Dream VC
Venture Capital

Dream VC Returns in Force to Democratize Knowledge and Access to the Venture Capital Space in Africa

Dream VC is an investor accelerator and community-driven educational platform providing rigorous remote programs centred specifically around venture capital across

Blockchain Fintech Startup

DFS Lab, Stellar Launch Applications For Blockchain Bootcamp

DFS Lab and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) have launched the second Blockchain Bootcamp for African startups. Designed to give

Amethis
Edtech Investment Legal Venture Capital

Egypt’s Kouncel Bags $1.2m pre-Seed Funding

Kouncel, an Egyptian legal education platform, has secured $1.2 million investment led by Zaldi Capital, the African Development Bank (AFDB), the

TradeDepot
Acquisition

Nigerian B2B Marketplace TradeDepot Expands to Ghana With Acquisition of Green Lion

TradeDepot has acquired Green Lion, a Ghanaian B2B eCommerce platform to accelerate its growth, boosting its service delivery across the

Canza Finance
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s Canza Finance Secures $3.27m in Seed Funding

Canza Finance, a Nigerian neobank building a non-institutional-based financial system, announced the completion of its $3.27M seed round. The fundraising

Stitch
Funding Venture Capital

SA API Fintech, Stitch Secures $21m Series A Round Led by The Spruce House Partnership

Stitch, a South African API fintech startup, has raised a $21 million Series A funding round led by The Spruce

IFC
Investment

IFC Invests $10m in Knife Capital Fund III to Support South Africa’s Digital Entrepreneurs

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested in Knife Fund III, a new fund managed by Cape Town-based venture capital

Accelerator

Flapmax Partners With Microsoft to Scale Africa’s Digital Ecosystem

Flapmax has partnered with Microsoft to help strengthen and scale Africa’s digital ecosystem with the launch of FAST, a startup accelerator.  Entrepreneurs based

Createch
Accelerator

Apply: CCHub’s Createch Accelerator 1.0.

The Creative Economy Practice at CcHUB has launched a call for applications for Createch Accelerator 1.0. The Accelerator programme is for

Nestcoin
Cryptocurrency Funding Venture Capital

Nestcoin Closes $6.45m in Pre-seed Funding to Accelerate Crypto and Web3 Adoption in Frontier Markets

Nestcoin, a company building, operating, and investing in web3 applications, has raised $6.45 million in pre-seed funding. This new investment