#african

Yuki has partnered with neo-bank Aladdin Digital to mainstream digital assets in Africa. Yuki, a product of Nigerian invest-tech startup ComiBlock, launched in February 2021 as a goal-based investing crypto robo-advisor that gives anyone…

Raise, an end-to-end fundraising platform, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Carta, a San Francisco-based company specializing in capitalization table management and valuation software. Raise said it has now secured…

Drest has raised US$336,000 from 216 Capital Ventures to fund its expansion into the African market. Its recent US$336,000 fundraising round came from investment fund 216 Capital Ventures and will enable Drest to continue its growth and…

NALA said it has received a PSP license from the Tanzania apex bank, which is a significant milestone as it enables the development of a host of new offerings such as business payments, merchant’s services, and outbound payments from…

Flutterwave has entered the running to acquire embedded banking platform Railsr, which has been hit hard by inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, cashflow pressures and VC pullback. News of Flutterwave's interest in Railsr was…

Six African agri-tech innovators have been named winners of the eighth edition of Pitch AgriHack, securing a share of US$45,000 to invest in the growth of their ventures. According to a report by Disrupt Africa, the 2022 Pitch AgriHack…

Credrails has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding as it works towards connecting the whole of Africa to its API. This API connected every African country, allowing developers to build for Africa with ease and quickly. The…

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NALA has raised US$10 million in funding as it plans aggressive expansion across Africa in 2022. According to NALA, the US$10 million funding was secured from Amplo, Accel, and Bessemer Partners, with participation from angels including…

Y Combinator (YC) has announced that it has increased its standard deal from $125,000 to $500,000. The Silicon Valley-based accelerator said when a company is accepted into the YC batch program, it will now invest a…