Releaf
AgricTech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigerian agritech startup Releaf Raises $4.2m to Develop its Tech and Provide Finance For Smallholder Farmers

Releaf, a Nigerian agritech startup, has raised a $4.2 million funding to develop its technology and provide funding to smallholder

AgricTech Entrepreneurship

Founders of ColdHubs, Hello Tractor to Share $1.5m For Winning AYuTe Africa Challenge

Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, founder and CEO of ColdHubs, a Nigerian business that provides solar-powered, walk-in coolers for smallholder vegetable farmers and

AgricTech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Agricorp International Raises $17.5m to Become Largest Spices Export Startup in Africa

Agricorp International, a Nigerian based spices producing, processing, and exporting company has raised $17.5 million in Series A funding to increase

Sabi
Ecommerce

B2B Platform Sabi Reaches 150,000 Merchants In Nigeria

Sabi, a B2B market place serving Africa’s informal sector, today announced the milestone of over 150,000 small business users on

Nigerians
Technology

Expo 2020 Survey: Nigerians Believe That Global Collaboration and Technology Are Crucial to Confront Humanity’s Pressing Challenges

Seventy-five percent of Nigerians believe that greater knowledge sharing between communities and individuals can help build a better future.  The

ABH
Entrepreneurship Startup

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition Unveils Top 20 For 2021

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition, a flagship philanthropic program established by the Jack Ma Foundation, just announced its top

FirstCheck Africa
Funding Investment Venture Capital Women

Meet the Four Female-led African Startups That Just Received Investment From FirstCheck Africa

Six months ago, Eloho Omame, the Managing Director of Endeavor Nigeria and Odunayo Eweniyi, the Co-founder/Chief Operations Officer of Piggyvest launched FirstCheck

Zowasel
AgricTech Funding Investment

Zowasel Receives $100k Financing From Guinness and Promasidor

Zowasel, Africa’s frontline sustainable marketplace for crops, has received $100,000 USD investment from Guinness Nigeria Plc (a subsidiary of Diageo)

AgricTech

Women to Take Driving Seat in Nigeria’s Male-dominated Farming Industry

For the past 13 years, Linda Sheknami Auta has grown rice, maize, yam and soybeans by hand. It is a long and

Agro-tech Funding Investment Venture Capital

South African Agritech Startup, Khula, Secures $1.3m Seed Round, Launches New App

Khula, the South African agritech startup, has raised $1.3 million seed round led by AECI, and joined by E Squared,