Kenya’s B2B agritech startup, iProcure, has raised $10.2 million in Series B funding to grow its presence in its current markets – Kenya and Uganda, and expand to Tanzania. The round was led by Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), with participation from Novastar Ventures, Ceniarth, and British International Investment (BII) participating.
Koolboks, the sustainable cooling company providing accessible cold storage solutions to businesses across Africa, has closed a $2.5 million seed funding round. The round was led by Nigeria-based Aruwa Capital Management and with participation from Acumen, Blue Earth Capital, All On, GSMA and other investors. This brings the company’s total investment to date to $3.5 million.
Nigerian fintech startup AjoMoney is a community financing platform that digitizes Africa’s centuries-old rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs), making it possible for the 65% of Africans who are either unbanked or underbanked to access zero or low interest credit when they collectively save and invest money.
Martech keeps taking larger bites out of marketing budgets: 17.3% last year, 19.9% this year, 23.5% next year, and 30.9% five years from now, according to the latest CMO Survey. This despite barely more than half (56.4%) of current tools being used and nearly half (48.8%) of the survey respondents reporting worse-than-expected results. Oddly enough, marketers rate selecting marketing technologies as the thing they do best.