Goodwell Investments
Funding SMEs Venture Capital

Goodwell Investments Launches New €50m Fund to Support High-growth African SMEs

Goodwell Investments, an impact investment firm, has launched Goodwell V. Following on from predecessor funds, Goodwell V aims to channel

Google
Accelerator Entrepreneurship Startup

APPLY: Google for Startups Accelerator Africa 6th Cohort

Google for Startups Accelerator Africa is a three-month accelerator program for seed to series A technology startups across the African

Airtel Africa
Airtel Appointment Telecom

Airtel Africa Names Olusegun Ogunsanya As New MD, CEO

Airtel Africa plc has announced Olusegun Ogunsanya as its next MD and CEO. Ogunsanya who is currently the Managing Director

LACUNA FUND ANNOUNCES ITS 2ND ROUND OF FUNDING TO PROJECTS SUPPORTING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS AFRICA
Africa Artificial Intelligence Funding Technology

Lacuna Fund: Projects Supporting NLP Technologies Across Africa Set to Receive Funding

The Lacuna Fund has announced the second cohort of supported projects. Funding recipients will create openly accessible text and speech

AURA
Health Press Release Security

South African Startup, AURA, on What it Takes to go Global

AURA, South Africa’s leading security and medical response platform, recently announced its expansion into Kenya, followed closely by a move into

Africa’s Business Heroes
Competition Partnership

African Leadership Group Partner With “Africa’s Business Heroes” 2021 Prize Competition

African Leadership Group announces the 2021 Pan-African Anchor Partnership with the “Africa’s Business Heroes” prize competition, the Jack Ma Foundation’s

Justice
Accelerator

Last Call For Innovative Southern African Startups To Join Justice Accelerator

Game-changing justice startups looking for the opportunity to take their business to new heights have until 30 April 2021 to

IVORIAN E-COMMERCE PLATFORM AFRIKREA LAUNCHES ANKA TO BOOST GLOBAL AFRICAN E-COMMERCE
Ecommerce Payment

Ivorian E-commerce Platform Afrikrea Launches ANKA to Boost Global African E-commerce

Afrikrea, an Ivorian e-commerce platform, is launching ANKA – an all-in-one SaaS solution to provide a seamless ecommerce, payments and

Seedstars
Entrepreneurship Funding Investment

APPLY: Seedstars Africa Ventures For Early-stage African Startups

Seedstars Africa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in high-growth companies active across Sub-Saharan Africa. Early-stage entrepreneurs across

Mastercard
Appointment

Mastercard Appoints Shehryar Ali As Country Manager East Africa

Mastercard has announced the appointment of Shehryar Ali as Country Manager for East Africa. With more than 19 years of