Africa Fintech Foundry
Fintech

Access Bank African Fintech Foundry Accelerator Program 2021

Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) is an Access Bank initiative that aims to nurture, fund, and accelerate the growth of Fintech

YouTube
Social Media Technology

YouTube Announces Inaugural #YouTubeBlackVoices Creator Grantees From Africa

YouTube has released its inaugural class of African content creators set to receive a grant for the development of their

Daystar Power
Funding Investment Renewable Energy Venture Capital

Nigerian Solar Power Company, Daystar Power Secures $38m Series B Investment to Accelerate Regional Expansion

Daystar Power, a leading provider of hybrid solar power solutions to businesses in West Africa, today announced a Series B

Nawah Scientific
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egyptian Startup, Nawah Scientific raises $1m in pre-Series A

Nawah Scientific has announced the closing of a second pre-series A round of 1M USD in mixed equity and debt

Ecobank
Banking SMEs

Ecobank Launches Radio Programme to Empower SMEs

Ecobank Nigeria has launched a radio programme – “Ecobank Business Hour” targeted at empowering small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the

One Kiosk
Interview

Meet One Kiosk, The Startup Aiming to Become The Instacart For Africa

One Kiosk Africa is aiming to become the Instacart of Africa. The co-founder and CEO of the startup, Adeshina Adewumi

MTN
Hackathon MTN

Joshua Agboola Emerges Winner of MTN mPulse Hackathon

Joshua Agboola, a 12-year-old JSS 2 student of Bellina College, Akoka, Lagos has emerged winner of the MTN mPulse Hackathon

Social Lender
AgricTech Fintech

Farmers Benefit From Social Lender-OCP Africa Collaboration

Over 100,000 smallholder farmers received personalised financial services from a smart funding initiative of Social Lender, a fintech company, and

Accelerator
AgricTech

APPLY: SDG Impact Accelerator to Address Digital Agriculture Challenge in Uganda

The SDG Impact Accelerator (SDGia) is a global accelerator built by a multi-stakeholder platform focusing on empowering entrepreneurs and innovators

Data4COVID19
Africa Competition Health

Apply: #Data4COVID19Africa Challenge

AFD in collaboration with Expertise France and The GovLab is seeking innovative proposals that can leverage data (Data4COVID19) in a