Startups

SEO for Startups: How Startups Can Unlock Growth With SEO

SEO for startups can be overwhelming — but don’t let it keep you from getting started. Contrary to what you…

1 month ago

Nigerian healthtech startup MDaaS begins Francophone expansion with Cameroon

MDaaS, a healthcare startup with 16 diagnostic clinics in Nigeria, has opened its first clinic in Cameroon, marking its entry…

2 months ago

Nigerian fintechs ramp up compliance hiring months after customer onboarding ban

Kuda Bank, Moniepoint, OPay, and Palmpay have responded to the central bank’s April ban by expanding their compliance and fraud…

3 months ago

PaidHR in talks for $1.5million seed round; introduces new cross-border payroll

PaidHR, a Nigerian startup that helps businesses manage their HR functions, is in talks with investors to raise a $1.5…

3 months ago

Chowdeck “looking at” South Africa and Kenya for possible expansion

Chowdeck, a Nigerian YC-backed food delivery platform, could consider expanding to South Africa, Kenya, and Ivory Coast.  “We are still…

3 months ago

Okra joins local cloud providers providing affordable alternatives to AWS and Azure

Okra, an open-banking startup in Nigeria, has launched Nebula, a cloud infrastructure product. It joins a growing list of homegrown…

4 months ago

Uber-backed Moove takes its search for profitability to America

Moove, the Uber-backed Nigerian startup that finances vehicles for ride-hailing companies, is expanding operations to the U.S. Since August, the…

4 months ago

Kenyan e-commerce startup Chpter raises $1.2 million in pre-seed round

Chpter was accepted into two accelerator programs before closing this pre-seed deal.  Chpter, a Kenyan e-commerce startup launched by co-founders…

5 months ago

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…

5 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…

5 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…

6 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…

6 months ago

A profitable union: How banking agents helped OPay and Moniepoint distribute 17 million cards

Nigerian neobanks and banking agents need each other. The agents are the neobanks’ branches; they open accounts, accept deposits, process…

6 months ago

Food delivery apps are saving $100,000 yearly by choosing cheap communication apps

Margins are slim in the food delivery business. Whether it’s a cloud kitchen like Food Court, a restaurant aggregator platform…

6 months ago

Want your rice with a side of ads? Chowdeck is working on an ad product

For the rollout of  Ayra Starr’s album ‘The Year I Turned 21,’ her recordMavin made an unusual marketing…

6 months ago

Mastercard Foundation conference spotlights Africa’s edtech startups

Investor interest in African education technology (edtech) has cooled since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns highlighted how technology…

7 months ago

Exclusive: Caantin expands into US after two rebrands and layoffs

Caantin, the Kenyan startup that was formerly called Kibanda and then TopUpMama, has led many lives. Backed by Ventures Platform…

7 months ago

Kenyan AI startup Chpter joins Safaricom’s Spark Accelerator

Chpter, a Kenyan AI-powered social commerce startup, has joined Safaricom’s Spark Accelerator, alongside eight others. Chpter is the first key…

7 months ago

Flutterwave receives payment aggregator licence approval-in-principle to expand to Mozambique

Flutterwave, one of Africa’s leading payment companies, has secured a Mozambique payment aggregator licence in principle. This high-profile licence enables…

7 months ago

Peleza merges with YC-backed Prembly to form Prembly Group

Kenyan identity management startup, Peleza has merged with YC-backed Prembly to form the Prembly Group. Both companies declined to provide…

7 months ago