Powergen
Energy Investment Renewable Energy

Africa-focused Renewable Energy Provider, PowerGen Secures Undisclosed Series B Funding

PowerGen, an African renewable and microgrid provider, has signed a Series B investment with funding from Shell’s New Energies business,

Founders Factory Africa
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Health Investment

Apply For Founders Factory Africa Accelerator Program For Health-tech Startups

Founders Factory Africa (FFA) has opened applications for an acceleration and incubation program that is targeted at African health-tech startups.

VC4A
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Investment SMEs Startup Venture Capital

Application Opens For VC4A Venture Showcase 2019

VC4A (Venture Capital For Africa) is looking for 10 innovative, high-growth scale-ups to showcase at Africa Early Stage Investor Summit on

SureSwipe
Acquisition Africa Fintech Payment Technology

South African Fintech Startup, Sureswipe Acquired For Undisclosed Amount

Sureswipe, a South African payments company has been acquired by a group of investors for an undisclosed amount. The investors

Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Startup Technology

French President Announces €2.5bn Funding for African Startup Via Choose Africa Initiative

French President, Emmanuel Macron has announced The Choose Africa Initiative which is an initiative to provide €2.5bn to African startups.

Accelerator Africa Business Entrepreneurship Innovation Innovation Hub Startup

The World Food Programme Calls For Solutions to End Hunger

The World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator and Cargill announce a call for applications for the Global Innovation Challenge for

Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship Investment

Data Science & A.I Startups Can Now Apply For the $100k UNICEF Innovation Fund

The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make up to 100K equity-free investments to provide early stage (seed) finance to

Entrepreneurship Payment Social Entrepreneurship

Nine new projects focused on financial inclusion to receive more than US$9 million from the Mastercard Foundation 

The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity (FRP) today announced that nine companies from seven countries will receive more than

Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Innovation Startup Technology

African Startups Can Now Apply For the Global Digital Accelerator

Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE)  returns with the 3rd annual digital startup accelerator program to be hosted in 7 global regions. The

Business Economy Government Transport

Federal Government Spends Nigeria Air Project

The Federal Government has suspended the national carrier (Nigeria Air) project, according to the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen.