Founder Institute has opened applications for its third Cohort in order to support more startups to launch new companies across Nigeria and Africa at large.
According to the Founder of
VC4A has announced the 2020 ‘Venture Showcase Series A’ in partnership with AWS Activate to give selected entrepreneurs the opportunity to introduce their companies to early-stage African investors.
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Egyptian online real estate platform, Sakneen has gained backing from Silicon-Valley based Incubator, Y-Combinator.
Sakneen was part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 batch that graduated earlier this year with
AUC Venture Lab Accelerator powered by the Commercial International Bank (CIB) and in partnership with the International Finance Corporation is hosting a 3-day virtual hackathon coming up June 17th to
Cameroonian startup leading web and mobile platform “AbegYa“, has been selected to participate in the MassChallenge Texas accelerator program which provides customers instant mobile access to reliable service providers.
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Egyptian mental health platform, Shezlong has acquired undisclosed funds from Asia Africa Investment Consulting (AAIC), a Singapore-based investor that invests in health care startups in Africa.
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Early-stage investment firm, Microtraction has invested in Chaka, an Investment tool that helps Nigerians invest in publicly traded companies in the United States, Chinese and Nigerian markets from anywhere in
Moroccan startup accelerator HSEVEN, has introduced three incubation and acceleration programs to help African entrepreneurs build high-impact startups.
The three programs named “Rise-Up,” “Re-Start,” and “Disrupt” aim to speedily transform
South African gaming development startup, Catrry1st has secured a Series Seed round of US$2.5 million led by CRE Venture Capital.
Other investors that participated in the round include;
BECO Capital, a venture capital firm, will commit up to $150,000 in a new pre-seed initiative to fund exceptional founders of tech-enabled startups in North Africa and the Middle
Nairobi-based healthcare incubator and investor Villgro Kenya has committed a total of $90,000 into Kenya’s The Pathology Network and Uganda’s clinicPesa.
Villgro Kenya is an early-stage business
Egyptian startup, Interact Labs, has raised funding commitments worth US$60,000 after it took part in the Zoom-based digital accelerator event “The Nest”.
Interact Labs designs effective and affordable
