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Egypt-based venture capital firm (VC) Acasia Ventures has joined a $1.5 million pre-Seed funding round for Kenyan e-commerce enabler...

Kenyan startup tappi, which helps SMEs build their online identity through a chat tool that automatically creates a webpage, has raised US$1.5 million through an oversubscribed pre-seed round of funding to help it digitise and build online trust for African SMEs.

The conflict emerged as Kenyan e-commerce giant Twiga transitioned from high growth to profitability, leading to payment delays on a three-year $3 million cloud services contract.

The Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund (the Fund)  is pleased to announce that three Investment Vehicles (IVs) received investment approvals:  Chui Ventures, VestedWorld, and SME Impact Fund.

Tappi allows small business owners to place ads using airtime; it has raised $1.5 million pre-seed to pursue its next growth phase in Nigeria and Kenya.

Kenyan e-commerce startup Sky.Garden, has relaunched following a Ksh250 million ($1.6 million) buyout by BNLP company, Lipa Later Group.

BJ’s: Mixed third quarter results

Nigerian startup Pricepally, a fresh and packaged food e-commerce platform, has raised US$1.3 million in seed funding to help it scale.

Asda opened its 100th Asda Express store

Yesterday, Fingo, a YC-backed Kenyan fintech, launched its neobank, which it developed in collaboration with Pan-African financial institution Ecobank Kenya. Th