GNI
News

22 media innovators selected for the second GNI Innovation Challenge in Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey

Google has announced the names of 22 media innovators set to receive $2.1 million in funding through the second Google News

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Entrepreneurship Innovation

Noël N’guessan Wins the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2021

Chemical Engineer Noël N’guessan has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with a biowaste

Tix.Africa
Funding Investment

Tix Africa Closes Six-figure Pre-seed Investment to Scale Events Products

Tix.Africa, a self-service ticketing platform for event creators in Nigeria, has secured six-figure pre-seed funding. The funding round was led

Event Startup

Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) Announces Free Access to Annual Global Investment Summit To Connect Founders to Investors

The Global Investment Summit is an international program for expert-led debate between global leaders, investors and innovators with the power

AVCA
Report Venture Capital

Venture Capital Investment in Africa Soars to Record Levels in 2020-AVCA Report

African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA), the pan-African industry body which promotes and enables private investment in Africa,

TeamApt
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

TeamApt Plans to Leverage its Agency Banking Dominance to Extend Services to Customers With its New Undisclosed Series B Funding Round

Nigerian Fintech startup, TeamApt, which provides financial services for the underserved mass market in Africa has announced the completion of

Zeepay
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Ghanaian Fintech Startup, Zeepay Raises $7.9m Series A Investment

Zeepay, a Ghanaian fintech startup, has announced the completion of a $7.9 million Series A funding. The investment is a

NINJA
Entrepreneurship Startup

APPLY: NINJA Startup Gateway in Abuja Powered by JICA and NITDA

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in partnership with Aiivon Innovation Hub have

Husk Power
Funding Investment Renewable Energy

FSD Africa Investments Invests US$4.5m in Nithio FI to Support Scale-up of Off-grid Energy Access in African Markets

FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), the investing arm of  FSD Africa, has today invested US$4.5m in Nithio FI, a renewable energy financing

Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egyptian Digital Freight Marketplace, Trella Raises $42m Investment

Trella, an Egyptian-based digital freight marketplace, has closed a $42 million funding round, comprising $30 million new equity and $12 million debt