Business news from around Africa categorised by business sector
Nigerian shared mobility startup Shuttlers raises $1.6M, plans pan-African expansion
Shared transportation in Nigeria, Africa’s largest country by population, is a thriving business, at least when done the conventional way: offline. With millions of Nigerians using danfo minibuses and okadas to commute to their various workplaces and destinations, mobility startups have sought to digitize the market. However, most have found little luck, especially those in […]
Nigeria’s Kippa gets $3.2M pre-seed for its small business finance management app
Millions of small businesses globally, especially in emerging markets, have stayed offline for the better part of the past decade. Due to that, most of them still rely on scribbles using pen and paper or ledgers for bookkeeping and storing important information. In Nigeria, some go to the extent of keeping information offhand. All these […]
