Entrepreneurship

APPLY: Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) 2022

The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) is an ARM initiative in partnership with TechnoVision’s TVC Labs that aims

TradeDepot
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian B2B eCommerce Startup TradeDepot Raises $110m Series B Investment

TradeDepot, a Nigerian B2B eCommerce startup, has raised a $110 million Series B in an equity and debt funding round

Carry1st
Payment

Carry1st Partners With Chipper Cash and PayPal to Bring Payments to Africa

Carry1st, an African mobile games publisher, has announced that it has partnered with PayPal and Chipper Cash to enable people

MYDAWA
Grant Health

Kenyan Online Pharmacy Startup, MYDAWA Receives $1.2m Grant From Gates Foundation

MYDAWA, a Kenyan online pharmacy startup, has received a $1.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to

Shamba Pride
AgricTech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Kenya’s Shamba Pride Bags $1.1m From Seedstars Africa Ventures and Gray Matters Capital

Shamba Pride, a Kenyan agritech startup, has raised a $1.1 million funding round led by Seedstars Africa Ventures and Gray Matters Capital‘s

Entrepreneurship

New Venture Competition Application 2022

The 24th Harvard Business School Africa Business Conference will be held on March 25th and March 26th, 2022 with the

Dataphyte
Funding Investment Venture Capital

MDIF Ventures Invests in Nigeria’s Dataphyte and Mozambique’s Zitamar News

Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) Ventures, has announced its first two equity investments in Nigeria’s Dataphyte and Mozambique’s Zitamar News.

Raseedi
Fintech Funding Venture Capital

Egyptian Spend Optimisation Startup, Raseedi Raises $850k in pre-Series A

Raseedi, an Egyptian spend optimisation startup, has announced that it has raised $850,000 in a Pre-series A round from Samurai

OfferZen
Funding Investment Job Venture Capital

SA Developer Jobs Platform, OfferZen Secure $5.2M From Base Capital

OfferZen, a South Africa developer jobs marketplace, has secured $5.07 million in Series A funding from South African investment company

Acquisition Fintech

South African Fintech Firm, Adumo Acquires SwitchPay

Adumo, a South African fintech startup, has announced that it has acquired SwitchPay, a South African startup providing alternative payment