Huawei Cloud Launches New Availability Zones in Egypt and Nigeria
February 26, 2025
VFS Global Launches AI-Powered Chatbot for UK Visa Applicants
February 26, 2025
Flourish Ventures Launches Africa-Focused Pre-Seed Investment Platform Madica
By Brand Spot
October 24, 2022
Flourish Ventures, a global venture capital firm investing in mission-driven fintech entrepreneurs, today announced the launch of affiliate Madica, a structured investment program for pre-seed stage technology companies in Africa. Aiming to serve mission-driven and…
Huawei Cloud Launches New Availability Zones in Egypt and Nigeria
February 26, 2025
VFS Global Launches AI-Powered Chatbot for UK Visa Applicants
February 26, 2025
Purple Elephant Ventures closes $1m pre-seed round to supercharge responsible tourism in Africa
By Brand Spot
October 10, 2022
Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV) has announced that it has closed a pre-seed round of $1M USD from a group of well-known global investors. Tourism, Africa’s third-largest industry and employer of tens of millions across the…
Huawei Cloud Launches New Availability Zones in Egypt and Nigeria
February 26, 2025
VFS Global Launches AI-Powered Chatbot for UK Visa Applicants
February 26, 2025
SweepSouth completes a Ksh 1.3 Billion investment round led by Alitheia IDF
By Brand Spot
September 28, 2022
SweepSouth today announced that it has completed an US$11m investment round led by Alitheia IDF (AIF), Africa’s first and largest gender-lens private equity fund. The size of the round, which is SweepSouth’s largest to date,…
AGRA and Rwanda Partner to Launch Food Innovation Hub
February 25, 2025
Insuretech firm, Turaco, raises over Ksh 1 Billion in funding to help drive insurance adoption among low-income earners
By Brand Spot
September 15, 2022
Insuretech firm, Turaco, has today announced that it has closed a series A equity round that has seen it raise $ 10 million (over 1 billion shillings). This round was led by AfricInvest, via the…
Huawei Cloud Launches New Availability Zones in Egypt and Nigeria
February 26, 2025
VFS Global Launches AI-Powered Chatbot for UK Visa Applicants
February 26, 2025
New Ed-Tech Startup Seeks to Make Online Education Accessible to All
By Brand Spot
August 26, 2022
Developed and operated by LianzSly, EduOnline is an affordable web-based e-learning platform that innovatively meets students, parents, and schools needs by offering a unique online learning experience. Birthed during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Huawei Cloud Launches New Availability Zones in Egypt and Nigeria
February 26, 2025
VFS Global Launches AI-Powered Chatbot for UK Visa Applicants
February 26, 2025
Koolboks secures over Ksh 200 Million in funding to help Scale Solar Refrigeration across Africa
August 18, 2022
Koolboks, the sustainable cooling company providing accessible cold storage solutions to businesses across Africa, has closed a $2.5M Seed funding round, led by Aruwa Capital Management and with participation from Acumen, Blue Earth Capital, All…
Huawei Cloud Launches New Availability Zones in Egypt and Nigeria
February 26, 2025
VFS Global Launches AI-Powered Chatbot for UK Visa Applicants
February 26, 2025
Moringa raises an undisclosed amount in series A funding led by Proparco
June 27, 2022
Building on the Seed Investment by DOB Equity and USD 9.5m funding by Mastercard Foundation, Moringa is excited to have recently received an investment from Proparco to support its expansion outside Kenya. This has seen…
Huawei Cloud Launches New Availability Zones in Egypt and Nigeria
February 26, 2025
VFS Global Launches AI-Powered Chatbot for UK Visa Applicants
February 26, 2025
mTek Secures $3m in Funding from the Finclusion Group
By Brand Spot
June 20, 2022
Kenyan insurtech and digital insurance platform mTek has secured an additional investment commitment from African-focused fintech platform, Finclusion Group, to-date totaling $3 million (KSh 340 million) – through both debt and equity. The intensified cooperation seeks to accelerate mTek’s growth into the Kenyan marketplace through continual improvements to the platform and via the expansion of its customer base. mTek’s Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Bente Krogmann, stated that the investment is a milestone for the organization and an indication of Pan-African investors’ confidence in the insurtech’s purpose, business model and philosophy. “With this investment, we will be able to commence our expansion within Kenya through 25 Finclusion Group branches where we will offer agents trainings. The investment will help us to create fully digital, market-ready insurance offerings that will be both easily accessible and affordable for the uninsured. We hope to be able to further expand into six African countries over the next two years,” said Ms. Krogmann. Finclusion Group is an African-focused fintech platform building out a complete neobank offering for its users. Today, Finclusion Group provides among its myriad services, earned-wage access, BNPL and a direct credit offering, hosting a presence in South Africa, Eswatini and Namibia in Southern Africa, and Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa. Finclusion Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Timothy Nuy, added that mTek’s capability to offer paperless insurance addressed a critical market pain-point, while noting that mTek’s continued growth and customer value-addition aligns perfectly with the fintech platform’s vision and expansion model. “As a Group, we remain committed to driving financial inclusion on the African continent through innovative technology and also significant investments that can broker lasting change, identifying and addressing market needs, both present and future. mTek’s platform has allowed for greater transparency in both the insurance and telehealth industries and we are pleased to partner with such technology that delivers – for the first time – paperless insurance in Africa,” said Mr. Nuy. “As health financing reforms in Kenya have peaked stakeholder interests from the both the public and private sector, we take a long-game approach to this investment. The ‘one stop shop’, the holistic plug and play insurance tech offering pioneered by mTek is replicable nation on nation, the continent over. We look forward to playing a lead role in that process,” Nuy added. Since launching its platform in 2020, mTek has seen consistent and compelling growth, doubling its customer base and gross written premium every quarter to date through its revolutionary 100% paperless insurance. The insurtech has also partnered with over 35 Kenyan underwriters to consistently provide its clients with a better and transparent experience while purchasing and renewing their insurance policies. mTek expects to reach one (1) million users through its innovative insurance offering by 2024 as it achieves its mission to provide insurance to the uninsured. Read: Digital Insurance Solutions; Key in Increasing Uptake
Huawei Cloud Launches New Availability Zones in Egypt and Nigeria
February 26, 2025
VFS Global Launches AI-Powered Chatbot for UK Visa Applicants
February 26, 2025
FoondaMate raises $2million to democratise learning and close global education inequality gaps with its AI-powered study chatbot
By Brand Spot
May 26, 2022
FoondaMate – the chat-based, AI-powered study buddy – has raised a $2million Seed round, led by LocalGlobe. Emerge Education, Odunayo Eweniyi via FirstCheckAfrica, Iyin Aboyeji via Future Africa, and LoftyInc also participated in the round, alongside angels…
AGRA and Rwanda Partner to Launch Food Innovation Hub
February 25, 2025