South Africa
South Africa: Startup Launches Virtual Community Parliament for South Africans
Kleva Bucks, a tech startup founded by Lucky Kgwadi, a 31-year-old tech entrepreneur and Innovator, has launched a virtual community parliament for South ...
Global
Global: Former Flutterwave exec launches African remittance startup in UK
African fintech Sendsprint is launching in the UK to provide money transfer and gifting services to three destination countries for senders including Nigeria, ...
Global
Global: Cathay Innovation Launches €1B Global Venture Capital Fund to Invest in Startups
Cathay Innovation has launched its third venture capital fund, a €1 billion global fund targeting startups that are accelerating the sustainable transformation of ...
Ethopia
Ethiopia: Safaricom to launch Ethiopian operation in phases from August
Mobile operator Safaricom, has announced it will begin a phased launch of commercial services in Ethiopia from August, having failed to meet its ...
Ghana
Ghana: E-mobility Startup SolarTaxi raises Undisclosed Funding
Ghanaian e-mobility business SolarTaxi has raised cash from Persistent to expand its product line. SolarTaxi is an electric two-wheel (e-2Ws) and four-wheel (e-4Ws) vehicle manufacturer ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Funke Opeke Wins Maiden Innocent Chukwuma Award for Innovation
Funke Opeke, Founder & CEO, MainOne (an Equinix company) has been announced as the winner of the maiden edition of Innocent Chukwuma Award for ...
Egypt
Egypt: Orange Egypt launches a new startup platform in collaboration with entrepreneur Mohamed Nagati and Victory Link
Orange Egypt has announced the launch of its integrated digital platform that supports and guides promising, innovative and creative ideas with the aim ...
Africa
Africa: These are the next startup investment hotspots in west Africa
The Big Deal’s figures show that since 2019, west African startups have hauled in $4.2 billion, representing 41% of the total funds logged ...
South Africa
South Africa: Standard Chartered Picks 10 Startups for Women in Tech Programme
Standard Chartered Bank in partnership with @iBizAfrica- Strathmore University has shortlisted 10 start-ups for the Women in Tech programme. The Programme targets women-led ...
Mali
Mali: Mali-based insurtech OKO raises $500k seed extension round for Ivory Coast expansion
Malian insurtech startup OKO has raised a US$500,000 seed extension round to help it expand to Ivory Coast and work towards a Series ...