Uber
Appointment Ride-hailing Uber

Uber Names Tope Akinwumi As its New Country Manager

Uber has announced Tope Akinwumi as its new Country Manager for Nigeria. Akinwumi joins Uber from Kobo360, where he was

Savvy Fellowship
Entrepreneurship Innovation Hub

2021 Call for Mentors: Savvy Fellowship Program for Aspiring and Early-Stage Entrepreneurs

Have you built a post-revenue business? Do you have at least five years of experience building a startup? Are you

Financial Inclusion Fintech Funding Investment

Nigeria’s Bankly Secures $2M Funding Led by Vault and Flutterwave

Bankly, a Nigerian fintech startup digitizing cash for the unbanked, announced that it has closed a $2 million seed round.

RedBird
Health Startup

Ghana’s Healthtech Startup, Redbird Secures $1.5M Funding to Expand Medical Testing Services Across Africa

Redbird, a Ghana health tech startup, has raised a $1.5 million investment to make medical testing in the country an

Fintech
Accelerator Africa Fintech

Meet 10 Startups Selected For MEST’s 2021 Pan-African Fintech Accelerator

The Pan-African Fintech Accelerator (PAFA) is excited to announce the selection of the ten (10) fintech startups to participate in

Funding Investment Messaging

Telegram Raises $150 Million from Mubadala and Abu Dhabi CP

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company and Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners invest $150 million in 5-year pre-IPO convertible bonds in social media

Funding

CardinalStone Capital Advisers Closes Maiden Private Equity Fund at $64m, Makes First Fund Investments

CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA), a Lagos-based private equity fund manager, has announced the final close of its maiden private equity

Complete Farmer
AgricTech

Complete Farmer Launches a New End-to-End Platform to Digitise Africa’s Agriculture Value Chains

Complete Farmer has announced the launch of a new digital platform that addresses key challenges faced by commodity buyers and

Apple
Apple Appointment Leadership

Teju Ajani Appointed Managing Director For Apple in Nigeria

Teju Ajani, former country manager for Android Partnerships at Google, has been appointed as the managing director for Apple in

AECF
Funding Investment Renewable Energy Venture Capital

US$1.2m Innovation Fund Launched to Unearth Emerging Technologies

The African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has launched a US$1.2 million Innovation Fund to unlock the potential of renewable energy