Apollo Agriculture
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Apollo Agriculture Secures $6m Investment to Accelerate Growth

Apollo Agriculture, a Kenyan agritech startup has invested $6 million series A funding led by Anthemis to accelerate growth. The investment

Tomato Jos
AgricTech Funding Venture Capital

Tomato Jos Closes Series A round funding of EUR 3.9 million

Tomato Jos, an agro-processing company focused on the local production of high-quality tomato paste for the African market has announced

Innovate Now
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship

Innovate Now Accelerator Programme Seeks Mobile Solutions to Assist Persons with Disabilities

Innovate Now, Africa’s first Assistive Technology Accelerator is seeking applications from innovators across the African continent who are dedicated to

Andela
Africa Partnership Technology

Andela Partners with Microsoft to Launch ALCwithMicrosoft Azure Training 2020

Microsoft 4Afrika and Andela have partnered to implement the ALCwithMicrosoft Azure Training 2020 to up-skill developers in Kenya and Nigeria

Giphy
Acquisition

Facebook Buys GIF Company Giphy For $400m

Facebook has announced that it had acquired Giphy for a reported sum of $400 million. Giphy — whose trove of

Ventures Platform
Investment Venture Capital

Ventures Platform Invests in 3 Nigerian Startups

Ventures Platform has announced that it has added 3 Nigerian startups to its investments portfolio. According to a statement from

e-commerce
Ecommerce Report

Jumia Revenue Dips as COVID-19 Bites Hard on eCommerce Firm

The path to Jumia becoming profitable is probably still years away as the eCommerce has released its Q1 2020 report

Brimore
Investment Venture Capital

Egypt’s Brimore Raises $3.5 Million Investment Led by Algebra Ventures

Brimore, an Egyptian direct end-to-end distribution Startup has closed $3.5 million pre-Series A round led by Algebra Ventures. The funding

Jumia
Ecommerce Partnership

Jumia & Mastercard Incentivize Consumers to Use Cashless Payments

Jumia and Mastercard have announced a partnership to incentivize the use of cashless payment platforms as people look for safer

Africa4Future
Accelerator AgricTech

4 Nigerian Startups, 6 Others Join Africa4Future Accelerator Program 2020

The 10 African agritech startups that will participate in the 3rd cohort of the Africa4Future Accelerator Program 2020 have been