City of Joburg’s Arts Alive International Festival is Back
City of Joburg’s Arts Alive International Festival is back and promises to be bigger and better. This year’s rendition will ... Read More
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Kidus Asfaw Named to the Inaugural TIME100 Climate List
Kidus Asfaw is co-founder and CEO of Kubik. His Africa-based startup transforms plastic waste into low-carbon construction materials that ... Read More
Agusto & Co. Assigns Shelter Afrique Development Bank Positive Outlook
Nigeria’s first Credit Rating Agency and a pan African leader in credit reports, Agusto & Co. limited has assigned ... Read More
Nigeria’s Commodities Platform AFEX Closes $26.5 Million Funding Round
Nigeria-based commodities platform AFEX has raised US$26.5 million in funding from British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution ... Read More
Pan-African VC Firm Novastar Ventures Banks $80 Million Capital
Pan-African VC firm Novastar Ventures has secured US$80 million in capital from Japan’s SBI Holdings. With offices in Nairobi and ... Read More
Kigali-Based Norrsken22 Surpasses Its Target of $200 Million Funding Round
The Kigali-based Norrsken22 has closed its first African technology growth fund at US$205 million, surpassing its target of US$200 million. ... Read More
South Africa’s Inclusivity Solutions Secures $1.5 Million Series A Funding
South African insurtech startup Inclusivity Solutions has raised a US$1.5 million Series A extension round to support its pan-African expansion ... Read More
Egyptian Startup MNT-Halan Raises $130 Million Securitisation
MNT-Halan, Egypt’s first unicorn and fastest-growing fintech startup, has raised a US$130 million securitisation, one of five tranches of securitised ... Read More
How Crypto Investment Scam Works
Recently, a friend of mine who is a novice crypto investor reached out to me asking if I ... Read More
BluePeak Private Capital Reaches Final Close of $156 Million for its Inaugural Private Capital Fund
BluePeak Private Capital, an alternative asset manager firm supporting the growth of scalable businesses in Africa through privately-negotiated and structured ... Read More