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6 African tech startups secure backing from Orange Ventures seed challenge
Six African tech startups have banked funding from Orange Ventures Africa and Middle East after the investment firm announced the results of its ...
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MindTickle raises $100M led by SoftBank
Pune and San Francisco-based tech startup MindTickle, which helps companies improve their sales, has raised $100 million funding in a combination of equity ...
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Morocco VC invests in three African tech startups
Morocco-based business to business (B2B) venture capital fund, Outlierz Ventures has invested in three innovative African tech startups, namely; YouVerify, Bamboo, and Healthlane. The three ...
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8 African e-commerce startups selected for Facebook Accelerator
Eight African e-commerce startups have been invited to apply for a Facebook-run accelerator that will offer them access to mentorship and training as ...
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African Supply Chain Sote Raises $3M Seed Round to Build Digital Logistics Infrastructure For Continent
Global logistics, a trillion-dollar industry is in dire need of a technological overhaul, with Africa nearing the top of the list, a hual ...
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SA AI-based fintech startup FinChatBot raises $1.6m to expand into Europe, West Africa
South African startup FinChatBot, a creator of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the financial services industry, has raised a US$1.6 million funding ...
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Kenyan logistics startup Lori Systems secures funding, support from Imperial
Kenyan logistics startup Lori Systems has secured funding and support from Imperial, an African and European-focused provider of integrated market access and logistics ...
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Rwanda’s Kasha expands Series A round with $1m Swedfund investment
Rwandan startup Kasha, an e-commerce platform improving women’s access to genuine health, hygiene and self-care products, has increased the size of its Series ...
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Kenyan insurtech startup Turaco raises $2m seed funding round
Kenyan micro-insurtech startup Turaco has announced the close of a US$2 million seed funding round to further grow the business and scale its ...
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Kenya-based data marketplace CARMA secures Microtraction funding to launch in Nigeria
The Kenya-based data marketplace startup CARMA, which provides lending companies with access to real-time credit data on a peer-to-peer basis through a pay-as-you-go ...
