Jumia, Africa’s largest e-commerce company, made history on Friday as the first African tech startup to list on the New York Stock Exchange. The company kicking off its first full week of trading with ...

Visa has joined African fintech unicorn Moniepoint as a new investor to accelerate financial inclusion for African businesses. According to TechCrunch, sources close to the deal said the amount ...

At the recent TechCrunch Disrupt SF, Senegalese VC investor Marieme Diop suggested that Silicon Valley’s unicorn IPO model might not be right for African startups. This is largely because the ...

According to CB Insights, there are more than 900 unicorn companies worldwide, with seven in Africa, four of which appeared during January-September 2021. The funds collected by African startups ...

African payments startup Flutterwave will begin offering the transfers of stablecoins on its network, using blockchain technology provided by US company Polygon Labs. Flutterwave has focused on ...

Biologists think the zebra-like stripes of the okapi -- a.k.a. Africa's unicorn, just photographed for the first time in the wild -- provide camouflage in its dense jungle home. But as I looked at the ...

Originally published by Sramana Mitra on LinkedIn: Billion Dollar Unicorn: Africa Internet Group – First African Entry To The Club There aren’t many success stories out of Africa. But things appear to ...

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. From varying sources, it is estimated up ...

Washington DC, USA - Media OutReach - 22 July 2022-Delphos acted as exclusive advisor to Wave Mobile Money Holdings Inc. (“Wave”) on its highly successful €90 million Syndicated Loan, which will ...

Jumia, known as the Amazon of Africa has shuttered its operations in Cameroon, as the company struggles along the path to profitability. The e-commerce business has seen its stock price decline ...