Funding & Deals
Venture rounds, grants, acquisitions and investor activity across the African tech ecosystem.
Tanzania’s Medikea raises $1.2 million pre-seed to expand integrated healthcare network
Tanzanian healthtech startup Medikea has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding through successive closes as it expands its combination of virtual consultations and...
Egypt’s Turuq secures Den VC seed investment to expand e-commerce fulfilment
Egyptian logistics technology startup Turuq has secured seed investment from Den VC to strengthen its platform and expand fulfilment services for e-commerce businesses....
Ghana’s Vitara Agritech raises €1.8 million to expand traceable shea supply chains
Ghanaian agritech company Vitara, formerly known as Sommalife, has secured €1.8 million, approximately $2 million, in equity investment from AgriFI, Acumen and angel...
Investable.Africa launches open beta to connect founders with over 4,000 investment firms
Investable.Africa has launched in open beta, offering African founders a searchable database of more than 4,000 investment firms and giving investors access to...
Angolan fintech CYTO secures $40,000 through Catalytic Africa co-investment model
Angolan fintech startup CYTO has secured a reported $40,000 capital package through Catalytic Africa’s co-investment approach, which combines angel backing with matching support...
Egypt’s NoorNation closes $1.05 million seed round as Linah Farms becomes investor
Egyptian solar and water technology startup NoorNation has closed a $1.05 million seed round, with agricultural customer Linah Farms joining its investors alongside...
Uganda’s School Monitor advances school software with $10,000 accelerator grant
Ugandan education technology startup School Monitor Technologies has received a $10,000 catalytic grant through the Standard Chartered Foundation’s Women in Tech Accelerator, according...
Okra Solar secures $7 million BII debt facility for rural electricity connections
Okra Solar has secured a $7 million debt facility from British International Investment to purchase equipment for mesh-grid deployments, primarily in rural Nigeria.The...
Founder Stories
Ikenna Nzewi: The Releaf journey that led to Biochar Industrial Group
Ikenna Nzewi’s startup career has moved from improving agricultural processing to turning its leftovers into a climate technology business. The thread connecting those...
Shola Akinlade: From building software in Lagos to Paystack and The Stack Group
Before Paystack became part of Stripe, Shola Akinlade was a software builder working through a much smaller question: how could the tools he...
