Senegalese logistics company Chargel has secured $2.5 million seed funding for Francophone Africa expansion.
The funding round was led by Logos Ventures, with the participation of Ventures Platform Fund, Foundation Botnar, DFS Labs, and Seedstars. Founded in 2018, Chargel is revolutionizing the trucking industry in Francophone Africa by seamlessly connecting shippers with the perfect transporters at competitive prices and managing everything from payments to fuel and insurance.
As part of its mission to simplify the logistics landscape, the innovative startup is creating the biggest trucking network in Senegal. This move is aimed at empowering shippers to find reliable transporters while helping transporters increase their operations’ efficiency by maximizing truck capacity
LAfricaMobile, a leading provider of cloud communication and mobile marketing solutions, has secured €4.3 million in Series A funding.
Kenyan agri-tech startup Farm to Feed has secured funding from Renew Capital, a pan-African investment firm, to help them scale their operations. The exact amount of funding was not disclosed.
Oyster Agribusiness, a Ghana-based agri-tech firm championing climate-smart agriculture, has successfully raised $2 million in funding to scale up its operations and strengthen the resilience of the country’s agricultural sector against climate challenges.
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