Outlierz Ventures
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Morocco’s Outlierz Ventures Returns Exceptional Results in 2020

Outlierz Ventures, an African venture capital fund based in Morocco, continued to actively invest in high-growth startups across Africa, with

AgriPitch Competition
Africa AgricTech Competition Startup

25 Young African Agripreneurs Advance to ‘Boot Camp’ in the AfDB’s $120,000 AgriPitch Competition

Twenty-five young African agripreneurs have advanced to the “boot camp” final round of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) AgriPitch competition,

Ventures Platform
Africa Entrepreneurship Innovation Startup

Apply: Startup North-East Virtual Incubation Program by Ventures Platform

Ventures Platform Foundation, the social impact arm of Ventures Platform Hub, has announced a call for applications from Nigerian startups for Startup North

dLocal
Africa Partnership Payment

dLocal Expands Payment Network in Africa, Partners With Verve and Fawry

dLocal, a cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, has expanded its payments network to include Kenya, Senegal, Ghana, and Cameroon. dLocal

CDC Group
Funding Investment Telecom

CDC Group Invests $40m in Liquid Telecom to Further Support Africa’s Digital Transformation

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced an additional US$40 million equity investment into Liquid

Good Nature Agro
AgricTech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Zambia’s Good Nature Agro Closes $2.1m Series A Funding Led by Goodwell Investments

Good Nature Agro, a Zambian company working from end-to-end within the specialised legume value chains, has announced that it closed

HealthPlus
Africa Business Funding Health Venture Capital

‘Attempted Hostile Takeover’ of HealthPlus: What We Know So Far

HealthPlus is arguably one of the leading retail pharmaceutical companies in West Africa. It was founded in 1999 by Mrs.

NOGTECH
Entrepreneurship Funding Startup

NOGTECH: 5 Winners Emerge, Get US$50,000, Product Development

Five innovative teams were recently selected as the winners of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Technology (NOGTECH) Hackathon sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and

FUTA
Accelerator Digital Education

Apply: FUTA Launches Digital Idea/Startup Accelerator Program

The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has unveiled Nigeria’s First Digital University Startup/idea Accelerator program. The free virtual accelerator

Tomi Davies
Appointment Leadership Startup Venture Capital

Tomi Davies Joins GreenTec Capital Partners as Chief Investment Officer

GreenTec Capital Partners has announced that Mr. Harry ‘Tomi Davies (TD) has joined the team in the role of Chief Investment Officer,