Nigeria

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Startups

Nigeria’s YC-backed Chowdeck hopes to scale food delivery, a notoriously tough market, with $2.5M funding
Tage Kene-Okafor

Apr 30, 2024
Transportation

Uber leads $100M investment in African mobility fintech Moove as valuation hits $750M
Tage Kene-Okafor

Mar 19, 2024

Fintech

African neobank Kuda tried to raise $20M at flat valuation in 2023, missed user milestone projection by 3M
Tage Kene-Okafor

Jan 16, 2024
TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

Akowe wants to fix Africa’s broken certificate system with blockchain
Rita Liao

Sep 22, 2023
Fintech

Nigerian embedded finance platform Anchor raises $2.4M to expand product offerings
Tage Kene-Okafor

Sep 4, 2023
Startups

From seed to Series A in 7 months: Why and how Odyssey Energy Solutions moved quickly
Tim De Chant

May 19, 2023

Startups

Cold-chain startup Figorr raises $1.5M, backs the rollout of data-driven perishables insurance
Annie Njanja

May 14, 2023
Commerce

Nigerian B2B e-commerce startup Alerzo cuts 15% of full-time staff in second round of layoffs
Tage Kene-Okafor

Mar 6, 2023
Startups

More job cuts loom as Sendy changes course in Nigeria
Annie Njanja

Feb 3, 2023
Startups

SunFi aims to be the fastest way for Nigerians to find, finance and manage solar
Tage Kene-Okafor

Feb 3, 2023

Government & Policy

Google to ban unlicensed loan apps in Kenya as new rules take effect
Annie Njanja

Jan 31, 2023
Startups

Nigerian startup Taeillo raises funding to scale its online furniture e-commerce platform
Tage Kene-Okafor

Dec 12, 2022
Government & Policy

Google clamps down on illegal loan apps in Kenya, Nigeria
Annie Njanja

Nov 18, 2022
Government & Policy

Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari signs the Nigeria Start-up Act into law
Tage Kene-Okafor

Oct 19, 2022

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

Nigeria’s AltSchool increases course options amidst soaring tech-skill demand
Annie Njanja

Oct 18, 2022
Startups

Vendease, a food procurement platform for African restaurants, nabs $30M led by Partech Africa and TLcom
Tage Kene-Okafor

Sep 26, 2022
Nigeria’s YC-backed Remedial Health raises $4.4M seed funding
Annie Njanja

Sep 20, 2022
Startups

Kenya’s HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus
Annie Njanja

Sep 12, 2022

Startups

Nigerian blockchain payments startup Bitmama closes $2M pre-seed as it scales to new markets
Tage Kene-Okafor

Sep 9, 2022
Climate

Odyssey Energy Solutions continues quest to electrify developing economies with $5.3M seed
Tim De Chant

Sep 8, 2022
Startups

Online university Nexford will use $8M to plug affordability and relevance gaps in education
Tage Kene-Okafor

Sep 8, 2022
Featured

Here’s where YC’s latest batch of founders are placing fintech bets
Natasha Mascarenhas

Anita Ramaswamy

Sep 7, 2022

Fintech

Nigerian digital bank Kuda is the latest African startup to lay off employees
Tage Kene-Okafor

Sep 2, 2022
Hardware

Jumia, Zipline launch drone package delivery in Ghana
Annie Njanja

Sep 1, 2022
Startups

Duplo digitizes payment flows for African B2B enterprises, gets $4.3M seed funding
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 31, 2022
Startups

Kenyan fintech Pezesha raises $11M backed by Women’s World Banking, Cardano parent IOG
Annie Njanja

Aug 30, 2022

Startups

African genomics startup 54gene lays off 95 as COVID testing business struggles
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 29, 2022
Startups

Nigeria’s Grey raises $2M for cross-border payments play and regional expansion
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 29, 2022
Startups

Nigerian YC-backed startup Anchor comes out of stealth with $1M+ to scale its banking-as-a-service platform
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 29, 2022
Nigerian B2B e-commerce platform Omnibiz raises millions to gain and retain retail customers
Tage Kene-Okafor

Aug 19, 2022

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