* Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator has announced that African startups can apply for its UGEFA Program. The accelerator program is a four-year European Union (EU)-funded project supporting green enterprises with access to tailored loans and direct acceleration support. The program will focus on assisting startups looking to raise between

South Africa’s leading payment aggregator and provider of secure payment solutions Pay@  has announced it has expanded into several African countries and providing consumers and businesses alike with a variety of payment methods. The company’s CEO, Andrew Hardie speaking on the expansion said that with the startup already

Village Capital, with support from Moody’s Foundation and IFC, has announced the 23 early-stage startups selected to participate in its Future of Work Africa 2021 acceleration program, the program that comes in two cohorts in May through August 2021. The program aims at accelerating startups that are leverage technology

Rwanda’s Munyax Eco and Zambia’s WidEnergy have both announced they secured funding from Opes-LCEF, a female-focused impact investor that provides investment, management, and technical support to enterprises that improve the lives of low-income people. Opes-LCEF currently has a portfolio of 17 investments, operating across 11 countries, focused on

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has announced it has launched the WFP Innovation Challenge 2021 to support and scale startups with solutions to global hunger, achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal (2). The WFP Innovation Challenge was launched in 2015 to combat disruptions in the global food system

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

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

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has selected five Kenyan startups to take part in The NINJA Accelerator that offers startups access to a tailored program and the chance to scale internationally. JICA is an organization that coordinates official development assistance for the Japanese government in developing countries; the organization expanded

Africa’s first video commerce platform, Rabawa, has announced that it has raised $163,000 in a round led by Aptive Capital, a USA VC firm that is focused on supporting early-stage startups. Rabawa is a startup that gives buyers and sellers access to a virtual shop and thousands of

In October 2020 when Gozem despite the economic uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic acquired another Togolese startup called Delivroum which specializes in food deliveries, it was only the start of its expansion. Gozem has today announced the launch of ‘Super App’ taxi booking service in Libreville, Gabon. Gozem was

Kenya-based Insurtech startup Lami has announced it raised $1.8million in seed funding round led by Accion Venture Lab with participation from AAIC, Consonance, P1 Ventures, Acuity Ventures, The Continent Venture Partners, and Future Africa, to enhance the capabilities of its offering and expand across Africa. Lami was created by