Startup Nigeria
Entrepreneurship Event Funding Startup

Innovative Idea-Staged Startups Can Now Apply For Startup Nigeria

Startup Nigeria is a 3-Month Incubation Program designed to support innovative idea-staged companies across Nigeria with funding, mentorship and training.

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

Seedstars World
Africa Entrepreneurship Events Funding Innovation Startup Venture Capital

Applications Are Now Open For Seedstars World Competition

Seedstars World, the largest early-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is coming back to the continent

Startup
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Innovation Social Entrepreneurship Tech Tips

Nestlé Debuts R&D Innovation Challenge to Accelerate African Tech Startups

Nestlé has kicked off a Research and Development (R&D) innovation challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa as part of the company’s efforts

M-Pesa
Business Technology

Safaricom & Vodacom Set Aside $13m to Buy M-Pesa Rights From Vodafone

Kenya’s Safaricom is to establish a joint venture worth $13 million with South Africa’s Vodacom to acquire the intellectual property

Lions Innovation Tour
Africa Entrepreneurship Event Innovation Startup Technology

DEMO Africa Winners Are Set to Storm Silicon Valley For Lions Innovation Tour

Five African startups have been selected from Nigeria; Morocco, Ghana, Tunisia and Egypt for the 2019 Lions Innovation Tour of

Eghosa Omoigui
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Interview Venture Capital

Nigerian Startups Lost $10m ICT Funds to Corruption Says EchoVC Partners Founder

Eghosa Omoigui is the Founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners, an early-stage and growth-stage technology venture capital firm

Gricd
Entrepreneurship Event Health Startup

HealthTech Startup Gricd Wins $10k at Africa Fintech Foundry’s Disrupt Conference

Gricd, a healthtech startup which provides affordable, portable and active cold chain devices for efficient storage of vaccines, blood and

TICAD
Africa Entrepreneurship Event Innovation Social Entrepreneurship Startup

Apply to Pitch at TICAD7 If You Have an Innovative SDG Solution

African Tech startups with innovative solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals have been invited to apply for an opportunity

Aerobotics
Africa Agro-tech Awards Entrepreneurship Event

South Africa’s Aerobotics Wins Top Award at VivaTech 

Aerobotics, a Cape Town-based agritech startup has emerged winner of the President Macron Africa Tech Award at VivaTech 2019 after