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Venture capital firms are collaborating to keep Nigerian startups alive
Investment in African startups could drop by as much as 40% by the end of the year due to the Covid-19 pandemic—but the bigger question ...
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Pre-seed African startups invited to apply for funding from DFS Lab
Founders of pre-seed African startups have been invited to apply for the DFS Lab accelerator, which offers funding of up to US$50,000 and ...
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Local proptech startup (Roundr) secures funding from UK investment firm
Roundr, a Cape Town-based proptech startup has secured a disclosed amount of venture capital funding from i7V, a UK-based investment firm. The funding ...
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Pre Accelerator Programme aimed at black Female Tech Founders launches
The accelerator programme aimed at supporting and uplifting all-Black women-owned tech startups will hold its first installment of the program in September 2020. ...
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Nigerian agri-tech startup Hello Tractor has been selected to join Mastercard’s Start Path engagement programme
Hello Tractor, connects tractor owners to farmers through an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled digital solution that bridges the gap between manual and mechanised ...
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Kenyan MNO Safaricom launches 2nd edition of Spark Venture Fund, ups size to $6m
Leading Kenyan mobile network operator (MNO) Safaricom has announced the second edition of its Spark Venture Fund, which will invest a total of ...
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Tanzanian fintech Mipango joins NVIDIA Inception programme
Tanzanian fintech startup Mipango has been selected to take part in NVIDIA Inception, a virtual programme designed to nurture startups revolutionising industries with ...
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Luxury Venture Group Selects Its First Luxury Innovation Award Start-Up Winners
In 2019, Deependra Pandey founded the Luxury Venture Group (LVG), a first-of-its-kind Swiss incubator dedicated to the collaboration between startups operating in the ...
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Nigerian cryptocurrency startup Yellow Card nets $1.5 million in seed round
Nigerian cryptocurrency startup Yellow Card — which is aiming to make it easier for consumers in Africa to buy and sell cryptocurrency — ...
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Zurich-based fintech i2invest raises €1.2 million and launches first investment products
Swiss fintech, i2invest has announced closing a seed investment round of approximately €1.2 million. The funds will be used to further develop the ...