Kenyan retail-tech startup Cartnshop raises $400k to boost commercialisation
Kenyan startup Cartnshop, which enables African SMES to set up online stores quickly and affordably,…
Monthly Archives: February, 2022
SA clean-tech incubator The Hatchery in $330k partnership with Norwegian investment firm
International clean-tech startup incubator The Hatchery, which launched its new Africa office in Cape Town…
Ghanaian logistics startup Boxconn swiftly goes pan-African
Ghanaian logistics startup Boxconn has already launched operations in Nigeria and Botswana, and plans further…
Egyptian restaurant-tech startup OneOrder launches, raises $1m funding
OneOrder, a new logistics company solving Egyptian restaurants’ supply chain inefficiencies, has announced its launch…
Apply to pitch at the Stanford Africa Business Forum
The Stanford Africa Business Forum has opened applications for the New Venture Pitch Competition, which…
5 more African startups confirmed for Y Combinator W22 batch
Five more African startups have been confirmed as participants in the W22 batch of the…
SA fintech startup Lipa Payments raises $660k to help scale contactless platform
South African fintech startup Lipa Payments, which is bringing the “tap to pay” experience to…
SA fintech startup PayJustNow acquired by Weaver Fintech
Cape Town-based fintech startup PayJustNow has sold a controlling stake of its business to Weaver…
SA’s UCOOK fully acquired by Silvertree Holdings in $12.3m deal
South African meal kit delivery startup UCOOK has been fully acquired by Silvertree Holdings in…
Nigeria’s TradeDepot acquires Accra-based Green Lion to accelerate expansion across Ghana
Nigerian B2B e-commerce and embedded finance startup TradeDepot has announced the acquisition of Green Lion,…