WHO Africa
Funding Hackathon Health

WHO Africa Launches Virtual Hackathons For Digital Solutions to Curb COVID-19

The World Health Organization in Africa is holding virtual hackathons and offering up to $20,000 in seed-funds to finalists with

Co-creation hub
Africa Funding Health

Africa CDC & Co-Creation Hub Invite Application For Innovative Comm Projects on COVID-19

  Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is collaborating with the Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) to launch a

Redbird
Africa Apps Health

Ghana’s Healthtech Startup, Redbird Launches COVID-19 Daily Check-in App and Symptom Tracker

Redbird, a medical diagnostics distributor providing access to healthcare in Ghana through community pharmacies, has announced the launch of the

UBA
Africa Funding Health

UBA Donates N5 billion ($14 m) for Covid-19 Relief Across Africa

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has donated over N5bn ($14 million) through the UBA Foundation, to catalyse a comprehensive

WhatsApp
Health News Social Media

COVID-19 Update: WHO Launches Health Alert Service on WhatsApp

As the Coronavirus pandemic spreads, the World Health Organization has launched a Health Alert on WhatsApp. The new service, which

Africa Health Social Entrepreneurship

Co-creation Hub Calls for Projects Funding and Design Support For COVID-19 Projects

In light of the Coronavirus pandemic and its related consequences in other sectors of various economies across the globe, Co-creation

Funding Investment Venture Capital

Chowdeck Secures $2.5m Seed Funding to Optimise on-demand food Delivery in Nigeria

Chowdeck, a Nigerian on-demand delivery service, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding to optimise its operations and support expansion

Andela
Technology

Andela Launches An Integrated, End-to-End Platform to Bolster Global Remote Tech Hiring

 Andela, the private marketplace for technical talent, has announced the Andela Talent Cloud, an integrated, end-to-end platform to match global technologists

OmniRetail
Funding Investment Retail Venture Capital

Aruwa Capital Management Invests in OmniRetail

Aruwa Capital Management, an early-stage growth equity and gender lens fund investing in Nigeria and Ghana, has announced an investment

Acasia Ventures
Venture Capital

Acasia Ventures Opens Office in Lagos

Acasia Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of Acasia Group, has launched a new office in Lagos, Nigeria. This is