Ghanaian fintech startup Insurerity Digital is a Software as a Service (SaaS) provider on a mission to provide convenient, affordable and secure insurance solutions across Africa. Founded in 2019 by Foster Adorkor and Richard Adarkwah, Insurerity develops cloud-based solutions that focus on bringing efficiency and convenience to the insurance onboarding process – whether that means [...] Read more ›
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Seedstars Africa Ventures has received a commitment from French private equity firm LBO France towards its US$100 million fund for early-stage African tech startups. Disrupt Africa reported back in 2019 Seedstars – a Switzerland-based company focused on entrepreneurial development in emerging markets – had partnered the Paris-based VC firm First Growth Ventures to launch the [...] Read more ›
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Villgro Africa, an impact investor incubating and supporting early-stage social entrepreneurs in Africa, has disbursed funding to four health-focused startups amounting to a total of US$170,000. The India-based Villgro Innovations Foundation expanded to Africa in 2017 with a launch in Kenya, but last year rebranded as Villgro Africa and expanded across the continent in a [...] Read more ›
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The Pass Africa initiative has been launched with the goal of accelerating entrepreneurs operating between France and African countries in terms of investment, financing, insurance, guarantees and support for innovation. Pass Africa is an initiative of the Conseil Présidentiel pour L’Afrique (CPA) – of the Presidential Council for Africa – launched by French President Emmanuel [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan fintech startup Kwara, which is helping to turn traditional savings cooperatives into modern digital banks, has been taking part in a number of accelerators lately, but behind the scenes it is getting plenty of other work done. Founded in 2018 by Cynthia Wandia and David Hwan, Kwara has built a digital banking platform designed [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan startup Ed Partners Africa, a non-banking financial institution serving affordable private schools, has raised US$1.9 million in funding as it bids to improve the quality of education received by learners from low-income communities. Founded in 2018 by Lydia Koros and David FitzHerbert to improve access to affordable, quality education in Africa, Ed Partners provides [...] Read more ›
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Ten startups from across Africa have been picked to take part in the Africa Startup Initiative Programme (ASIP) run by Startupbootcamp AfriTech in partnership with mobile operator Telecel. Startupbootcamp AfriTech was launched in 2017 as the first multi corporate-backed pan-African startup accelerator. For its latest programme, it has partnered with telecoms firm Telecel Group to [...] Read more ›
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She Loves Tech, the world’s largest startup competition for women and technology, has opened applications for its seventh edition, which is offering prizes of up to US$50,000. She Loves Tech is an international non-profit organisation committed to closing the funding gap for women entrepreneurs, and building an ecosystem for technology, entrepreneurship and innovation that creates [...] Read more ›
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Japanese investor interest in Africa has risen sharply over the last few years, with a number of firms becoming extremely busy on the continent. Key among them are Kepple Africa Ventures and Samurai Incubate, while the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is also busy. Newer to the party is UNCOVERED FUND, launched last year by [...] Read more ›
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South African startup WizzPass, a growing presence in the visitor management system and workplace management market, has been acquired by US firm FM:Systems, a dominant provider of digital workplace solutions globally. Founded in 2015 and based in Johannesburg, WizzPass focuses on improving the often manual and insecure processes and systems involved with traditional facility visitor [...] Read more ›
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South African mobile recruitment platform Giraffe has been acquired by the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, with the startup’s existing base of jobseekers and employers to be invited to join the SA Youth Initiative. Founded in 2015, Giraffe is a fully-automated, low-cost recruitment agency service operating across South Africa and focusing on medium-skilled jobs such as [...] Read more ›
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India-headquartered accelerator Startup Réseau has selected 12 startups for its first thematic startup bootcamp in East Africa, which focuses on fintech and provides access to technology credits and other types of support. Startup Réseau launched its East Africa outpost in January, and its first programme is the East Africa Fintech Bootcamp, a three-week venture development [...] Read more ›
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Cape Town-headquartered ed-tech startup HyperionDev has raised ZAR50 million (US$3.5 million) in Series A funding to help it expand its offering to thousands of students globally. Founded in 2012, HyperionDev is an online course platform for computer science education, which allows anyone to take online courses in coding with a personal computer or mobile phone. [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan agri-tech startup Apollo Agriculture, which uses machine learning and automated operations technology to help small-scale farmers access the resources they need to maximise their profitability, has raised US$1 million in debt funding from the Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund). Based in Nairobi, Apollo Agriculture is a commercial farming platform for small-scale farmers that uses [...] Read more ›
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US-based accelerator Expert DOJO is launching an Africa programme in September, committing up to US$5 million to invest in early-stage African startups this year alone through between 20 and 50 new investments. Expert DOJO is the third most active international early-stage startup accelerator in the United States, investing in over 100 startups since 2018. Expert [...] Read more ›
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Cairo-based digital trucking marketplace Trella has completed a US$42 million Series A funding round, comprising US$30 million in equity and US$12 million in debt facilities, for major expansion in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP). Founded in 2018, Trella is a B2B technology platform and trucking marketplace connecting shippers with carriers in [...] Read more ›
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Google has announced the launch and opening of applications of a new US$3 million Black Founders Fund (BFF) Africa programme, and a Google.org-backed US$3 million grant to the Tony Elumelu Foundation to support female entrepreneurs on the continent. Disrupt Africa reported earlier today 15 startups from across the continent had been selected for the sixth [...] Read more ›
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Fifteen startups have been selected for the sixth class of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa, which aims to support African tech startups through their crucial growth phases. The Google for Startups Accelerator is a three-month online programme that includes three intensive virtual training bootcamps, mentorship, and Google product support. For the second year in [...] Read more ›
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New York-based public relations (PR) company C. Moore Media has launched the second edition of The Future is Female Programme, a PR and communications mentorship programme dedicated to the business development needs of African tech female founders. The Future is Female Programme aims to provide the underserved market of African female founders of early-stage startups [...] Read more ›
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South African startup TradeBRICS is an e-commerce marketplace where global B2B buyers can source products directly from African suppliers and manufacturers. TradeBRICS traces its roots back to 2017, when Akshay Maharaj sent his brothers Akshar and Shaarad an article about the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which was going to create the world’s largest [...] Read more ›
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