Early-stage African tech startups have been invited BY Bayer Foundation to apply for its support program that aims at helping impact startups validate their solutions. Bayer Foundation has positioned itself over the past two years to tackle the global challenges of science and social innovation, nothing that the two are

Kenya’s mobility tech startup Mazi Mobility locally known as “bodas” has announced the launch of its electric motorcycle fleet to accelerate the efficient transition, and also promote affordable and clean transportation in Nairobi. Its primary electric motorcycle, the Magnus 3000 (M3K), offers a better service than a petrol-driven motorcycle.

Nigeria’s tech startup CDcare has developed an online marketplace that lets users buy appliances and pay in monthly or weekly installments at zero interest. CDcare consolidates investment funds and loans in its commercial center, permitting clients to make monthly or weekly installments towards purchasing a commodity. When up to

Tunisia’s Edtech startup, GoMyCode has announced it has expanded its operations to Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and Egypt, as well as Bahrain and France. The startup that began as a coding school in 2017, has since expanded its service to include a variety of technology and digital work

South African Healthtech startup Patient Health (Pty) Ltd has launched Afrinurse, a platform dedicated to supporting and connecting nurses across Africa. The Afrinurse digital platform was created by Sylvester Msuthwana to provides nurses in Africa access to mental health tools that is supported by a booking portal that connects nurses

The Johannesburg-based tech startup has launched Sendoff, a full-service funeral app that provides a service that assists users in managing and arranging funerals. Sendoff is an online application created by Zolani Matebese who is also the president of Sendoff, the tech digitizes the whole experience of burial services and claims

Nigeria-based Edtech startup Classes.ng has announced the launch of its free and open marketplace for classes, where freelance tutors, schools, universities, training institutions, and online institutions can list courses and programs that are instantly available for registrations and inquiries. Classes.ng was launched in September 2020 with the aim

The Ghana-based Startup Cafe Africa has announced the launch of its accelerator program to help African startups disrupt their markets. Startup Cafe Africa is supported by iSpace (a firm that supports global sustainable development); HatuaTech (a well-established Microsoft Certified (managed) partner, specializing in providing business management solutions based on Microsoft

The United Nations has announced that startups can apply for the Food Systems Summit competition that is open to high-impact Foodtech startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aiming to transform food systems globally. The UN Food Systems Summit competition is tagged ‘Best Small Business: Good Food for All’. The

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) in partnership with Nedbank have announced it is hosting the fourth cohort of its flagship AWIEF Growth Accelerator. The AWIEF Growth Accelerator is designed to support early-stage and high growth-oriented women-led startups in Africa through growth strategy training, corporate advisory, mentorship, networks,

Nigerian-based innovation center Impact Hub, in partnership with Sweden-based IKEA, has announced a call for food innovators to apply for its IKEA Food Innovation Program. The IKEA Food innovation accelerator program wants to look into alternative proteins, focusing more on the development of food ingredients such as protein components, plant-based