Last year, two African startups Plentywaka (now Treepz) and TalentQL made it into the Techstars Toronto Accelerator program, alongside 8 other startups.
Since then, these two startups have recorded significant
Early-stage VC firm, Ajim Capital has announced the launch of a $10 million fund to invest in startups in Africa. The funding will help founders focus and grow their businesses
Tunisia has announced the launch of its “InnovaTech,” initiative aimed at stimulating growth for innovative small businesses. The initiative involves a $43m investment fund for Tunisian startups.
The fund also
Early-stage VC firm, Orange Ventures, has announced the launch of its Seed Challenge, which will see the VC firm grant $570k in capital to one Egyptian fintech startup. This comes
Afrikrea, an Ivory Coast-based startup and e-commerce platform for all things made of Africa, has raised a $6.2 million pre-Series A funding round and rebranded as “ANKA.”
ANKA means
The foremost tech accelerator program, Y Combinator has announced an increment to $500,000 in funds to invest in participating startups. The Silicon Valley tech accelerator will now offer an
Energise Africa and Solarise Africa, in partnership with crowdfunding companies in the UK, raised over $1.13M million in the space of eight days to fund large-scale energy projects in
ThankUCash, a leading multi-merchant rewards platform based in Nigeria has raised $5.3 million in seed funding. The seed round was co-led by 500 Global and Unicorn Growth Capital with
Any government can benefit from the growth of its startup ecosystem. The ability of a government to create a peaceful dialogue between itself and startups in the locality will go
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through its subsidiary, the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR) in partnership with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is set to
Nigerian credit management fintech startup, Bfree has secured $1.7 million in a pre-Series funding round to expand its operations across Africa, into Asia, Europe, and South America. Having raised
South Africa-based health tech startup, HealthLeap, has raised $1.1M pre-seed to reduce malnutrition in hospitals with clinical AI assistant which focuses on a global healthcare market, starting from the
