A day is never enough to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness against bias or take action for equality. This should be an everyday and all-year-round call to action for everyone. This year’s theme — #BreakTheBias — is a reminder to everyone that there are biases in our communities, workplaces, schools…

The year 2021 will go down in history as one of the most remarkable years in recent times for the African tech ecosystem. African companies raised over $4B according to the African Investment Report 2021 by Briter Bridges. 5 African companies — Flutterwave, OPay, Wave, Andela, and Chippercash — became…

Announcing our Investment in Pivo 💙🎉 Pivo is a credit-focused financial services company for SME Players in the Supply Chain. Team Nkiru Amadi-Emina, CEO and Co-founder: Nkiru has a BSc in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Business Analytics. She previously founded Jalo, an on-demand delivery company, which was later…

Announcing our Investment in HoneyCoin 💛🎉 HoneyCoin provides a global monetisation and peer-to-peer (P2P) remittance platform for African creators and their followers. Team David Nandwa, CEO and CTO: Previously on the Developer Integrations Team at Flutterwave, David is now a serial technical founder with two small exits under his belt. He…

Announcing our Investment in Lemonade Finance 🎉🎉 Lemonade Finance is a cross-border payments platform Team Ridwan Olalere, CEO and Co-founder: Ridwan is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lemonade Finance. He formerly worked as Director of Payments at OPay and as Senior Director of Operations at ORide. Ridwan has…

Announcing our Investment in InstantRad 🎉🎉 InstantRad offers an on-demand Teleradiology-Platform-As-A-Service (TPaas) and a marketplace for thousands of healthcare centers across the world. Team Seth Quansah, CEO and Co-founder: Seth served as the Ghana Director for RAD-AID International, one of the world’s largest NGOs focused on radiology. …

Announcing our Investment in Bumpa! 🎉🎉 Bumpa helps SMBs manage and grow their business both online and offline. Team Kelvin Umechukwu, CEO and Co-founder: Kelvin worked as the Incubation Program Manager of Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), Africa’s largest Innovation Hub, where he supported early-stage startups. He was the Head of Business Development…

Announcing our investment in Raise! 🎉🎉 Raise is a simple fundraising and equity management platform for Africa. Team Marvin Coleby, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Previously a Securities and VC lawyer at Dentons (one of the world’s largest law firms), Marvin worked on VC transactions between seed and series D…

2020 was a year that required a rethink. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world experienced a transformation that changed our approach to everyday living. For many, if not all of us, normal day-to-day activities became almost alien. …