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| 17.07.2024 | South African Fintech Raises $300,000 Funding from Silicon Valley and New York-Based Investors | Share this:
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| 20.03.2023 | Next Wave: The hard limits of retail digitalisation in Africa
TechCabal’s 2021 Year-End report
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This essay is a contribution from Chernay Johnson (director of research, DFS Lab).
Africa’s $1.4 trillion retail market is a massive opportunity. The largest raw economic opportunity in serving consumers are those ea... |
| 09.02.2023 | After a record 2022, 8 investors explain why it’s ‘still just Day 1’ for Africa’s startup ecosystem | Last year was a good 12 months of firsts for African tech startups.
For the first time, the sector attracted over 1,100 unique investors in 2022, which in turn resulted in a record fundraising haul of $6.5 billion, according to data from Pa... |
| 29.09.2022 | Data snapshot: Launch Africa, Flat6Labs Cairo lead Africa agrifoodtech investment | Investments in African agrifoodtech startups reached record heights in 2021, according to AgFunder’s inaugural Africa-focused report in collaboration with BII and FMO.
But who were the key investors driving the $482.3 million invested in 20... |
| 30.06.2022 | As the global venture capital market slows, Africa charts its own course | Although Africa’s venture capital totals remained afloat in the first quarter, some investors and tech stakeholders think there’s still a good chance the continent will join the rest of the world in a slowdown.
Experts told TechCrunch that ... |
| 14.04.2022 | Tushop secures $3m pre-seed funding to scale affordable community eGrocery in Kenya | Tushop, a female-founded digital platform that aggregates Kenyan consumers into groups to buy groceries more cheaply, has secured $3 million in pre-seed funding.
The investment was led by early-stage investment firm 4DX Ventures. Other inve... |
| 05.03.2022 | Applications now open for Blockchain Bootcamp | DFS Lab – the early-stage investor – and Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have opened applications for their second Blockchain Bootcamp, designed to give early to mid-stage startups in Africa an opportunity to build on Stellar, an open-... |
| 05.03.2022 | Applications now open for Blockchain Bootcamp | DFS Lab – the early-stage investor – and Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have opened applications for their second Blockchain Bootcamp, designed to give early to mid-stage startups in Africa an opportunity to build on Stellar, an open-... |
| 02.09.2021 | Bumpa raises $200k pre-seed to build e-commerce solutions for African merchants | Bumpa, an e-commerce solution startup helping African retailers manage and grow their businesses from their mobile phones, has closed a $200k pre-seed funding round.
Ventures that participated in the round are Greencap Equity, Whogohost Ven... |
| 22.07.2021 | DFS Lab & Stellar Development Foundation launch Blockchain Bootcamp for African startups | Share this:
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| 13.04.2021 | SA venture capital firm HAVAÍC invests in Kenyan start-up | HAVAÍC partner Rob Heath.
Cape Town-based venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC has invested an undisclosed amount of funding into Kenyan agency banking
BANKING UC-Wireless is a solutions-based distributor for integrated wireless communications ... |
| 05.07.2019 | Eight Kenyan fintech startups to keep an eye on | With the 2007 launch of mobile-money transfer service M-Pesa by Vodacom for Safaricom, Kenya has led the world in mobile money.
Inspired by this revolutionary fintech solution — which is used by 30 million users in 10 countries — a crop of... |
| 05.07.2019 | Eight Kenyan fintech startups to keep an eye on | With the 2007 launch of mobile-money transfer service M-Pesa by Vodacom for Safaricom, Kenya has led the world in mobile money.
Inspired by this revolutionary fintech solution — which is used by 30 million users in 10 countries — a crop of ... |
| 01.07.2019 | P2P micro lending marketplace Pezesha wins Seedstars Nairobi | Kenyan peer-to-peer micro lending marketplace Pezesha has been crowned the winner of this year’s Seedstars Nairobi pitching competition.
The sixth edition of the pitching competition took place at Nairobi hub Nailab last Friday (28 June).
... |
| 01.07.2019 | P2P micro lending marketplace Pezesha wins Seedstars Nairobi | Kenyan peer-to-peer micro lending marketplace Pezesha has been crowned the winner of this year’s Seedstars Nairobi pitching competition.
