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Nigerian payment service provider Nomba has raised a $30 million Pre-Series B funding round to enable businesses to easily and securely receive customer payments across Africa
The funding round was led by San Francisco-based Base10 Partners, with participation from Partech, Khosla Ventures, Helios Digital Ventures and Shopify. Founded in 2016, Nomba is creating tools for businesses to manage sales, money and payments without hurdles. The startup is on a mission to build an ecosystem that simplifies how businesses accept payments, make payments and manage operations.
Nomba intends to invest the new funding in delivering tailored payment and operational solutions designed for specific businesses, including food companies, restaurants, logistics and transport companies, to plug gaps in their payment processes.

Amenli, an Egyptian insurtech startup, has raised $2.3 million in funding to accelerate its growth and enhance its service offerings.

Climate Fund Managers (CFM), a climate-focused blended finance investment firm operating across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, has announced a new initiative to co-develop a 30MW municipal waste-to-energy project in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), Africa’s largest dedicated sustainable infrastructure equity manager, has successfully closed its fourth pan-African infrastructure fund, African Infrastructure Investment Fund 4 (AIIF4), with a total of USD748 million raised.