News Kaspersky: Corporate users targeted by 29% of financial malware attacks in Kenya during H1 2021 Organisations in Kenya have become susceptible to financial malware as more employees work outside the relative safety of the corporate network
News Softcom launches growth tools for people and businesses The products unveiled include: Eyowo, Kwiksell, Useforms, Identify
News Field Intelligence expands into 11 new cities across East and West Africa The new locations where Field Intelligence is now active are Rivers, Edo, Kaduna, Kano, Enugu, Delta and Kwara States in Nigeria, and Eldoret, Mombasa, Kisumu and Naivasha in Kenya.
Events Recap of Softcom's non-public UnveilingX—a foretaste of its public, DayX Softcom Limited, an innovative indigenous company, hosted an exclusive event to pre-inform select members of the public about the upcoming launch of its products.
News Autochek partners with Appzone to deliver innovative auto loan solutions across Nigeria The partnership will see Autochek integrate with Appzone’s proprietary digital core banking service, BankOne, in facilitating access to credit from over 400 Microfinance institutions for Nigerians.
News Serial Nigerian Investor, Olumide Soyombo Launches VC Firm—Voltron Capital Co-founded by Olumide Soyombo and Abe Choi, Voltron Capital will deploy capital in up to 30 African startups across a range of sectors and markets.
News Softcom announces Day X, a day of answers for people and businesses Softcom, one of Nigeria's leading innovation and technology is announcing Day X—a landmark event to unveil its new, intuitive solutions to accelerate growth for dreamers.
News AutoGenius rebrands to MyCoverGenius, commits to deepening Insurance penetration in Nigeria AutoGenius, Nigeria’s premier digital insurance platform, has completed a rebrand to MyCoverGenius.
News 4 Nigerian Startups present at the GSD Labs Accelerator Demo day GSD focuses on companies with international roots because it believes that intellectual capacity is evenly spread throughout the world but opportunity is not.
News Esusu rent closes $10 million Series A with investment from Serena Williams Esusu, which was co-founded by Nigerian, Abbey Wemimo, has now raised over $14 million in venture funding since its launch.
News Amplifihub and Airbit partner to collect unclaimed royalties for 10,000+ African beatmakers Cofounded by Nigerian beatmaker Sarz, Amplifihub has partnered with Airbit partner to collect unclaimed royalties for 10,000+ African beatmakers
News Nigeria leads mobile app market growth for Africa according to AppsFlyer & Google report The report found that the African mobile app market showed strong growth, with overall installs increasing by 41%. Nigeria showed the highest growth, with a 43% uplift, followed by 37% in South Africa, and 29% in Kenya.
News Flutterwave appoints Oluwabankole Falade as Chief Regulatory and Government Relations Officer Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has appointed Mr. Oluwabankole Falade (Bankole) as the new Chief Regulatory and Government Relations Officer.
News Pettysave is now Jetseed, rebrands with a new app and features Following its transformation, Jetseed has launched a new mobile app for a better user experience, unveiled a new logo and exciting new features in the app
News M-KOPA expands to Nigeria, appoints Babajide Duroshola as new Country General Manager M-KOPA, the leading connected asset financing platform, today announces it has officially expanded to Nigeria. To lead the Nigeria team, M-KOPA has named Babajide Duroshola as the new General Manager.
News GetEquity Launches Startup Funding Platform with Investment from GreenHouse Capital GetEquity announces a pre-seed investment round led by GreenHouse Capital.
News GreenHouse Lab Launches First Pan-African Fintech Accelerator GreenHouse Lab (GHL), the flagship accelerator program by GreenHouse Capital (GHC), announces the opening of applications for the first-ever pan-African fintech accelerator.
News Flutterwave backs Nigeria's D'Tigers for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics as exclusive payment partner Flutterwave will partner with the Nigerian basketball team, D’Tigers, as they head to Tokyo to compete for gold at the 2021 Olympic Games.
News These 9 African startups made it into YC's Summer 21 Batch YC has announced its Summer 21 batch of startups, of which 9 are African startups.
News Tix.Africa closes six-figure Pre-Seed round to scale events products Tix Africa's funding round was led by HoaQ, with participation from a number of private equity investors, and will enable Tix Africa to build its technology to scale its events apps.
News Egyptian eCommerce startup, MaxAB, closes $40M Series A to fuel expansion MaxAB, the largest Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform that serves food and grocery retailers, has secured $40M in a Series A round, led by RMBV, a prominent impact investor in North Africa.
News Payhippo raises $1 million pre-seed to give loans to small businesses African lending startup, Payhippo, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round led by Ventures Platform.
News Vazilegal launches UnHacked+ to raise support for women-led startups Vazilegal, the African startup-focused law firm, has launched UnHacked—a program targeted at raising support for women-led startups in Africa.
News TeamApt announces undisclosed Series B funding round led by Novastar Ventures The round was led by Novastar Ventures with participation from FMO, Global Ventures, CDC, Oui Capital, Kepple Africa Ventures, Soma Capital, and a syndicate of local angel investors
News Leading Ghanaian Fintech, ZeePay, completes $7.9 million series A funding round Zeepay announced that it has completed a fundraise of $7.9 million in its Series A.0 which was a hybrid of both equity and balance sheet funds to support its operations.
