Startup
Zimbabwe: Five Zimbabwean entrepreneurs win big in AfCFTA Caravan Prize
The AfCFTA Secretariat rewarded winners of the AfCFTA Caravan Prize with five young Zimbabwean entrepreneurs joining a list of finalists and semi-finalists of ...
Africa
Ed-tech startup Semicolon Africa raises $1.2m in seed funding
Semicolon Africa, an ed-tech startup, creating employment and economic opportunities by training software engineers and techpreneurs, has closed a US$1.2 million seed round ...
South Africa
SA financial education startup FinMeUp raises seed funding
South African startup FinMeUp has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding to help it add a host of new features to its ...
Kenya
Kenya: JICA kicks off 2nd cohort of the NINJA Accelerator in Kenya
The startups participating represent the fintech, manufacturing, agritech, entertainment and agriculture sectors The NINJA Accelerator Kenya powered by JICA, Double Feather Partners, Deloitte, Tohmatsu, and GrowthAfrica has kicked off the ...
Egypt
Egyptian startups put up strong presence at the Web Summit 2021
In 2021, startups in Egypt recorded their highest in venture investments at $403M – a 100% year-over-year growth Egyptian startups had a strong ...
Rwanda
Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) establishes a $250M pan-African Virunga Africa Fund
The fund targets investments delivering tangible change for Rwandans and other people across the continent Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) has announced the establishment ...
Global
AWS launches new accelerator for start-ups in the EMEA region
The AWS Startup Loft Accelerator will expand to include start-ups from more countries in the EMEA region in 2022. Amazon Web Services (AWS) ...
Nigeria
Payhippo raises $3 million in seed funding to extend quick loans to SMEs
Nigeria’s lending startup Payhippo has raised $3 million in a seed round, funding the company plans to use in sourcing the talent needed to optimize ...
Kenya
Kenya electric mobility startup Opibus to scale offering with $7.5m raise
Opibus designs and manufactures electric vehicles locally, and has customers across 6 African countries Leading Swedish-Kenyan electric vehicle company Opibus has closed a $7.5 million ...
South Africa
SA: Ocean-minded African startups to pitch at the Ocean Innovation Africa 2021
African startups will have an opportunity to pitch their ocean-minded businesses to an international audience of corporate leaders and investors. From 5 – ...
