Nigerian e-health startup CridMD has acquired retail pharmaceutical company Charisland Pharmaceuticals (CP) to expand its market share in the space and ensure drug delivery straight to patients’ homes across Nigeria. Launched in June 2020, CribMD connects users with doctors for house calls and telemedicine services via its on-demand platform, allowing them to schedule appointments from [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan startup Ada Animation, an entertainment tech company, has announced a pre-seed capital raise from Nigerian venture capital firm Platform Capital. Founded in 2020, Ada Animation was born out of the desire to build capacity in the animation industry, tell animated African stories and catalyse the animation industry for growth. The company produces content in [...] Read more ›
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Social innovators have been invited to attend Techstars Startup Weekend Nairobi, which takes place on July 23-25 with the aim of creating an environment where people can come together to solve pressing social and economic problems through innovative solutions. Startup Weekend is a flagship programme by Techstars, an American-founded seed accelerator that has accepted more [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian social e-commerce startup Taager has raised a US$6.4 million seed funding round to help it scale its platform and expand across the Middle East. Launched in December 2019, Taager is a social e–commerce marketplace that provides online sellers and traders with a complete suite of backend and integrated services, from operational and logistical infrastructure [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian startup Eventtus, which creates interactive event apps that allow organisers to engage attendees, has been acquired by US firm Bevy. Founded in 2012 by Mai Medhat and Nihal Fares, Eventtus is an-all-in-one platform for events ticketing, event management and apps for events. The platform enables event attendees to customise their event schedule through an [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan ad-tech startup AIfluence has raised a US$1 million seed funding round to accelerate the expansion of its AI-powered marketing platform. Founded by Nelson Aseka (CEO), George Issaias (CMO), Lamusia Anzaya (COO) and Ankit Jindal (CTO), AIfluence leverages advanced machine learning algorithms to match influencers with a target demographic through its audience-first strategy. The platform [...] Read more ›
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Startups from Egypt and Morocco have been selected to take part in the second cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator Middle East and North Africa, a three-month digital accelerator programme for seed to Series A technology startups based in the region. The Google for Startups accelerator programme, which will run virtually until the end [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian food discovery and ordering startup elmenus has successfully closed a US$10 million pre-Series C funding round to expand its operations and convert its database of several million users to online ordering. Founded in 2018 by Amir Allam, elmenus offers a comprehensive platform for restaurant information and food discovery in Egypt, providing personalised recommendations to [...] Read more ›
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Morocco-based Damanesign, which provides companies with digital trust solutions such as electronic signatures, seals, and timestamps, has raised US$450,000 from the Maroc Numeric Fund II to hone its products and develop its operations. Founded in 2021 by Zouhair Hamdaoui, Damanesign allows users to sign and have documents signed in total security while guaranteeing their probative [...] Read more ›
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GreenHouse Lab, the flagship accelerator programme by Nigerian VC firm GreenHouse Capital, has opened applications for a pan-African fintech accelerator, which will offer startups access to mentorship and funding opportunities. Founded in 2014, GreenHouse Capital is a leading African fintech investment fund and platform focused on supporting early-stage companies and world-class emerging market entrepreneurs building [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan startup Jamborow is a fintech platform that provides white label solutions to enable savings and credit cooperatives societies, or Saccos, to better serve their members and scale operations while at it. Founded in 2018 by Moses Onitilo and Olusegun George, Jamborow brings together all players in the financial ecosystem, including lenders, borrowers, and intermediaries. [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian logistics startup ShipBlu has raised an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding to help it expand operations. Founded in October 2020 by Ali Nasser, Abdelrahman Hosny and Ahmed El Kawass, ShipBlu provides e-commerce fulfilment services utilising artificial intelligence and machine learning technology. The startup allows customers to select their preferred three-hour delivery window and to [...] Read more ›
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South African startup Bloofold is rolling out an alternative payments rail for spaza shop and tavern owners in a bid to make receiving payments easier and cheaper. Founded by Thabang Kekana and based in Johannesburg, Bloofold is a fintech startup deploying an alternative banking and payments rail into rural areas and townships via a merchant-initiated [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian e-health startup Yodawy has raised a US$7.5 million Series B funding round to help it expand its product offering and enter new markets. Founded in 2018, Yodawy has introduced a benefits management platform for pharmacies that enables the entire healthcare ecosystem – insurance companies, pharmacies, and pharmaceuticals – to serve a wider customer base, [...] Read more ›
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An-Nisa, a taxi that cares. Brmaja continues to grow its market share in the African Continent by acquiring a 50% stake in An-Nisa, a transportation app for women by women in Kenya. According to Dr. Hatem Bakheet, CEO of Brmaja, this acquisition is a strategic step in our plan to strengthen our core business in [...] Read more ›
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South African e-health startup iNNOHEALTH has secured a seven-figure seed investment from an unnamed Hong Kong-based VC for its AI-based healthcare platform it hopes will position it at the forefront of digital healthcare in the country. Founded in 2020 by medical doctors Chad Marthinussen and Wade Palmer, and chartered accountant Abdul Malick Salie, iNNOHEALTH’s focus [...] Read more ›
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The Lagos-based GetEquity has closed a six-figure pre-seed funding round led by GreenHouse Capital as it launches its first product, a venture-funding platform that connects entrepreneurs and investors. Founded by Jude Dike and William Okafor, GetEquity is a fundraising and venture portfolio management company that aims to reduce friction between founders and the funding they [...] Read more ›
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The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) will tomorrow (July 13) hold the final of the Southern African leg of its annual global Innovating Justice Challenge, which will see up to five winners take part in the Justice Accelerator Programme and secure EUR10,000 (US$12,000) grant funding. HiiL is a social enterprise devoted to user-friendly [...] Read more ›
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The Johannesburg-based Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) has announced the launch of MIC Khulisani Ventures, a ZAR150 million (US$10.5 million) early-stage investment vehicle targeting black-owned innovative, high-growth businesses in South Africa. The MIC is a 100% Black-owned Investment Company established in 1995 by the Mineworkers Investment Trust (MIT) to create a sustainable asset base for the [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Tix Africa, a self-service ticketing platform for event creators, has secured a six-figure pre-seed funding round to scale its event products and also expand operations to Ghana and East Africa. Tix Africa is an event technology platform that helps event organisers harness granular data from attendees, reducing costs and maximising revenues in the [...] Read more ›
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