PayNas
Africa Entrepreneurship Events Fintech SMEs

Egypt’s Fintech Startup PayNas Wins $50k at Seamless North Africa 2019 Pitch Competition

PayNas, an HR & payroll management startup based in Egypt has won the first place at Seamless North Africa 2019

Naspers
Funding Investment Startup

Naspers Buys $2.1m Stake in South Africa Online Cleaning Service SweepSouth

Naspers has made the first investment through its new Naspers Foundry startup fund, buying a stake in Internet-based domestic cleaning

Africa’s Business Heroes
Africa Business Funding Investment Transport Venture Capital

MAX.ng Raises $7m to Scale Moto-taxi Transportation in Africa

MAX.ng, the pioneering Nigerian mobility startup, announced today that it has raised $7 million from an elite group of strategic

MIT D-Lab
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Funding People SMEs Social Entrepreneurship

MIT D-Lab Awards Fellowship to Six East African Social Entrepreneurs

The MIT D-Lab Scale-Ups fellowship program, which offers one year of support to social entrepreneurs bringing poverty-alleviating products to market at scale, has announced

Apollo Agriculture
Africa AgricTech Agro-tech SMEs Social Entrepreneurship

Apply For Village Capital Agriculture Africa 2019 Program

Different African governments have established numerous initiatives to support agriculture such as the Maputo Declaration, the adoption of Sustainable Development

Obama Foundation
Leadership Social Entrepreneurship

Meet 24 Nigerians Selected for 2019 Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa Program

Obama Foundation has announced the participants selected for the 2019 Leaders: Africa program, a year-long initiative to inspire, empower and

Hello Tomorrow
Africa Events Startup Technology

African DeepTech Startups Invited to Apply For Hello Tomorrow Global Startup Challenge

African Deep Tech startups have been invited to apply for Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge is a worldwide renowned science &

Uber
Business Opinion Transport

Motorcycle Ride-Hailing Firms Rev Up for Race Into West Africa

Motorcycle taxi companies are expanding in West Africa with backing from investors betting that the meteoric rise of two-wheeled taxi

Quantum Computing
Africa Innovation Technology

IBM Expands its Quantum Computing Program to 16 African Universities

IBM has announced the expansion of its quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the University of

Travelstart
Acquisition Africa Travel

SA’s Travelstart Group Acquires Club Travel to Boost its Growth Trajectory in Africa

Travelstart has announced it is set to wholly acquire the Club Travel Group, a South African travel company. The acquisition