SAIS
AgricTech Startup

APPLY: GIZ-SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2022 For African AgriTech and FoodTech Startups

Scaling Digital Agriculture Innovations through Startups’ (SAIS) is a project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

DFS Lab
Blockchain

DFS Lab and Stellar Development Foundation Launch Blockchain Bootcamp for African Startups

DFS Lab in collaboration with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has launched a call for applicants for a Blockchain Bootcamp, designed to give

Audiomack
Music Music Streaming

Audiomack Opens Monetization Program to All Creators Worldwide

Audiomack, an artist-first music streaming platform, continues to level the playing field for independent artists by making its direct monetization

M-KOPA
Appointment Business People

M-KOPA Expands to Nigeria, Appoints Ex-Safeboda Boss Babajide Duroshola as New Country General Manager

M-KOPA, the leading connected asset financing platform, has officially expanded to Nigeria. To lead the Nigeria team, M-KOPA has named

Virgin Galactic
News

Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes First Fully Crewed Flight to Space

Virgin Galactic has announced that Virgin Galactic Spaceship Unity successfully reached space, completing the Company’s fourth rocket-powered spaceflight. The flight

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Entrepreneurship Innovation

Noël N’guessan Wins the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2021

Chemical Engineer Noël N’guessan has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with a biowaste

Cellulant
Fintech Payment

Cellulant Launches Tingg, a Digital Payments Platform for Retail Sector in Zambia

Payment technology over the years has completely transformed how retailers operate. Thirty years ago, most retailers across Africa did not

Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship

Call For Application: Social Innovators Programme (SIP) 2021/22 Fellowship

LEAP Africa has announced the call for applications for the 2021/ 2022 cohort of the Social Innovators Programme (SIP) – a

Lidya
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian Fintech Startup, Lidya Secures $8.3m to Expand its Digital Loan Services

Lidya, a Nigerian fintech and lending startup, has announced that it has raised $8.3 million pre-Series B funding round led

Tix.Africa
Funding Investment

Tix Africa Closes Six-figure Pre-seed Investment to Scale Events Products

Tix.Africa, a self-service ticketing platform for event creators in Nigeria, has secured six-figure pre-seed funding. The funding round was led