DFS Lab
Fintech Hackathon

DFS Lab Announces Open Applications for Fintech Hackathon Focused on Mojaloop Software

DFS Lab, a digital commerce investor and accelerator that partners with early-stage startups in Sub-Saharan Africa, announced it will host

Villgro Africa
Entrepreneurship Event Health Venture Capital

Villgro Africa Celebrates 5-years of Pioneering Social Entrepreneurship in Healthcare and Life Sciences

Villgro Africa today celebrated its 5th anniversary as they go beyond boundaries to the rest of Africa, committed to tackling some of

Easy Solar
Africa Renewable Energy

Easy Solar Secures $5M in Series A Equity and Debt Funding to Scale Operations in West Africa

Easy Solar, a leading solar company in West Africa, has announced the closing of a $5m round of funding including

Paymob
Africa Funding Investment

Egypt’s Paymob Raises $3.5m to Grow Merchant Network and Expand Regional Footprint

Paymob, the Egyptian digital payment solutions, has raised $3.5m investments led by Global Ventures and the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank

Komaza
Feature Interview

Meet Komaza Founder, the Kenyan ‘Airbnb For African Forests’ That Just Raised $28 Million

In 2002, Tevis Howard, a high school grad at the time, took a gap year to work on malaria research

Komaza
Climate Change Funding Investment

Komaza, a Kenyan Tech-Enabled Forestry Firm Raises $28M Series B

Komaza, a tech-enabled, sustainable forestry company that is revolutionizing the wood industry in Africa through its innovative smallholder platform, has

COVID-19
Education Health

NCDC Launches COVID-19 Online Course on Infection Prevention and Control

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has launched a course on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), in the context

Novastar
Funding Venture Capital

Novastar Closes its Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II at $108m

Novastar has announced that it has closed its Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II at US$108 million to support startups in

SolarX
CleanTech Funding Venture Capital

ResponsAbility Launches $200m Energy Fund to Invest Clean Power Startups in Sub-Saharan Africa

ResponsAbility, a Swiss impact asset manager, has announced the first close of its new energy access fund at $151m. The

Data
Government Internet Telecom

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Says Data Price Slash Will Happen

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has reiterated that prices of data in the country will