Helios Holdings
Business Merger

Helios Holdings Merges With Fairfax Africa Holdings to Create Helios Fairfax Partners Corporation

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has announced plans to merge with Africa-focused private equity firm Helios Holdings Ltd., in a transaction

ColdHubs
CleanTech

Meet ColdHubs, a Solar-powered Walk-in Cold Room Helping Farmers Increase Their Income

-We will kick off our food logistic business, where we will be providing refrigerated trucks for food transportation. -We will

Businesses
Funding SMEs

ProfitShare Partners Secures $5m From SA SME Fund to Provide Capital to SMEs

ProfitShare Partners has announced that it has secured R100 million ($5 million) from the South Africa SME Fund. This will

Helios
Africa Funding Investment

CDC Group Invests With $100m Helios IV Fund

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, and a leading impact investor, has invested $100 million in Helios Investors IV,

cable TV
Guest Post

Ending the Cable TV profiteering in Nigeria

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN It was like a movie, watching the proceedings of the Ad Hoc Committee set up by

Y Combinator
Accelerator Investment

Y Combinator Cuts Investment Size to $125,000

Y Combinator, a popular accelerator that provides seed funding for startups, has announced that it will cut the size of

AVCA
Report Venture Capital

Between 2014 and 2019, 613 VC Deals Worth $3.9bn Were Reported-AVCA

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

Ingressive Capital
Funding Venture Capital

Ingressive Capital Fund Hits $10m, Set to Invests in More African Startups

Ingressive Capital, a Venture Capital company has disclosed that its investment fund has hit $10 million. This new funding will

UNICEF
Blockchain Social Entrepreneurship

Apply: UNICEF to Invest Up to $100k in Startups Leveraging Blockchain to Benefit Humanity

The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make up to $100,000 equity-free investments (in USD and/or cryptocurrency) to provide early-stage

Disrupt Africa Accelerator
Accelerator

HSEVEN Invites Applications For Disrupt Africa Accelerator 2020

HSEVEN, a Morrocan startup accelerator, which recently unveiled 3 programs for African founders, has opened applications for its Disrupt Africa