Janngo Capital
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Janngo Launches €60m Fund to Back African Female-Led Startups

Janngo, an African social startup studio, has launched an investment vehicle named Janngo Capital Fund, worth €60 million to back

Ecobank Fintech Challenge
Fintech Investment Venture Capital

Catalyst Fund Announces New Cohort, Gets Fresh $15m Funding to Support Kenya, Nigeria and SA Fintechs 

Catalyst Fund, a global fintech accelerator focused on emerging markets has announced six early-stage fintech startups that will participate in

PROPARCO
Africa Entrepreneurship Training

Village Capital and AMI Launch Management Training Program Targeted at Entrepreneur Support Organisations

Village Capital and African Management Institute (AMI), with support from the Dutch Good Growth Fund, have launched a management training program for

QuickBus
Investment Ride-hailing Venture Capital

QuickBus, a Kenyan Online Bus Booking Startup Raises Funding Led by Shorooq Partners

QuickBus, a Kenyan online bus booking and ticketing startup has raised undisclosed seed investment led by Shorooq Partners, a venture

Facebook Accelerator
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship

Facebook Accelerator Nigeria Startups Have Raised Over $500k In investments

Startups participating in the second cohort of the Facebook Accelerator Program have raised over $500,000 in investments and grants in

Jumia
Africa Appointment Ecommerce

Jumia Ghana Gets New CEO

Diana Owusu-Kyereko has been appointed as the new CEO of Jumia Ghana. Owusu-Kyereko will be taking over from Ore Odusanya who had

Africa Entrepreneurship Event

Meet 11 African Startups Pitching at Africa Startup Summit Next Month

The Africa Startup Summit is holding in Kigali, Rwanda in February (4-6) and 11 innovative African Startups have been selected

Bpifrance Challenge
Africa Funding Report

Nigerian, Kenyan and SA Startups Received Most Funds Raised by African Startups in 2019

Nigerian, Kenyan and South African startups raised the most funds from the $1.34 billion African startups received in 2019. According

Global Air Drone Academy
Africa Education Technology

UNICEF Opens First African Drone and Data Academy in Malawi

UNICEF has announced the opening of the first African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) in Lilongwe, Malawi as part of

SolarX
CleanTech Funding Venture Capital

ResponsAbility Launches $200m Energy Fund to Invest Clean Power Startups in Sub-Saharan Africa

ResponsAbility, a Swiss impact asset manager, has announced the first close of its new energy access fund at $151m. The