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Chekkit has secured additional funding to help it scale its blockchain-powered drug safety and tracking solution. Chekkit is an anti-counterfeiting, asset tracking, and consumer feedback analytics tool. It produces tamper-proof unique ID…

Jetstream Africa has raised US$13 million in a combination of debt and equity financing to help it expand. The startup raised a US$3 million seed round in 2021 and has now progressed to Series A with a US$13 million investment. New…

Releaf has raises $3.3 million in an oversubscribed pre-Series A funding round and also announced some new technologies. The funding round was led by Samurai Incubate Africa, which re-invested after leading Releaf’s seed round, with…

Visa has appointed Andrew Uaboi as the new head of the West Africa region. Andrew will be responsible for the development and implementation of Visa’s growth strategy in the region and will be part of the Sub-Saharan Africa leadership team…

Klump has raised a US$780,000 pre-seed funding round to help it launch its flagship “Pay with Klump” product with select partners, offering BNPL solutions to customers and businesses. Klump is able to make an informed credit decision on…

Airtel has announced it has upgraded its Africa Developer Portal to drive better efficiency for businesses to engage in seamless mobile money activity with its dedicated mobile money platform, Airtel Money. The upgraded portal with its…