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

Pangea Accelerator has launched its Pangea Scale-Up program to enable African startups to scale up and grow from seed to series. Pangea Scale-Up program will focus on enabling East African startups to access follow-up investment ranging between $0.5-$3 Million. Selected startups will be engaged in an 18-month program

South Africa’s food-tech startup Kombo King has announced that it secured an undisclosed amount of funding from The Vumela Fund, established by FNB Business and Edge Growth. Kombo King was founded in 2015 by Ari Jacobson and KK Combi, the startup specializes in kitchen equipment supply and provides ventless

In commemoration of 2021 Earth Day, the Commonwealth Secretariat and Satellite Applications Catapult have announced the launching of the first-ever Hack the Planet competition. The program will assist individuals and startups with innovative and impactful ideas that can help address global issues including ocean degradation and climate crisis. The sole

The global Bitcoin frenzy keeps getting bigger and better and Africa remains one of the top players in cryptocurrency around the globe. In a statement released by KoinWa today, the startup said it has launched a mobile application that will aid traders to carry out cryptocurrency transactions conveniently. The integration

Kenya’s Fintech startup AZA Finance has announced it is expanding into South Africa after raising $20million over the last 18months. AZA Finance is an established provider of currency trading solutions that is expanding global access to frontier markets through its API and web infrastructure. The startup started with the