Funding Insurtech Investment Startup Venture Capital

Naspers Foundry Leads $11m Series A Investment in Insurtech Startup, Naked

Naspers, through its early-stage tech investment vehicle Naspers Foundry, announced a US$8.3 million investment in Naked, the artificial intelligence (AI)-driven insurtech company that offers

Startup

Seedstars and FDFA Announce MENA and African Startup Winners of Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2021

Seedstars and The Peace and Human Rights Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) has announced 20 global startup

Venture Capital

Convergence Partners Announces First Close of its Third Fund at $120m to Drive Digital Inclusion in Africa

Convergence Partners, a private equity investor focused on the technology sector across sub-Saharan Africa, announced the successful first close of

SAIS
AgricTech Startup

APPLY: GIZ-SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2022 For African AgriTech and FoodTech Startups

Scaling Digital Agriculture Innovations through Startups’ (SAIS) is a project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Norrsken
Accelerator Funding Startup

Meet 11 Startups From Africa Joining Norrsken Impact Accelerator 2021

Norrsken Foundation has announced 11 African startups that will partake in the Norrsken Impact Accelerator 2021 from July in Stockholm,

Future Africa
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Future Africa Says it Has Invested $3m in 13 Startups in 2021

Future Africa has says that it has invested $3million in 13 startups, bringing our total number of investments as a

Polaris
Product Launch

Polaris Bank Nigeria Launches VULTe; a New Digital Bank

Polaris Bank has launched a digital bank called VULTe. In his welcome address at the well-attended unveiling ceremony held in

Homzmart
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egyptian Furniture Marketplace, Homzmart closes $15m Series A Round

Homzmart, the Egyptian furniture & home goods marketplace, has announced that it has successfully closed its $15 million Series A

CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa
Fintech

AWABAH, Crop2Cash and 12 Other Fintech Startups Joining CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa 2021

The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) Foundation has selected 14 Fintech startups to take part in the 2021 edition

Microsoft
Digital Partnership Training

Microsoft Partners FG to Fight Corruption, Provide High-speed Internet and Digital Skills to Five million Nigerians

Microsoft has partnered with the Federal Government of Nigeria to introduce several projects aimed at intensifying the nation’s move to