Africa Roundup: TLcom closes $71M fund, Jumo raises $55M, AWS partners with Safaricom
VC firm TLcom Capital closed its Tide Africa Fund at $71 million in February,...
2019 Africa Roundup: Jumia IPOs, China goes digital, Nigeria becomes fintech capital
2019 brought more global attention to Africa’s tech scene than perhaps any...
Africa Roundup: Nigerian fintech gets $360M, mints unicorn, draws Chinese VC
November 2019 could mark when Nigeria (arguably) became Africa’s...
Opera’s Africa fintech startup OPay gains $120M from Chinese investors
Africa-focused fintech startup OPay has raised a $120 million Series B round...
Nigeria’s Interswitch confirms $1B valuation after Visa investment
Nigerian digital payments firm Interswitch confirmed today it has reached...
Africa Roundup: Goldman backs Kobo360, Rwanda commits to EVs, Interswitch IPO update
Nigerian freight logistics startup Kobo360 raised a $20 million Series...
Update on Nigerian fintech firm Interswitch and its speculative IPO
Nigerian fintech firm Interswitch has been circulating in business news around a...