AfricInvest
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Innovation Startup Venture Capital

AfricInvest Partners Cathay Innovation to Unveil $168m Pan-African Fund

AfricInvest, a Tunisia-based private equity firm in Africa with USD1.5 billion in assets under management, and Cathay Innovation, a global

Branch International
Africa Entrepreneurship Fintech Funding Investment Payment Startup Venture Capital

Branch International Which Operates in Nigeria, 2 Other African Countries Has Raised $170M Series C Financing

Branch International which operates in Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania has raised  $170M in Series C financing led by Foundation Capital

Leapfrog Ventures
Entrepreneurship Funding Venture Capital

Algebra Ventures & Endure Capital Lead Investment in Egypt’s Brimore

Brimore, an Egyptian end-to-end distribution platform has secured $800,000 funding led by Algebra Ventures and Endure Capital. Also participating in the investment

Africa Business Funding Investment Startup Technology Venture Capital

Kenya’s Bwala Secures Funding From Justin Caldbeck, Expands to Kampala

Bwala Africa Group which is a last mile logistics marketplace launched in 2018 has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from

Tony Elumelu Foundation
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Innovation SMEs Social Entrepreneurship Startup Technology Venture Capital

After Sorting 216k Applications, TEF Foundation Reveals Selected Startups For Entrepreneurship Programme

The Tony Elumelu Foundation has announced the African startups selected for its entrepreneurship progamme in Abuja, Nigeria. Over 3,000 applicants were

Agro-tech Business Investment SMEs Social Entrepreneurship Technology Venture Capital

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

Accelerator Entrepreneurship Funding Innovation Investment Social Entrepreneurship Technology Venture Capital

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

Accelerator Acquisition Africa Entrepreneurship Innovation Technology Venture Capital

Kenya’s MumsVillage and Sierra Leone’s Mosabi make it to Gray Matters Capital’s GMC Calibrator

Gray Matters Capital, a US-based impact investor focused on the funding for-profit social enterprises in markets of Africa, India, Latin

Africa Agro-tech Artificial Intelligence Business Funding Investment SMEs Startup Venture Capital

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

TeamApt
Fintech Investment Venture Capital

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.