Stanbic and GIZ Launch Program to Empower 300 Women-Led Green Enterprises in Kenya
April 15, 2025
Stanbic Kenya Foundation in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), has opened applications for the Women Employment for the Green Transformation (WE4D) program — an initiative set to empower 300 women-led small green-sector enterprises…
Applications Open for Kuzana: A New Startup Program Offering $40K in Cash and Support
April 14, 2025
Imagine doubling your company’s revenue in just four months—without pitching to a dozen VCs, without draining your team’s energy, and with hands-on support that actually makes a difference. That’s not a pipe dream; it’s what…
Purple Elephant Ventures Closes $5M Seed Round with New $500K Investment from Alphatron
April 11, 2025
Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV) has secured an additional $500,000 investment from Alphatron, bringing its total seed round to $5 million. PEV had previously announced a $4.5M Seed Round in January, led by Clear Creek Investments…
Moroccan Fintech PayTic Raises $4M to Scale Banking Automation
April 10, 2025
PayTic, a Moroccan fintech, PayTic, has secured $4 million extension to its Series Seed funding round. PayTic was founded in 2020 and offers advanced technological solutions that automate traditionally manual and complex banking processes. These…
Umba Secures $5M from Star Strong Capital
April 10, 2025
Nairobi-based fintech Umba has secured a $5 million debt facility to help expand its secured lending operations in Kenya. US-based asset management firm, Star Strong Capital, is the only participant in this round. “With the…
How Kenya's FaidiHR Is Solving Africa's Payroll Chaos While Eyeing the $10 Billion Opportunity
April 9, 2025
Kenyan startup FaidiHR is on a mission to fix one of the most persistent bottlenecks for businesses across Africa: manual payroll and HR processes. The cloud-based platform is modernising how companies manage employees, payroll, compliance…
How Kenya’s Chpter is powering AI-driven social commerce across Africa
April 8, 2025
Kenyan startup Chpter is on a mission to reinvent how small businesses across Africa sell and serve customers by turning everyday chat apps like WhatsApp and Instagram into powerful, AI-powered storefronts. Founded by Mark Kiarie,…
Applications Open for the 2025 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize: $160,000 Up for Grabs
April 8, 2025
The 2025 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize launches its seventh annual competition today in search for Africa’s most promising young co-founders and founders across Africa who have launched businesses across Africa’s agrifood value chain “from seed to…
South African AI Startup NOSIBLE Raises $1M in a Pre-Seed Round
April 7, 2025
South African AI startup, NOSIBLE, has announced the close of a $1 million in pre-seed funding round led by Atlantica Ventures. The startup plans to use the funding to scale its sales operations and accelerate…