The sixth edition of the pitching competition took place at Nairobi hub Nailab last Friday (28 June).
I... |
| 30.04.2019 | SA insurtech Nobuntu to use Blue Garnet Ventures investment to develop, launch flagship product | Cape Town based insurtech startup Nobuntu will use an investment it raised from Blue Garnet Ventures to develop and launch its flagship savings product, the People’s Fund, CEO Tyron Fouche revealed today (30 April).
It follows a statement ... |
| 30.04.2019 | SA insurtech Nobuntu to use Blue Garnet Ventures investment to develop, launch flagship product | Cape Town based insurtech startup Nobuntu will use an investment it raised from Blue Garnet Ventures to develop and launch its flagship savings product, the People’s Fund, CEO Tyron Fouche revealed today (30 April).
It follows a statement e... |
| 23.04.2019 | Here’s all you need to know about the Female Focused Fintech Prize | Early-stage fintech accelerator DFS Lab has partnered with Flourish Ventures to launch the Female Focused Fintech Prize (F3).
The initiative aims to honour innovative digital financial products that help narrow the gender gap in financial ... |
| 23.04.2019 | Here’s all you need to know about the Female Focused Fintech Prize | Early-stage fintech accelerator DFS Lab has partnered with Flourish Ventures to launch the Female Focused Fintech Prize (F3).
The initiative aims to honour innovative digital financial products that help narrow the gender gap in financial i... |
| 15.01.2019 | DFS Lab to host Dar es Salaam bootcamp on Mojaloop platform | US-based fintech accelerator and investor Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS Lab) will in April host a bootcamp in Tanzania aimed at building on and improving Mojaloop, an open-source financial inclusion software that was released by the B... |
| 15.01.2019 | DFS Lab to host Dar es Salaam bootcamp on Mojaloop platform | US-based fintech accelerator and investor Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS Lab) will in April host a bootcamp in Tanzania aimed at building on and improving Mojaloop, an open-source financial inclusion software that was released by the B... |
| 20.04.2018 | Fintech accelerator funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is investing in four African startups, bringing total to $1.2 million | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, also known as the Gates Foundation, is the largest private foundation in the US, holding $38 billion in assets. The foundation is well-known for its work to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, a... |
| 11.04.2018 | Fintech accelerator DFS Lab to invest $200k in four African startups | US-based fintech accelerator Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS Lab) yesterday (11 April) announced that it will invest $200 000 in four African fintech startups, including Nobuntu, Cherehani Africa and NALA.
In addition to the $50 000 inv... |
| 11.04.2018 | Fintech accelerator DFS Lab to invest $200k in four African startups | US-based fintech accelerator Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS Lab) yesterday (11 April) announced that it will invest $200 000 in four African fintech startups, including Nobuntu, Cherehani Africa and NALA.
In addition to the $50 000 in... |
| 10.04.2018 | DFS Lab is helping the developing world bootstrap itself with fintech | Entrepreneurs have it rough in Africa, India, Pakistan — places where VC cash doesn’t fall from the sky and necessary infrastructure like reliable banking and broadband can be hard to come by. But companies grow and thrive nevertheless in t... |
| 21.06.2017 | DFS Labs invests $250 000 in four African, US startups | The Digital Financial Services Labs (DFS Labs), an initiative backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has announced that it’ll be investing $250 000 in four separate fintech startups.
“We are excited to have the opportunity to inve... |
| 21.06.2017 | DFS Labs invests $250 000 in four African, US startups | The Digital Financial Services Labs (DFS Labs), an initiative backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has announced that it’ll be investing $250 000 in four separate fintech startups.
“We are excited to have the opportunity to inv... |
| 30.01.2017 | DFS Innovation Lab launches fintech bootcamp | Bringing fintech innovation to low-income communities in Africa and Asia
Powered by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Digital Financial Services (DFS) Innovation Lab has launched a new high-intensity fintech bootcamp for companies ... |
| - | Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [12 December – 17 December] | Online food ordering marketplace Foodpanda is being acquired by Berlin-based online food takeaway service Delivery Hero, one of Europe’s biggest startups. Delivery Hero and Foodpanda are both backed by German ecommerce firm Rocket Internet,... |
