On June 16 2020, leading pan-African telecommunications group Liquid Telecom announced that it has partnered with Twiga Foods to increase agricultural productivity through precision farming.…
Uganda based start-up, Eversend’s Seedrs crowdfunding raised over US$ 1M in investment. Intially, the Seedrs campaign aimed to raise US$ 613K in exchange for 7.67% equity. However, due to the strong…
PayQin, a fintech based in Estonia, announced a seed round on 22 June 2020. The actual amount raised in the round is undisclosed. The seed…
Reliance Jio Platforms has announced that Qualcomm Ventures, U.S.A’s 5G giant, is set to invest US$ 97M and acquire 0.15% equity stake on a fully…
Fintech start-up based in South Africa, Franc announced that it has raised US$300k in the capital as part of a wider seed funding round. About…
GoBear announced that it has raised US$ 17 million from its previous investor Walvis Participaties, a Dutch venture capital firm, and Aegon N.V., a…
Kopi Kenangan, Indonesia based coffee start-up, raised US$ 109M in Series B funding. The round was led by India’s Sequoia Capital. Other investors include…
Popsical, a Singapore-based karaoke start-up, has raised US$6.9 million in Series A funding. The round was led by local VC firm Quest Ventures, with participation…
Kenya based start-up, Zuru, has launched a car rental app that allows car owners to rent out their cars without using an agent. Zuru designs,…
In June 2020, Africa’s fintech start-up Chipper Cash raised US$13.8 million in Series A funding round led by Deciens Capital. Chipper Cash (Africa's fintech start-up), founded…