M-KOPA, the asset financing platform that offers underbanked African customers access to “productive assets” and the ability to pay for them via digital micropayments, has secured more than $250 million in new funding. The capital injection includes $55 million in equity and over $200 million in debt, huge sums in both categories that testify to strong fundamentals and solid performance for any growth-stage company in this venture capital’s current contraction.

PropellerAds, a leading advertising and marketing technology company based in Limassol, Cyprus, has announced the inauguration of a new office in Bangalore, India. The new office will help the advertising and marketing technology company benefit from India’s already well-established industry.