Antler, a global startup generator and early-stage venture capital firm, has opened East African offices in Ethiopia and Kenya as
Cortex Ventures has become the first Artificial Intelligence focused venture fund in Africa. It was unveiled by South Africa’s Cortex
Acumen’s KawiSafi Ventures has announced that it has raised $70 million for-profit fund through Acumen Capital Partners. The fund will
The Kenyan online platform, Shortlist, has closed its Series A funding round raising US$2mn. The funding round for the platform,
Most financial institutions don’t work with early-stage startups, which is why founders are turning to angel investors and venture capitalists for
Former Vice President of Ingressive Capital, Olu Oyinsan, has launched a venture fund, Oui Capital, to provide funding for high growth
Fifteen teams comprising 32 African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the 2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge. The
Sokowatch, the Kenyan B2B e-commerce startup has raised $2 million seed funding led by 4DX Ventures. Others to join the round were
The Venture Incubation Programme (VIP) in partnership with MTN GROUP is designed to provide a supportive ecosystem to help startups build
Like the scramble for Africa that saw European powers invading, occupying and colonizing African territories without their consent, venture capitalists seem to