Kenyan insurtech startup Lami acquires counterpart Bluewave to expand to new African markets
Kenya’s Lami has acquired fellow Nairobi-based insurtech startup Bluewave in order to drive rapid growth…
Monthly Archives: February, 2022
Nigerian ed-tech startup AltSchool Africa raises $1m to build an alternative school for Africans
Nigerian ed-tech startup AltSchool Africa has raised a US$1 million pre-seed funding round as it…
Cloud computing firm Oracle launches programme to support African startups
Cloud computing firm Oracle has launched a ZAR15 million (US$982,000) programme aimed at helping African…
African tech startup funding in 2021 – more and more for the “big four”
2021 was the best year ever for tech startup funding in Africa, with more startups…
Egyptian on-demand logistics startup YFS banks $7m Series A funding round
Egyptian startup Yalla Fel Sekka (YFS), an on-demand logistics provider specialising in instant delivery and…
Nigerian mobility fintech startup Moove secures $10m debt financing facility
Nigerian mobility fintech startup Moove, Uber’s exclusive vehicle financing and vehicle supply partner in Sub-Saharan…
Nigerian startup BitPowr launches to provide blockchain, crypto infrastructure for businesses
Nigerian startup BitPowr has launched operations, providing blockchain API, wallet and digital assets infrastructure for…
Future Africa makes 43 investments in 2021 to take AUM to $30m mark
The Future Africa fund, launched in 2020 by Andela and Flutterwave co-founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, invested…
Nigerian insurtech startup Casava secures $4m pre-seed funding
Casava, Nigeria’s first 100 per cent digital insurance company, has secured US$4 million in pre-seed…
Kenyan logistics startup Amitruck raises $4m seed funding to accelerate African expansion
Kenya-based digital trucking logistics startup Amitruck has raised a US$4 million seed funding round to…