Africa
Africa: East African e-Pharmacy Startup MYDAWA Raises $20 Million in Largest Funding Round Yet
MYDAWA, an e-pharmacy platform operating in Kenya and the broader East African region, has successfully raised $20 million in its latest funding round, ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Google Fund Supports 60 Nigerian Startups with $11 Million
Since its inception in 2021, the Google Black Founders Fund has provided support to 60 Nigerian startups. The fund has now reached a ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: 10 Nigerian Startups, 15 others set for $4m Google’s BFF
Google for Startups (GfS) on Tuesday (June 20, 2023) announced 10 Nigerian Startups and 15 other African-based startups selected for the 2023 $4million ...
South Africa
SA: Three SA startups selected for this year’s Google Black Founders Fund
Google for Startups (GfS) has announced the 25 African startups that have been selected for this year’s $4 million Black Founders Fund. For those ...
Africa
Africa: Ecobank Group launches the 2023 edition of its Fintech Challenge – with a cash prize of $50,000
Ecobank Group, the Pan-African banking group, invites innovative and ambitious African fintech entrepreneurs from across Africa to apply to participate in the 6th ...
Africa
Africa: PayGo solar startup Yellow raises $14 million to scale in africa
Yellow, an asset financier for solar energy and digital devices in Africa has raised $14 million series B funding in a round led ...
Nigeria
Nigerian Startup Messenger Raises Pre-Seed Funding
Messenger, a one stop logistics platform that finances and aggregates end to end logistics and supply chain operations has raised an undisclosed amount ...
Africa
Africa: Visa Launches Africa FinTech Accelerator for Startups
Visa has launched a program to help promote Africa’s growing startup community. The company’s Africa FinTech Accelerator announced Wednesday (June 14, 2023) will help ...
Africa
Africa: Women-led startups still attract less than 3% of funding (Report)
Despite the steady rise in the volume of funds raised by African start-ups over the past few years, gender inequalities are still very ...
Africa
Africa: develoPPP Ventures launches $107k funding grant for African startups
Startups in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania have been offered the chance to scale their impact-driven companies and receive a grant investment of ...