| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.08.2022 | Pezesha Raises $11M in Pre-Series A Equity and Debt Funding | Pezesha, a Nairobi, Kenya-based fintech startup that provides a digital lending infrastructure for Small & Medium Businesses (SMBs) and institutions in Africa, raised $11m in pre-Series A equity-debt funding.
The round was led by Women’... |
| 31.08.2022 | Pezesha closes $11m funding round to scale fintech | Pan-African fintech Pezesha has raised pre-series A investment of $11 million – a mixture of $6 million in equity and $5 million in debt. The funding round, led by Women’s World Banking Capital Partners II, will see the start-up scale opera... |
| 31.08.2022 | Pezesha closes $11m funding round to scale fintech | Pan-African fintech Pezesha has raised pre-series A investment of $11 million – a mixture of $6 million in equity and $5 million in debt. The funding round, led by Women’s World Banking Capital Partners II, will see the start-up scale opera... |
| 30.08.2022 | Daily Crunch: Embedded finance fintech Pezesha raises $11M pre-Series A equity-debt round | To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.
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| 30.08.2022 | Kenyan fintech Pezesha raises $11M backed by Women’s World Banking, Cardano parent IOG | Access to finance remains a key growth constraint for small businesses, with data showing a $330 billion financing deficit for the small enterprises that make up 90% of Africa’s businesses.
This is the gap that Kenya’s embedded finance fint... |
| 30.08.2022 | Kenya’s fintech startup, Pezesha, secures $11 million in pre-Series A to expand its embedded finance offering | Kenya’s fintech startup, Pezesha, secures $11 million in pre-Series A to expand its embedded finance offering beyond its current markets. It has also expanded into Nigeria, Rwanda, and Francophone Africa. |
| 01.03.2022 | ‘African founders, African VCs, solving African problems’: Marketforce CEO on $40m Series A | Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market has grown exponentially in recent years, thanks to the continent’s rapidly-growing population and spending power.
With its most recent fundraise, Kenyan B2B player Marketforce has cemented i... |
| 05.12.2021 | MarketForce partners with Cellulant to expand in five new markets across Africa as it races to cover continent | MarketForce, a Kenyan B2B retail and financial services distribution startup, has expanded into five additional markets across Africa to grow RejaReja — its retailer “super app” that makes it possible for informal merchants to order and pay... |
| 07.09.2021 | Kenyan fintech secures seven-figure in seed funding | Nairobi-based fintech Pezesha has raised a seven-figure seed extension from GreenHouse Capital, a leading African fintech investment fund.
Pezesha has secured an undisclosed seven-figure seed extension
According to reports, the funding will... |
| 07.09.2021 | Kenyan fintech secures seven-figure in seed funding | Nairobi-based fintech Pezesha has raised a seven-figure seed extension from GreenHouse Capital, a leading African fintech investment fund.
Pezesha has secured an undisclosed seven-figure seed extension
According to reports, the funding wi... |
| 09.10.2020 | Seedstars International Demo Day to include three African startups | Startups from Nigeria and Kenya will have the chance to pitch at this year’s virtual Seedstars International Demo Day.
The demo day will take place on the 14th of October and will include 18 startups
The event will feature two Kenyan star... |
| 09.10.2020 | Seedstars International Demo Day to include three African startups | Startups from Nigeria and Kenya will have the chance to pitch at this year’s virtual Seedstars International Demo Day.
The demo day will take place on the 14th of October and will include 18 startups
The event will feature two Kenyan startu... |
| 24.03.2020 | Kenyan fintech Pezesha wins Best Catapulter Award at LHoFT | Kenyan fintech startup Pezesha earlier this month took home the Best Catapulter Award at the conclusion of the Catapult: Inclusion Africa fintech bootcamp hosted by The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT).
Pezesha, a micro lend... |
| 24.03.2020 | Kenyan fintech Pezesha wins Best Catapulter Award at LHoFT | Kenyan fintech startup Pezesha earlier this month took home the Best Catapulter Award at the conclusion of the Catapult: Inclusion Africa fintech bootcamp hosted by The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT).
