How PaidHR is Driving Workforce Efficiency and Financial Wellness for African SMEs
June 27, 2025
Nigerian HR tech startup PaidHR is tackling Africa’s HR automation gap with all-in-one HR software, cross-border payroll, and financial wellness tools tailored to small and medium-sized enterprises across the continent. If you have a startup…
Google Selects 15 Startups for Africa Accelerator Class 9
June 26, 2025
Google today announced the selection of 15 promising tech startups for its Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa Class 9 program. These innovative startups, hailing from Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa, are…
Peach Tech Raises $11M Series A to Scale its Used Car Marketplace in Kenya
June 24, 2025
Peach Tech, the Nairobi-founded startup behind Peach Cars, has raised $11 million in a Series A round led by Suzuki Global Ventures (SGV), the venture capital arm of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan’s leading automaker with…
Luno Relaunches in Kenya to Make Crypto Easier and Safer for Everyone
June 24, 2025
Luno, the global cryptocurrency investment platform, is officially back in Kenya. Originally introduced to the Kenyan market between 2013 and 2014 under its former name BitX, Luno returns with a promise to make buying, selling,…
BURN and TDB Group Launch Initiative to Bring Clean Cooking to Over 2 Million People
June 23, 2025
BURN, Africa’s leading clean cookstove manufacturer and carbon project developer, has signed a landmark agreement with the Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group) to scale access to clean cooking in Mozambique, the Democratic Republic…
PaidHR Secures $1.8M Seed Funding to Transform HR and Payroll for Africa’s Workforce
June 23, 2025
PaidHR, a Nigerian HR and payroll startup, has secured $1.8 million in a seed funding round led by Accion Venture Lab. Existing investors including Zrosk, Chui Ventures, and Zedcrest Capital also participated in this round….
DisrupTech Ventures Backs Nigeria’s Winich Farms in First Pan-African Investment
June 17, 2025
DisrupTech Ventures, one of Egypt’s top early-stage fintech investors, has announced its first pan-African investment, backing Nigerian agri-tech startup Winich Farms as part of its Pre-Series A round. The Lagos-based company is using technology to…
Kenya's Afya Gemma Selected for 2025 Google.org Generative AI Accelerator
June 17, 2025
Afya Gemma, an AI-powered clinical decision support platform developed by Aga Khan University Data Innovation Office has been selected from nearly 3,000 global applications to participate in the 2025 Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI. Google.org launched an open call…
LemFi Acquires Pillar to Launch Credit Cards for Immigrants in the UK
June 16, 2025
LemFi has announced the acquisition of Pillar, a UK-based fintech focused on credit access for immigrants. As a result of this acquisition, LemFi will launch specialised credit cards designed especially for immigrant communities. If you…