Startup
SA-based HealthLeap raises $1.1m pre-seed to build clinical AI assistant to fight malnutrition
Dietitian-focused healthcare startup, HealthLeap, has closed a $1,100,000 pre-seed round led by deep tech investor, Fifty Years. HealthLeap will utilise the pre-seed capital ...
Startup
World Bank, CTA announce winners of Global Women’s HealthTech Awards
The World Bank Group and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) have announced the winners of The Global Women’s HealthTech Awards, recognising innovative startups that leverage ...
Startup
Kenyan fintech startup Paylend raises $2m seed funding
Kenyan fintech startup Paylend has raised US$2 million in seed funding to expand operations at home and launch in Tanzania, Zambia and Nigeria. ...
Africa
AfDB approves €10.5m in tech start-up fund across sub-Saharan Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved an equity investment pool of €10.5 million toward the first close ...
Nigeria
Nigerian edtech startup, Teesas raises $1.6 million in a pre-seed funding round
Nigerian edtech startup, Teesas launched less than two months ago has raised $1.6 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led ...
Africa
Africa: Egyptian, Zimbabwean blockchain startups invited to apply for incubation programme
Blockchain startups from Egypt and Zimbabwe have been invited to apply for the Africa Blockchain Incubation Programme, aimed at encouraging creativity and ideas ...
Global
Global: Aware acquires Fortress Identity and expands eKYC capabilities
Risk management company Aware has announced it acquired Fortress Identity to expand its offering around identity proofing, onboarding, verification, and authentication. Representatives from Aware stated that the ...
Egypt
Egypt invests big in building digital skills to meet IT and outsourcing demand
Egypt’s ITIDA has organized an annual Employment Fair to be attended by 40 global and local ICT companies bringing job opportunities closer to young Egyptian ...
Nigeria
Nigerian fintech, commerce startup Get It Done Now expands to Spain
Nigerian startup Get It Done Now, a mobile fintech e-commerce platform where a user can access services and get loans and insurance, is ...
Egypt
Egypt home-based platform startup FilKhedma acquired by South Africa’s SweepSouth
FilKhedma, Egypt’s home-based cleaning platform has been fully acquired by South Africa’s SweepSouth. The new acquisition is part of SweepSouth’s scaling across the continent ...