Taimba
Africa AgricTech Agro-tech Business Entrepreneurship Funding Investment

Kenyan B2B Agri-Tech Startup Taimba Gets $100K in Funding from Gray Matters Capital’s coLABS

US-based impact investor Gray Matters Capital has today announced that it has funded Taimba, a Nairobi based B2B Agri-Tech start-up

Farmcrowdy
Africa AgricTech Agro-tech Business Entrepreneurship SMEs

Farmcrowdy is Now a Bigger Agritech Firm as it Merges Farmgate Africa and Agricsquare As Farmcrowdy

Farmcrowdy, a Nigerian agrictech firm, and its sister companies, Farmgate Africa & Agricsquare will now be one company, birthing a

EZ Farming
Accelerator AgricTech Venture Capital

Nigeria’s AgricTech Startup EZ Farming Selected For 500 Startups Accelerator Program

EZ Farming, a Nigerian agrictech startup has been selected for the 25th batch of the 500 Startups Accelerator program which

Khalifa Fund
Africa Entrepreneurship Government Innovation Innovation Hub SMEs Social Entrepreneurship

Khalifa Fund Establishes Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre in Senegal

Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, KFED, will establish Mohamed bin Zayed Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Dakar, Senegal, aimed

PepsiCo
Acquisition Africa Business

PepsiCo Targets African Growth With Offer To Acquire SA’s Pioneer Foods For $1.7B

PepsiCo today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Pioneer Foods Group

SteamaCo
Africa Energy Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Social Entrepreneurship

Steamaco Completes $5m Series B Financing to Scale its Electricity Services to Underserved People in Africa and Asia

SteamaCo, a UK-based technology supplier to utilities in Africa and Asia has secured $5m Series B equity financing. This latest

Sub-saharan Africa
Africa Report Technology Telecom

“Youth Population to Drive Strong Subscriber Growth Across Sub-saharan Africa”

Sub-Saharan Africa will remain the world’s fastest-growing mobile region over the coming years as millions of young African consumers become

Khalifa Fund
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Government Innovation SMEs Social Entrepreneurship Venture Capital

UAE’s Khalifa Fund Signs $100m Deal to Support Ethiopian Innovation & Entrepreneurs

Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED) has signed a partnership deal with the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance aimed at providing

Huawei
Business Smartphones Technology

Huawei Mobile OS to be Named ‘Harmony’ in Europe

As Huawei continues to deal with uncertainty over its future US relations and its access to the Android and Windows operating systems,

Powerhive
Africa Energy Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Venture Capital

Kenya Energy Solution Provider, Powerhive Raises US$9.3m Series B Funding Round to Expand its African Footprint

Powerhive Inc, an energy solutions and technology provider for emerging markets with a presence in Kenya, has announced the closing