Pezesha, a micro len... |
| 18.02.2020 | Here are the 13 African fintechs selected for LHoFT’s bootcamp in Luxembourg [Updated] | UPDATE (23 March 2020): Subsequent to the publication of this article, the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) added Nigerian startup SmartTeller and Ghanian and US based startup Ozé to the bootcamp as well. The story has been ... |
| 18.02.2020 | Here are the 13 African fintechs selected for LHoFT’s bootcamp in Luxembourg [Updated] | UPDATE (23 March 2020): Subsequent to the publication of this article, the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) added Nigerian startup SmartTeller and Ghanian and US based startup Ozé to the bootcamp as well. The story has been ... |
| 11.02.2020 | Superfluid Labs wins ENGIE Challenge at Africa Tech Summit Kigali | Share this:
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| 26.01.2020 | African credit scoring startups selected for ENGIE challenge at Africa Tech Summit in Kigali | Share this:
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| 30.12.2019 | 10 ways Africa’s fintech sector boomed in 2019 | Fintech remains one of the hottest tech verticals in Africa. This year saw African fintech startups based on the continent raise over $53-million in 25 deals (in disclosed deals).
Fintech deals accounted for about 18% of the almost $290-mil... |
| 30.12.2019 | 10 ways Africa’s fintech sector boomed in 2019 | Fintech remains one of the hottest tech verticals in Africa. This year saw African fintech startups based on the continent raise over $53-million in 25 deals (in disclosed deals).
Fintech deals accounted for about 18% of the almost $290-mi... |
| 23.12.2019 | African tech startups netted over $6m in collective prize money in 2019 [List] | African tech startups this year tapped millions of dollars by taking part in and winning startup competitions — at least over $6-million collectively, by Ventureburn’s calculations.
The biggest cash prize went to South African insurtech sta... |
| 23.12.2019 | African tech startups netted over $6m in collective prize money in 2019 [List] | African tech startups this year tapped millions of dollars by taking part in and winning startup competitions — at least over $6-million collectively, by Ventureburn’s calculations.
The biggest cash prize went to South African insurtech st... |
| 09.12.2019 | Seedstars selects 11 startups to attend its 2020 global summit | UPDATE (9 March 2020): Seedstars World has announced that it has moved its annual Seedstars Summit — which was expected to take place from 31 March to 3 April 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland — to an online-only event, following the increasing... |
| 09.12.2019 | Seedstars selects 11 startups to attend its 2020 global summit | UPDATE (9 March 2020): Seedstars World has announced that it has moved its annual Seedstars Summit — which was expected to take place from 31 March to 3 April 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland — to an online-only event, following the increasing... |
| 05.12.2019 | Seedstars Summit Africa 2019 now underway in Johannesburg – here’s who’s pitching | The Seedstars Summit Africa 2019 is now underway in Johannesburg bringing an end to this year’s edition of Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World.
The fifth edition of the regional summit, which is being held at The Fox ... |
| 05.12.2019 | Seedstars Summit Africa 2019 now underway in Johannesburg – here’s who’s pitching | The Seedstars Summit Africa 2019 is now underway in Johannesburg bringing an end to this year’s edition of Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World.
The fifth edition of the regional summit, which is being held at The Fox J... |
| 21.08.2019 | Four startups from Zanzibar event win chance to pitch at Seedstars Dar es Salaam | Seedstars World, one of the largest emerging market startup competitions, has selected four Tanzanian startups as the winners of last week’s Seedstars Zanzibar pitch event.
The four — Zanzibar Health Innovation, Nyumbani Care: Zanzibit and... |
| 21.08.2019 | Four startups from Zanzibar event win chance to pitch at Seedstars Dar es Salaam | Seedstars World, one of the largest emerging market startup competitions, has selected four Tanzanian startups as the winners of last week’s Seedstars Zanzibar pitch event.
The four — Zanzibar Health Innovation, Nyumbani Care: Zanzibit and ... |
| 15.08.2019 | Here are the 10 Tanzanian startups pitching right now at Seedstars Zanzibar | Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest emerging market startup competitions, has selected 10 Tanzanian startups to pitch at today’s inaugural Seedstars Zanzibar event.
The Tanzania leg of the pitching competition is being held at the ... |
| 15.08.2019 | Here are the 10 Tanzanian startups pitching right now at Seedstars Zanzibar | Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest emerging market startup competitions, has selected 10 Tanzanian startups to pitch at today’s inaugural Seedstars Zanzibar event.
