Ugandan Fintech startup Ensibuuko announced that it raised $1million fund in a funding round led by global impact investor FCA Investments to help accelerate its product service delivery across Africa. Ensibuuko was founded in 2014 by Gerald Otim. The startup operates an advisory microfinance platform developed especially for Savings and

Three Ghanaian startups have been selected to receive equity-free grant funding and support from the MEST and Mastercard Foundation after emerging top performers from the beta 2020 cohort of the MEST Express accelerator program. MEST is currently running 3 programs in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation through Young Africa Works,

The Agence française de développement (AFD) has announced that African tech startups can apply for the AFD Digital Challenge 2021. The AFD Digital Challenge was first organized in 2016 and has since rewarded the most innovative African startups, groups, and research centers leveraging digital technology to solve Africa’s development

Google has announced the commencement of the 6th Cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator program, and the launch of new developer scholarships in partnership with Pluralsight and Andela. These deals come as signs of Google’s commitment to the startup ecosystem in Africa. The announcement was made via a

South Africa’s OceanHub Africa has announced it has selected six (6) startups that will be part of its prestigious African Impact Accelerator in the second cohort of the program. The program aims to support ocean-minded startups and create sustainable development. The program also aims to reduce the effect of

Lacuna Fund has announced it raised a second funding round to fund natural language processing technologies across Africa. Lacuna Fund is an organization supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Google.org, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the initiative “FAIR Forward: Artificial Intelligence for All”. Startups and individuals with

Imvelo Ventures a South African venture capital firm, founded by Capitec Bank and Empowerment Capital Investment Partners, has set an undisclosed amount of funding aside for Legal Lens and BriefCo, two legal tech companies held by Cycad Group. Imvelo shared the benefits of introducing technology into the legal sector in

The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced that the application is open for entrepreneurs and engineers in sub-Saharan Africa who have developed an innovative product or service to apply for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. The Royal Academy of Engineering is an organization that harnesses the power of engineering

Accelerate 2030 a scaling program connecting entrepreneurs in developing and emerging markets to scale their solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has announced that Sudanese-based startups can apply for its Impact Hub Khartoum. The Accelerate2030 for Sudanese startups aims at identifying the most innovative companies tackling the Sustainable Development

Smart Cities Innovation Program (SCIP) has announced that it is inviting African startups to apply for the joint project of the Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation and “Make-IT in Africa“ programs which are both implemented GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Ghana’s Jumeni has announced it launched an online platform Dispose Green that allows individuals and businesses to access waste collection and recycling services via USSD, web, or mobile app. Jumeni was launched in 2019 with the aim of building software for Field Service Management (FSM). The startup was part

African startups have been invited to apply for the Seedstars Africa Ventures that is seeking to fund African startups that are making impact on the continent through their value chain. The program will look to identify startups and innovations that can disrupt their local market or establish new market structure.

Egyptian and African Cleantech startups have been invited to apply for the Middle Eastern accelerator Changelabs has opened applications to its Scale-Up to Green program. The program is being launched in partnership with the European Union’s EU4Energy initiative, Amazon Web Services (AWS), MINT by EGBank, and the Green for

Kenyan e-health startup TIBU has announced it raised an undisclosed amount in a seed funding round to help it scale its operations. The funding comes from Blue Haven Initiative and Kepple Africa Ventures that is also a returning investor. TIBU is a platform that brings decentralized primary outpatient care directly

GoGettaz Africa Community is calling on African Agritech startups to apply for the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize 2021 which aims to find Africa’s brightest young Agri-food entrepreneurs. GoGettaz Africa Community is an online community for young, innovative entrepreneurs to revolutionize Africa’s Agri-food sector. The platform allows users to interact

Nigerian Fintech startup FairMoney that is looking to expand its product services in emerging markets has recently launched in India. FairMoney was created in 2017 by Laurin Hainy, Nico Berthozat and Matthieu Gendreau. The platform allows users access loans within few minutes of application. Using its artificial intelligence (AI)-based

Egyptian semiconductor startup Suitera from the American University in Cairo (AUC) has raised $230,000 in funding. Suitera was founded in 2020 by Yehea Ismail, professor of electronics and communication engineering at AUC, Magdy Abadir, and Eby Friedman. The aim of the startup is to educate innovators and help handle

Kenyan e-mobility startup Ecobodaa that is involved in rolling out electric motorbikes has raised an undisclosed amount in a funding round led by Persistent Energy Capital to accelerate its service delivery. Ecobodaa was founded in 2020 by Kim Chepkoit and Steve Juma to provide affordable, safer, connected, and environmentally-friendly means

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has announced the Transform Fund Call for Innovation 2021 where it will be giving out up to $500millioon to startups. The event will focus entirely on supporting its Member Countries‘ recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic with the aim of building a stronger, more resilient, and

Nigerian Fintech startup and Open Finance pioneers, Okra, have just announced they secured a $3.5m Seed fund in a funding round led by US-based Susa Ventures. TLcom Capital and Accenture Ventures also participated in the funding round. Okra was founded by Fara Ashiru Jituboh and David Peterside in January

Egypt-based Grocery Delivery Startup Appetito has announced it raised $450,000 in a seed funding round to help drive its expansion across and beyond Egypt. The funding round was led by a group of Saudi Arabian Angel investors under the leadership of Ahmed Al Alola, an early-stage investor supporting early-stage

AB InBev company has launched BudStart Global Accelerator Program 2021 to identify disruptive startup solutions among African startups. AB InBev is a global beer company established by Carlos Brito. The company has since been committed to improving lives in the communities where we operate. In 2017, it announced a commitment

Andela a global talent network that helps companies build remote engineering teams has just announced the global expansion of their engineering talent. In a statement by Michael Archibald the CTO of SalesRabbit “Every one of the Andela engineers I have worked with has been stellar. They are great engineers, really

Egyptian eCommerce tech startup Kemitt has secured an undisclosed six-figure amount in funding from a group of Saudi Angel investors. Kemitt was founded in 2018 to ease the buying of furniture for customers. The startup operates using a platform that enables furniture designers to showcase their uniquely-made furniture products online