Thirty Nigerian startups have been selected by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for the MassChallenge Nigeria (B2MC Nigeria). The
Alitheia IDF (AIF), Africa’s first women-led and women-focused private equity fund, has announced the final close of the $100 million fund with
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council has approved the Nigeria Startup Bill. With this, the bill would be sent to the National
Edukoya, an African edtech startup, has raised $3.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Target Global. Angel investors including European
uLesson, an African edtech startup, has closed a $15 million Series B investment from Tencent, Nielsen Ventures, and existing investors
Bento, a pan-African digital payroll and HR Management (HRM) platform, has launched into three new markets, establishing a presence in
Plstka, an Egyptian solid waste management startup, has raised an undisclosed Seed funding round from Alexandria Angels Network with a
TradeDepot, a Nigerian B2B eCommerce startup, has raised a $110 million Series B in an equity and debt funding round
MYDAWA, a Kenyan online pharmacy startup, has received a $1.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to
Raseedi, an Egyptian spend optimisation startup, has announced that it has raised $850,000 in a Pre-series A round from Samurai