Seedstars
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Seedstars and Fondation Botnar Launch $20M Youth Wellbeing Fund

Seedstars Capital, an alternative investment platform focused on supporting emerging fund managers, has partnered with Fondation Botnar, a Swiss philanthropic

OmniRetail
Funding Investment Retail Venture Capital

Aruwa Capital Management Invests in OmniRetail

Aruwa Capital Management, an early-stage growth equity and gender lens fund investing in Nigeria and Ghana, has announced an investment

Dawi Clinics
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Dawi Clinics Raises $6.5m to Fund its Expansion in Egypt

Dawi Clinics, a chain of outpatient care in Egypt, has raised EGP 250 million  ($6.5 million) to fund the growth

M-KOPA
News

Fintech M-KOPA Raises $250m to Scale High-impact Business Across Africa

M-KOPA, a fintech platform, has announced that it has closed over $250 mill in new debt and equity funding to

Figorr
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Gricd Rebrands as ‘Figorr’, Announces $1.5m Seed Funding

Gricd, a technology company that develops Internet of Things-powered solutions to support the last-mile delivery of perishable goods, has secured

Qualcomm
Startup

Meet Teams Shortlisted For the Inaugural Qualcomm Make in Africa Mentorship Program

Qualcomm Technologies has announced the selection of 10 startups to participate in the inaugural Qualcomm Make in Africa startup mentorship

Appointment

Curacel Appoints Adam Jones to its Advisory Board to Support Growth

Curacel, African insurance infrastructure provider, has announced the appointment of Adam Jones, the Chief of Staff at Pie Insurance, to

Opportunik
Venture Capital

Opportunik Launches African and Diasporan-Focused Investment Fund

Opportunik, a private wealth fund giving Africans and Diasporans access to global investments, announced today that it will launch its

ETAP
Insurtech Product Launch

ETAP Launches Takaful, a Digital Car Insurance Product For Wealth Reredistribution

ETAP, a Nigerian insurance technology company, has launched ETAP Takaful, a new ethical car insurance product that is based on

Cybersecurity
Cyber security

Cybersecurity budgets: The Delicate Balance of Spending Money to Save Money

Allocating a sufficient budget to cyber threats can be a complex issue that requires the cooperation and coordination of all