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Nigeria’s Farmcrowdy Secures $1m Seed Funding From Cox Enterprises, Others

Nigeria Agro-tech startup, Farmcrowdy has disclosed that it has secured an additional $1m seed funding from Cox Enterprises and Techstars, along with

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Why You Should Apply For Itanna Accelerator Programme For Nigerian Startups

Itanna, the venture platform launched by Honeywell Group in 2018, has announced the commencement of the 2019 edition of its

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AgriTech Startup, Thrive Agric Selected For Y Combinator 2019 Winter Batch

Thrive Agric, an agritech startup that provides microloans to Nigerian farmers and a channel to sell produce to large buyers

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French President Announces €2.5bn Funding for African Startup Via Choose Africa Initiative

French President, Emmanuel Macron has announced The Choose Africa Initiative which is an initiative to provide €2.5bn to African startups.

Jumia
Africa Business Ecommerce Economy Funding Investment

Jumia files for IPO on the New York Stock Exchange

Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia has filed for an Initial Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange according to SEC

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South Africa’s Aerobotics Raises Another $2m in Series A Funding

South Africa agtech startup,  Aerobotics, has announced that it raised another $2m in series A funding from Paper Plane Ventures

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Nigeria’s TeamApt Raises $5.5 Million Funding Led by Quantum Capital Partners

Nigerian fintech startup, TeamApt has raised a US$5.5 million Series A funding round to help it scale into new markets. 

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IFC Set to Invest $6 Million Equity Investment in African Startups

Tech startups from Sub-Saharan Africa markets to get $6 million investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a subsidiary of

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Meet The 50 Regional Finalists of The 2019 MEST Africa Challenge

MEST, the Pan-African training programme, seed fund, incubator and hub for tech entrepreneurs in Africa, has announced the 50 regional

Partech Africa
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Partech Africa Fund Hits $143m, Establishes East  Africa Presence

The Partech Africa Fund achieves a final closing at $143M, more than double the size of its first closing a