Startup
Africa Entrepreneurship Startup

Seed Stage Investing and Why it Matters For Africa’s Startup and Innovation Community

Startup entrepreneurs are working to harness Africa’s potential. Together they represent a critical pipeline of innovation that is driving high

Paymob
Africa Funding Investment

Egypt’s Paymob Raises $3.5m to Grow Merchant Network and Expand Regional Footprint

Paymob, the Egyptian digital payment solutions, has raised $3.5m investments led by Global Ventures and the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank

MSME Academy
Africa SMEs

AUDA-NEPA Launches the MSME Academy for All Africa’s Micro Small and Medium Enterprises

AUDA-NEPAD (the African Union Development Agency) has announced the launch of the MSME Academy, in partnership with Ecobank Group.  

Twiga Foods
Africa AgricTech Funding

Twiga Foods Temporarily Suspends West African Expansion Plans to Focus on Markets Closer to Home

The CEO of Twiga Foods, Peter Njonjo, has disclosed that the Kenyan agritech startup is temporarily suspending its expansion plans

RETINA-AI Health
Artificial Intelligence Funding Health

RETINA-AI Health, a Startup Founded By Nigerian-born Stephen Odaibo Raises $5.2M for AI Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy

RETINA-AI Health, a startup founded by Nigerian-born Dr. Stephen Odaibo has raised $5.2M in Series A funding for Artificial Intelligence screening of

Konga
Business Ecommerce

Konga Gets Investors Backing to Expand to Other African Countries After Rejecting $300 Million Valuation

Konga, a Nigerian eCommerce firm says that it rejected a $300 million valuation from a consortium of global investors last

PlentyWaka
Business Funding Ride-hailing

Plentywaka Launches in Abuja, Raises $300k Pre-seed Investment

Plentywaka, a Nigerian bus-hailing startup has launched in Abuja and has also disclosed that it has bagged $300,000 pre-seed investment

Apollo Agriculture
AgricTech Entrepreneurship Startup

24 Semi-Finalists Selected For 2nd GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition

The 24 semi-finalists for the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition 2020 have been announced. The Top 24 semi-finalists include drone pioneers,

BitMEX
Bitcoin Investment Venture Capital

Why BitMEX Just Invested in VALR, a South African Bitcoin Exchange

100x Ventures, the venture arm of the parent company of BitMEX, invested in South Africa’s largest Bitcoin exchange, VALR. Two

Africa Online Safety Fund
Funding Internet

Impact Amplifier Invites Application to $1m Africa Online Safety Fund

Impact Amplifier with the support of Google.org has set up an Africa Online Safety Fund worth $1,000,000 and it is