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MAX
Provides vehicle financing and fleet services to commercial drivers in West and Central Africa.
UndisclosedJan 2026NG
Chari
B2B commerce, inventory management and financial services for small grocery retailers.
Series AOct 2025MA
Flow48
Fintech providing AI-powered alternative financing solutions for SMEs in emerging markets.
Series AFeb 2025ZA
Taager
Pre-seedFeb 2025EG
Lemfi
Financial platform for African immigrants to send money and handle expenses.
Series BJan 2025
Paymob
Payment solutions provider facilitating seamless transactions for businesses across various channels.
Series BSep 2024EG
Zone
Zone provides blockchain-powered payment infrastructure for financial services in Africa.
SeedMar 2024NG
Grinta
Grinta provides pharmacies with a B2B marketplace for pharmaceutical and medical products.
SeedNov 2022EG
SweepSouth
Connects clients to on-demand domestic cleaners via an online platform.
UndisclosedSep 2022ZA
Instabug
Offers services for mobile app developers to help them in testing their applications.
Series BMay 2022EG
The year’s early rhythm sees a sharp pickup in activity across Africa’s startup and investment landscape, cutting against the slower pace of recent weeks. Payments, mobility, logistics, and core infrastructure surfaced as key areas of movement, alongside notable consolidation and fund positioning. The signals point to a market re-engaging after a quiet turn of the […]
AU-Startups·1/28/2026
We had a major upturn of events over the last week on the African funding scenes with capital flowing across multiple fronts. The funding rounds featured startups building financial access, clean energy, and enterprise software. Most notably, Kuunda, Chari, and Nanovate secured major rounds while Adenia Partners expanded its insurance footprint and FUNGUO grew its […]
AU-Startups·10/22/2025
As we round up the second month of the year, Africa’s tech ecosystem continues to attract major investments and strategic acquisitions. This week, we saw significant funding rounds in fintech, renewable energy, and trade finance, with companies like Solar Africa, Flow48, and Mansa securing key investments to scale their operations. On the acquisition front, Fawry […]
AU-Startups·2/28/2025
The African startup ecosystem maintains its strong funding momentum for yet another week as it continues to attract significant investor interest. This week’s funding rounds span multiple sectors including fintech, e-commerce, mobility, and healthcare. The deals recorded include multi-million-dollar seed rounds and institutional funds fueling growth which continue to signal strong confidence in Africa’s innovation […]
AU-Startups·2/14/2025
The African tech ecosystem seemed to have taken a funding break for the first fourteen days of the year but then resumed activities with a bang as six new major funding deals were announced in just two days.The first and biggest funding beneficiary this week is Nigerian fintech company Lemfi, which raised $53 million. The […]
AU-Startups·1/17/2025
This week’s African startup ecosystem news features funding announcements from three startup companies. Egyptian payment solutions provider, Paymob, raised $22 million in its Series B extension round. South African communications solutions provider, Talk360, secured $1.4 million in pre-series A funding. Elsewhere, Nigerian pharmaceutical supply chain company, Field Intelligence, secures an $11 million grant from the […]
AU Startups·9/17/2024
We recorded six funding deals in the African startup ecosystem last week one of which was the most impressive deal recorded in Africa in months. It featured Moove, a mobility fintech company raising $100 million in its series B funding round. Elsewhere, Float also raised a remarkable $11 million while Zone and mTek raised $8.5 […]
AU Startups·3/26/2024
The ecosystem experienced a slow week last week, with only two new funding deals recorded. Lupiya, a Zambian micro-loan marketplace, secured a partnership deal with the USAID EDGE project to help transform the country’s agriculture sector. Interestingly, both funding deals recorded last week were also in the agtech sector. Let’s get into the details. Series […]
AU Startups·4/17/2023
We saw a lot of venture fund activity this week, with Modus appearing on our radar for the second week in a row, this time for launching a venture builder in Egypt. We also recorded a large deal in Ramani’s $32 million Series A round. Pivo, a female-led fintech, also raised $2 million in seed […]
AU Startups·11/25/2022
100 Ventures
100 Ventures is an Egyptian venture capital firm that participated in a seed round for Glamera, an Egypt-born SaaS startup providing B2B services to beauty and lifestyle service providers and a B2C marketplace for consumers to find and book sessions with such providers. The funding will be used to continue developing and launching new services, as well as expanding into additional GCC markets.
1984 Ventures
1984 Ventures invests in early-stage startups, as evidenced by their participation in pre-seed and seed rounds. They co-invested in Sylndr's $12M pre-seed round. The firm appears to be sector-agnostic, with investments spanning e-commerce, automotive marketplaces, and other industries within the African tech ecosystem.
212
212 invests in companies like Flow48, a fintech company that leverages AI-powered data analytics and risk assessment to provide alternative financing solutions for SMEs across emerging markets. Through its platform, the company offers revenue-based financing and embedded finance solutions, allowing businesses to access capital without diluting ownership.
212Founders programme
212Founders is an accelerator program that invests in early-stage startups. They provide resources and mentorship to help startups grow and scale their businesses. They invested in Crealo, a copyright management solution for cultural and creative institutions.
