Tag: Funding
New US$200 million fund to invest in African start-ups
The co-founders of Internet calling app Skype and Nigerian payments success story Flutterwave are among the big names backing a new tech growth fund aimed...
OZÉ gets $3m to scale digital recordkeeping, embedded finance products
OZÉ, a Ghanaian fintech startup that provides digital recordkeeping tools with embedded finance products to medium and small businesses, has raised a $3 million...
African startup funding to reach US$5 billion close of 2021
Fundraising by African start-ups is set to reach US$5-billion in 2021, a higher amount than the figure raised in the previous three years combined, according...
Creative Arts access to finance town hall slated for December 15
The Creative Arts Agency, in collaboration with Global Entrepreneurship Network-Ghana (GEN-Ghana), will host the Creative Art Access to Finance Town Hall on Wednesday, December...
Global fintech funding reach almost US$95 billion in Q3
Fintechs across the globe reportedly raised a whopping US$94.7 billion in several thousands of funding deals in the third quarter of the 2021.A report...
Nigeria: Fintech Lemonade Finance raises $725k pre-seed funding round
The Y Combinator-backed Nigerian fintech startup Lemonade Finance has raised a US$725,000 pre-seed funding round to help it scale.A participant in Y Combinator’s W21 batch earlier...
Ghana’s BezoMoney secures $200k in seed funding
Ghanaian digital microfinance and banking fintech startup, BezoMoney has secured a US$200,000 seed funding from US-based Goodsoil Venture Capital to create more innovative products...
Stitch secure $4million for API fintech play in Africa
Over the years, there has been a growing trend of fintech infrastructure players around the world. In Africa, a handful of startups have launched...