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…
E-commerce start-up Tradedepot raises $10mil to boost its growth
B2B eCommerce startup Tradedepot has raised $10 million from International Finance Corporation, Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) and MSA Capital and Partech. With this new investment the company plans to…
LEAP Africa Social Innovators Program 2020
Deadline: 22nd August 2020, Time 12pm Countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia Award Type: Training, mentoring, exposure and seed funding Award Summary: Fellows are empowered through a series of training…
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.
Incas Diagnostic and KNUST develop COVID-19 rapid test that could save millions of lives
Incas Diagnostics a Ghanaian diagnostic test startup has partnered the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to develop a COVID-19 Rapid Test. According to a statement issued by…