Small Business

Electric motorcycle maker Ampersand raises $2 million to expand in East Africa

Ampersand, a Rwandan electric motorcycle manufacturer, has raised a $2 million Series A extension to expand to other East African…

4 months ago

End of load shedding tests South Africa’s solar industry

It’s been 151 days since South Africa experienced load shedding, a deliberate rationing of electricity supply to prevent failure of…

4 months ago

Raenest, Leatherback, Vesti, and Graph pitch themselves to African founders as Mercury alternatives

African fintechs that help companies access banking services in the U.S. and Canada are wooing founders affected by Mercury’s abrupt…

4 months ago

Exclusive: TymeBank to launch in Indonesia as it continues Southeast Asia focus

TymeBank, the South African digital bank with R4 billion ($222 million) in customer deposits, will launch in Indonesia by the…

4 months ago

Zone, NIBSS partner to use blockchain to record POS payments

Zone, a Nigerian blockchain-enabled payments infrastructure, has partnered with the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Scheme (NIBSS) to introduce blockchain technology to…

4 months ago

PrivPay shutdown after Safaricom cut API access over compliance violations

PrivPay, a Kenyan fintech that allowed customers to make M-PESA transactions without revealing their personal details, shut down in May…

4 months ago

Kuda, the Target Global-backed challenger bank, tripled revenue to $22 million in 2022

Kuda, the Nigeria-focused neobank backed by Target Global, tripled its revenue, according to its latest audited financial statements filed with…

4 months ago

Jumia hires ex-PalmPay manager, Anthony Mbagwu, to head its Nigerian fintech subsidiary

E-commerce giant Jumia appointed Anthony Mbagwu as the managing director of its Nigerian fintech arm, JumiaPay. Mbagwu joins JumiaPay from…

4 months ago

Exclusive: Hohm Energy in financial distress months after $8m raise

Hohm Energy, the South African solar company that announced a $8 million seed round in February, is currently not operational due to…

4 months ago

Mobius, maker of low-priced SUVs for startups, to shutdown

Mobius Motors, a Kenya-based automaker backed by Playfair Capital, has entered a voluntary liquidation after efforts to rescue the company…

5 months ago