SureSwipe
Acquisition Africa Fintech Payment Technology

South African Fintech Startup, Sureswipe Acquired For Undisclosed Amount

Sureswipe, a South African payments company has been acquired by a group of investors for an undisclosed amount. The investors

Seedstars World
Africa Entrepreneurship Events Funding Innovation Startup Venture Capital

Applications Are Now Open For Seedstars World Competition

Seedstars World, the largest early-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is coming back to the continent

Gokada
Business Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Transport Venture Capital

Gokada Raises $5.3m Series A Funding Led by Rise Capital

Gokada, a Nigerian motorcycle ride-hailing firm has raised $5.3 million Series A round to scale its business. The funding round

Bamboo Capital Partners
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Technology Venture Capital

Bamboo Capital Partners & Smart Africa Join Forces For Blended Finance Technology Impact Fund

Bamboo Capital Partners, the impact investing platform, has signed a partnership with Smart Africa to support BLOC, the first-of-its-kind blended

Eghosa Omoigui
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Interview Venture Capital

Nigerian Startups Lost $10m ICT Funds to Corruption Says EchoVC Partners Founder

Eghosa Omoigui is the Founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners, an early-stage and growth-stage technology venture capital firm

Women
Africa Digital Entrepreneurship Event Funding Innovation Technology

Five Women-Focused Startups Emerge Winners in AFD Digital Challenge

Five women-focused startups that support and develop digital innovations to benefit African women have emerged winners in the third AFD

XPay
Africa Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egypt Fintech Startup XPay Secures $250k in Pre-seed Funding Round

XPay, a Cairo-based fintech startup has raised $250,000 in pre-seed funding from undisclosed angel investors. XPay which is part of Startupbootcamp Fintech

Pitch2Win
Entrepreneurship Event Funding Investment Startup Technology

Apply for TechCircle’s Pitch2Win Competition For a Chance to Win N1m

Nigerian Tech startups have been invited to apply for TechCircle’s Pitch2Win competition for a chance to win 1 million naira.

Startup
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Innovation Hub Startup

Twelve Startup Accelerators & Incubators From MENA Announce Partnership

Startup accelerators and incubators number 12 in total from different countries of the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) have

Instadeep
Africa Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Technology Venture Capital

Artificial Intelligence Firm InstaDeep Secures $7m in Series A Funding

InstaDeep, an enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) firm based in Tunisia has raised $7m in Series A funding from AfricInvest and