Uber Eats, the food delivery business of ride-hailing giant Uber, has acquired South African-owned restaurant technology company orderTalk in what is being billed as a significant exit for Cape Town-based venture capital firm Knife Capital. The deal, the terms of which have not been disclosed, will allow Uber Eats “to streamline workflows by directly integrating with leading point-of-sale systems”. (Listen to …

Honor, the fast-growing, comprehensive home care company for older adults, has raised $50 million in Series C financing, which will support the rapid expansion of the Honor Care Network, a first-of-its-kind national network of home care agencies and other providers. Honor recently added seven home care agency partners to its Care Network and is actively seeking partners in new and existing …

Since its launch,  Lydia has made over 1,500 business loans to help MSMEs in farming, hospitality, logistics, retail, real estate, technology, and health get the capital they need to grow their operations. Lydia has just announced raising $6.9m in Series A funding led by Omidyar Network, with support from early Paga investor, Alitheia Capital (via the uMunthu inclusive growth fund), Bamboo Capital Partners, and …

Janngo announces its first funding round to launch digital solutions tackling challenges faced by African SMEs. Janngo demonstrates its ability to attract both African and international capital with a pool of experimented investors including : Mulliez Family, a family office with a long-term patrimonial vision ; Clipperton, a leading independent Investment bank fully focused on high growth Technology companies and backed by …

After announcing Late Last year that its set to launch a Hub in Africa: Facebook has made that come to life. NG-HUB, a partnership between Facebook and CcHub Nigeria today unveiled NG_HUB in Lagos.  NG_HUB is the first flagship community hub space in Africa. NG_HUB is Aimed at attracting the best talent and driving innovation in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem, these are all designed …