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Payday (Techstars ’21), one of Africa’s leading Pan-African neobank, has raised $3 million in seed funding to drive the future of work for the continent.
The funding round was led by led by TeamApt Inc. (now Moniepoint Inc) Inc, with participation from HoaQ, DFS Lab’s Stellar Africa Fund, Ingressive Capital Fund II and angel investors – Dare Okoudjou, Founder and CEO of MFS Africa and ‘Tola Onayemi of Norabase. The investment brings Payday’s total investment to $5.1m, following a $2m+ pre-seed round in 2021. Founded in 2021, Payday is a fintech startup helping Africans send and receive money globally.

Swoop, a food delivery startup founded in Eswatini, has secured $7.3 million in seed funding as it prepares to enter Nigeria, marking its first expansion beyond its home market.

Ethiopian electric mobility startup Dodai has secured $13 million in fresh funding to scale its electric motorbike operations and battery-swapping network, as the country pushes toward cleaner transport solutions.

Impact Fund Denmark has committed DKK 160 million, equivalent to around $25 million, to East African forestry company The New Forests Company (NFC) as the region faces growing demand for timber and wood products.