Kenyan taxi-hailing Little to launch in Ghana with $3mil injection
Kenyan taxi-hailing firm Little will launch in Ghana with $3mil (Sh323.85) from its mother company Craft Silicon as it begins to execute its West Africa expansion. This expansion has been…
Mr Eazi creates $20m Africa Music Fund to invest in music talent
Musician and entrepreneur Mr Easi creates $20m Africa Music Fund to invest in the best African music talent. The Africa Music Fund will provide new funding model for music industry as…
Chadian ZIZ Energy poised to expand Metro Grid Solar Service.
Chadian solar company ZiZ Energie has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from Energy Access Ventures to expand its metro grid solar services across Chad, Cameroon and Central Africa.
Malian SolarX raises undisclosed Series A for regional growth
Mali based SolarX raises undisclosed series A fund from Energy Access Ventures (EAV), a renewable energy seed investment fund. The company supplies solar energy systems for electricity and solar pumping…
Fintech startup Chipper Cash raises $13.8million
African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has raised a $13.8 million Series A funding round led by Deciens Capital and plans to hire 30 new staff globally.
Swvl raises over $20mil in pre-COVID-19 funding round
North Africa focused tech blog Menabytes reports that Egyptian company Swvl, which runs a bus-hailing service in Egypt, Kenya and Pakistan raised raised over $20 million in a new round…