The Tanzania leg of the pitching competition is being held at the G... |
| 09.08.2019 | Fintech startup Growth Factor wins Seedstars Accra | Fintech startup Growth Factor was yesterday announced as the winner of Seedstars Accra, beating eight other startup hopefuls.
The Ghana leg of the pitching competition took place at the Stanbic Business Incubator.
Growth Factor has develo... |
| 09.08.2019 | Fintech startup Growth Factor wins Seedstars Accra | Fintech startup Growth Factor was yesterday announced as the winner of Seedstars Accra, beating eight other startup hopefuls.
The Ghana leg of the pitching competition took place at the Stanbic Business Incubator.
Growth Factor has develope... |
| 01.08.2019 | Kenya’s CMA admits three fintechs to regulatory sandbox | Fresh from winning Seedstars Nairobi, Kenyan fintech Pezesha — along with two other fintechs — has been admitted into Kenyan financial regulatory body Capital Markets Authority’s (CMA) regulatory sandbox.
In a statement on its website yeste... |
| 01.08.2019 | Kenya’s CMA admits three fintechs to regulatory sandbox | Fresh from winning Seedstars Nairobi, Kenyan fintech Pezesha — along with two other fintechs — has been admitted into Kenyan financial regulatory body Capital Markets Authority’s (CMA) regulatory sandbox.
In a statement on its website yest... |
| 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).
I... |
| 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).
... |
| 24.06.2019 | All-woman panel to select Seedstars Nairobi winner from these 10 Kenyan startups | Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has selected 10 Kenyan startups to pitch at Seedstars Nairobi this Friday (28 June).
The sixth edition of Seedstars Nairobi will be hosted by Nailab and the 10 will appear —... |
| 24.06.2019 | All-woman panel to select Seedstars Nairobi winner from these 10 Kenyan startups | Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has selected 10 Kenyan startups to pitch at Seedstars Nairobi this Friday (28 June).
The sixth edition of Seedstars Nairobi will be hosted by Nailab and the 10 will appear — ... |
| 18.06.2019 | Sub-Sahara Africa is top market for those that made Inclusive Fintech 50 list | Sub-Sahara Africa is the favoured region for top fintech companies aimed at improving financial inclusion to operate in, if the names of those listed as part of the Inclusive Fintech 50 initiative is anything to go by.
The initiative — run ... |
| 18.06.2019 | Sub-Sahara Africa is top market for those that made Inclusive Fintech 50 list | Sub-Sahara Africa is the favoured region for top fintech companies aimed at improving financial inclusion to operate in, if the names of those listed as part of the Inclusive Fintech 50 initiative is anything to go by.
The initiative — run... |
| 17.06.2019 | Winners of Inclusive Fintech 50 | MetLife Foundation and Visa, with partners Accion and IFC, launch inaugural list to help fintech companies attract capital and resources to benefit the 3 billion financially underserved people globally.
MetLife Foundation and Visa with glob... |
| 09.06.2018 | Applications are now open for Class 2 of Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa | Google LaunchPad
In line with Google’s commitment to the Sub-Saharan Africa developer ecosystem, the company has since April 2016, hosted 13 Launchpad Build and Start events across Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, featuring some 228 speaker... |
| 23.03.2018 | 12 African startups Google is betting on | When Google CEO Sundar Pichai visited Lagos, Nigeria (the largest economy in Africa) for the first time in 2017, he announced the company’s plans to train 10 million Africans in digital skills over the next 5 years. He also announced Google... |
| 19.03.2018 | Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa announces first cohort of 12 startups | Google earlier today announced 12 startups that will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class at an event in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme is aimed at early-stage African startups and w... |
| 19.03.2018 | Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa announces first cohort of 12 startups | Google earlier today announced 12 startups that will participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class at an event in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme is aimed at early-stage African startups and ... |
| 19.03.2018 | Nigerian startups make up 50% of 12 selected for first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa | Share this article:
UPDATE: If you would like to meet these 12 startups in one room, you could do so, today June 8, by visiting Impact Hub where they will be showcased to a number of investors during the demo day.
Last July, Google announce... |
| 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... |
