The Social and Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC) has launched its fifth call for applications for high-impact entrepreneurs from across Africa, aiming to help them scale. Since being set up by the Campus AFD (French Development Agency) in 2017, the SIBC has helped scale-up nearly 200 African entrepreneurs with a strong social impact. The SIBC aims [...] Read more ›
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Mike Sharman’s mind goes back to October 2019. “Bryan and I had dinner with one of South Africa’s most highly-rated VCs. He planted a seed: ‘(Bryan + 𝑥) x scale = y’.” To explain quickly, “Bryan” is Bryan Habana, widely regarded as one of the greatest rugby players of all time, and part of the [...] Read more ›
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Orange Middle East and Africa and AXA Assurance Maroc have jointly acquired Moroccan e-health startup DabaDoc, and plan to help the platform scale across Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 2014 by Zineb Drissi-Kaitouni and Driss Drissi-Kaitouni, DabaDoc offers solutions for healthcare professionals to digitise access to healthcare in Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. [...] Read more ›
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The DigiLink incubator programme has launched in South Africa with the goal of upskilling unemployed youth, enabling them to enter the tech economy and secure long-term employment. Launched by the Harambe Youth Employment Accelerator, SiMODiSA and Clickatell, the programme provides participants with access to 12 months of on-the-job training in a simulated work environment that [...] Read more ›
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The Madagascar-based Jirogasy, which designs, manufactures and assembles solar IoT systems and computers, is fundraising as it plans growth into new markets. Formed by brothers Yann and Lauric Kasay, as well as two other co-founders, after a crowdfunding campaign in 2018, Jirogasy aims to innovate and create appliances that address local challenges. Its key early [...] Read more ›
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South African cybersecurity email protection and compliance startup Sendmarc has secured funding from Endeavor South Africa as it looks to scale more quickly. Launched in 2018 by Sam Hutchinson, Keith Thompson and Sacha Matulovich, Sendmarc provides the setup, implementation and reporting functionality for a global email protection standard known as DMARC. This protocol is designed [...] Read more ›
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Five African startups have been awarded US$5,000 each in grant funding from the Southern Africa Innovation Support programme and Seedstars after completing the Investment Readiness Programme. Run by Southern Africa Innovation Support and Seedstars, the Investment Readiness Programme 2019-2020 selected 15 startups with SDG-focused tech solutions and provided them with tools and knowledge that brought [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan solar energy startup Pawame has raised US$1.7 million in grant capital and an additional US$750,000 in equity to fund its geographic expansion. Founded in 2016 by Alexandre Allegue, Majd Chaaya and Nick Sparks, Pawame allows customers to access solar home systems via a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) subscription model, and also helps them to obtain micro-loans [...] Read more ›
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South African startup WhereIsMyTransport has raised a US$14.5 million Series A extension round as it bids to continue its expansion across emerging markets. Formed in 2016, WhereIsMyTransport is a big data platform for sustainable mobility in emerging markets, which connects and collects data and integrates this information on its open data platform. Its products are [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian fintech startup MoneyHash, which uses a universal API and a unified checkout experience to help businesses consolidate and grow their payments and financial tech stack, has closed a six-figure US dollar pre-seed funding round to launch its services across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Founded in late 2020 by Nader Abdelrazik, Mustafa [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup TalentQL has launched a pipeline to upskill Africa’s intermediate engineers via mentorship from individuals from Twitter, Tesla, Amazon, and Google. Founded late last year by Adewale Yusuf, Opeyemi Awoyemi and Akintunde Sultan, also co-founders of Techpoint Africa, Jobberman and DevCareer, TalentQL hires, develops and manages remote talent for global companies. The startup is [...] Read more ›
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It was Bwanika Charles’ teenage passion for agriculture that drove him to venture into growing cereal crops, mainly maize, on a rented piece of land in his home district of Masaka back in 2014. “I harvested two tonnes of maize, only to fail on getting the right market given the fact that prices had drastically [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Gokada, a last mile delivery, logistics and transportation platform, has launched a super app allowing customers to access food delivery, e-commerce, and ride hailing services in one place, on the back of crossing US$100 million in annualised transaction value. Founded in 2018 as a ride-hailing app, Gokada has evolved to become a leading [...] Read more ›
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Ugandan fintech startup Emata, which provides farmers with access to digital financial products, has been named winner of the Best Catapulter Award at the end of the CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa 2021 digital bootcamp, securing prize money and networking opportunities. Disrupt Africa reported last month 12 African fintech startups had been selected to take part in [...] Read more ›
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South Africa’s Notam has developed a drone cloud software and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that aims to provide a single source of truth for mining and infrastructure projects. Founded in 2014 under the name Pragmatic Master, the startup rebranded as Notam last year. It uses drone data and AI to enable companies to perform faster [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan startup Kibanda TopUp, which aims to digitise the supply chain for micro, small and medium restaurants in Africa, has raised US$460,000 in pre-seed funding to increase the size of its customer base. Launched by co-founders Njavwa Mutambo, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Musanga Logistics, and Emilie Blauwhoff, a former management consultant in [...] Read more ›
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Ivory Coast-based startup StarNews Mobile, a mobile video network allowing celebrities and influencers to monetise their fan bases in Africa, has partnered mobile operator Orange to provide its high-quality video platform to Orange’s 150 million subscribers across 15 countries in Africa. Launched in July 2017, StarNews Mobile targets the mass market with a network of [...] Read more ›
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Kick off a Zoom meeting with Vishal Agarwal and Raj Kulasingam, and you might find it hard to believe the pair are playing a leading role in funding early-stage tech businesses in Africa, not least as they – and this reporter – fruitlessly try to figure out how to record the call. In the end, [...] Read more ›
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African music streaming startup Mdundo has partnered Vodacom Tanzania to launch a music bundle as a premium service for the mobile operator’s subscribers. Launched in Kenya in 2013, Mdundo provides access to all the continent’s favourite music to over five million monthly active users in 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with over 20 million monthly [...] Read more ›
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Germany’s Federal Development Ministry (BMZ) has launched DeveloPPP Ventures, which aims to empower Kenyan startups by providing an entrepreneurial support program with a grant of up to EUR100,000 (US$120,000). Via a matching-funds model, DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH provides grant financing for startups that have achieved a proof of concept and are ready [...] Read more ›
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