Antler
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Startup Venture Capital

Early Stage Venture Capital Firm Antler Berths in East Africa, Aims to Build Startups From Scratch

Antler, a global startup generator and early-stage venture capital firm, has opened East African offices in Ethiopia and Kenya as

Cortex Venture
Africa Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship Innovation Innovation Hub

Africa’s First AI Focused Venture Fund ‘Cortex Ventures’ Has Been Launched

Cortex Ventures has become the first Artificial Intelligence focused venture fund in Africa. It was unveiled by South Africa’s Cortex

Acumen
Business Entrepreneurship Funding Investment

Acumen’s KawiSafi Ventures Closes $70m Round to Support African Clean Energy Solutions

Acumen’s KawiSafi Ventures has announced that it has raised $70 million for-profit fund through Acumen Capital Partners. The fund will

Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Startup Technology Venture Capital

Kenya’s Shortlist Closes $2mn Series A Funding Led by Blue Haven Ventures

The Kenyan online platform, Shortlist, has closed its Series A funding round raising US$2mn. The funding round for the platform,

Accelerator Business Entrepreneurship Funding Startup Technology Venture Capital

Four Ways To Fund Your Startup Without Venture Capital

Most financial institutions don’t work with early-stage startups, which is why founders are turning to angel investors and venture capitalists for

Entrepreneurship Startup

Olu Oyinsan Launches ‘Oui Capital’, a $10m Venture Fund for Early Stage African Startups

Former Vice President of Ingressive Capital, Olu Oyinsan, has launched a venture fund, Oui Capital, to provide funding for high growth

Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship

15 Winners Emerge in the 2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge 

Fifteen teams comprising 32 African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the 2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge. The

Business Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Startup

Kenya’s Sokowatch Raises $2 Million Seed Funding Led by 4DX Ventures

Sokowatch, the Kenyan B2B e-commerce startup has raised $2 million seed funding led by 4DX Ventures. Others to join the round were

Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Startup

Application Opens For Phase two of the Venture Incubation Programme (VIP) in Cape Town, SA

The Venture Incubation Programme (VIP) in partnership with MTN GROUP is designed to provide a supportive ecosystem to help startups build

Africa Business Funding Investment Startup

Scramble For African Startups By Venture Capitalists: Good or Bad?

Like the scramble for Africa that saw European powers invading, occupying and colonizing African territories without their consent, venture capitalists seem to