Author: Staff Writer

I am a staff at Innovation Village.

Endeavor, a global firm that invests in entrepreneurs, announced that it has closed its endeavor Catalyst Fund IV raising $292 million, the largest fund to date, surpassing the fund’s initial $200 million – $250 million target. This brings Endeavor Catalyst’s total assets under management (“AUM”) up to $500M+. Founded by…

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Kenyan B2B last mile logistics startup, Duhqa has closed a $2 million seed round to scale its service offering within Kenya and East Africa. The startup raised US$ 150,000 in pre-seed funding in 2021. The funding round attracted participation from CrossFund, Roselake Ventures, Mo Angels and a number of existing investors, including Techstars…

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Mono is now live in Kenya. Mono enables its partners to build apps that make transfers from their customers’ bank accounts instantly, help them understand their users’ cash flow with more detailed information, offer convenient credit, among other things. Founded by ex-Paystack employee and CEO Abdul Hassan and CTO Prakhar Singh, and launched…

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Nigerian Mobility startup, Moove, announced that it has secured $20 million from British International Investment (“BII”), the UK government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI), formerly known as CDC Group. According to Moove, the 4-year structured credit investment will play a key role in expanding its operations in Nigeria and significantly strengthen…

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There is so much more to nursing than the majority of the world sees. Even recently, when the role of nursing has become so much more well known and appreciated, there is still a lot that takes place that no one except other healthcare professionals know about and understand. One…

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