Nigerian female-led startups have been invited to apply for She Leads Africa’s High Growth Coaching Programme, a three-month programme that provides growth-focused entrepreneurs with coaching and support to scale their businesses. Run by She Leads Africa, a global media brand that helps young women achieve their professional dreams by providing expert advice and opportunities for [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian recruitment startup TalentQL has been accepted into the Techstars Toronto accelerator programme, securing US$120,000 in the process as it sets its sights on global expansion. 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 [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian e-health startup TakeStep has raised a seed funding round to expand operations to the GCC region in the near future. Founded in 2018, TakeStep is a specialised platform focused on treatment for addiction as well as general psychiatry, and has so far helped over 15,000 patients through 24/7 counselling services via its patient-centric web [...] Read more ›
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African impact startups have been invited to apply for a global advisory programme that aims to help them scale and empower local communities. Founded in 2015, Bridges for Enterprise is a global non-profit that provides a free, multi-stage advisory programme for early-stage social enterprises in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Around 70 [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian digital food cooperative Pricepally has raised a six-digit pre-seed funding round to help it build on its strong early growth. Launched in 2019 by Luther Lawoyin, Jumai Abalaka, Deepak Bansal and Monsunmola Adefemi, Pricepally is a group-buying platform that aggregates consumer food demand and matches it with supplies directly from farmers and wholesalers. The [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian startup Weelo has raised a six-figure US dollar seed funding round to accelerate its plans to digitally transform sales and distribution automation in the supply chain for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across verticals in the MENA region. Founded in 2018, Weelo offers affordable SaaS-based tech solutions for MSMEs, managing the entire sales [...] Read more ›
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The African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has launched a US$1.2 million Innovation Fund to unlock the potential of renewable energy to create new business opportunities. Open to businesses and entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, the AECF fund is aimed at strengthening market readiness of emerging innovations, and securing financial, [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian insurtech startup Curacel, an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management in Africa, has secured US$450,000 in pre-seed funding to accelerate product development and expansion across the continent. Formed in 2017, Curacel automates the insurance claims process, allowing staff to process claims volumes quickly and efficiently, and automatically vets claims to detect fraud, [...] Read more ›
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Cape Town-based biomedical engineering startup Impulse Biomedical has raised funding from the Futuregrowth Development Equity Fund (DEF) to speed development and release of its flagship device. The Impulse device, the ZiBiPen, was designed by engineering graduates Gokul Nair and Giancarlo Beukes while completing their Masters’ Degrees in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cape Town [...] Read more ›
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Nigeria-based online talent marketplace CodeLn has launched Remote CodeLn, an online platform that helps companies to manage their freelancers and track their tasks throughout the product development process. Founded in 2018 by Philisiah Mwaluma, Dennis Nduta, Dexter Ouattara and Elohor Thomas after they met while taking part in the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), [...] Read more ›
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The Artificial Intelligence for Development in Africa (AI4D Africa) programme and Villgro Africa have launched a call for innovative startups harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for the continent’s development. The AI4D Africa programme is a joint endeavour between the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada to support innovations, policy research, [...] Read more ›
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Last week, 10 African tech startups took to the virtual stage for Y Combinator Winter ‘21 batch demo day, pitching to an audience of investors, press, alumni, and other interested parties. The Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator (YC), perhaps the world’s most famous accelerator, is increasingly selecting African tech startups to take part in its programme, [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan agency banking as a service provider Tanda is expanding its operations regionally after closing a seed funding round last month. Founded in 2018, Tanda allows shop owners to access inventory on credit, and also become access points for essential services such as airtime, utility payments, banking and insurance services for their customers. The platform [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan fintech startup Asilimia has launched a digital ledger app to allow MSME owners to manage their transactions in real-time. Founded in 2017, Asilimia aims to empower small businesses through an affordable, easy-to-use and tailored digital payments platform. Its Android app gives business owners direct access to a payment infrastructure specifically tailored to their needs [...] Read more ›
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Five Nigerian fintech startups have been accepted into the third cohort of the Labs by ARM accelerator programme, designed to support the best post-MVP startups solving the most challenging problems in the financial industry and enterprise. Run by Asset and Resource Management (ARM) and Ventures Platform, Labs by ARM is designed to get post-MVP fintech [...] Read more ›
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Ugandan startup Minute5, which has developed a grocery delivery platform, now has hundreds of returning users having bootstrapped its business from the ground up. Minute5 came about in 2018, after Jonathan Paul Katumba and his co-founder realised that customers needed a more convenient way of getting groceries. “We initially started out by selling passion fruits [...] Read more ›
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Zimbabwean agri-tech startup Farmhut has secured US$100,000 in grant funding after being selected as one of the winners of the annual Hult Prize competition. Farmhut is an AI-powered marketplace connecting farmers to markets that pay fair prices for their produce. It enables farmers to grow their business fast throughout the year, and ensures consumers get [...] Read more ›
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Auto-tech startup Autocheck has launched a truck loans marketplace in Nigeria and Ghana, as it seeks to provide a structured market for truck loans and services. Autochek combines technology and data to enhance the buying and selling experience across African consumers, by creating a single marketplace for all automotive needs. The startup only launched in [...] Read more ›
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Atlantica Ventures and EchoVC have partnered to launch the first XTC Africa, a new regional competition of Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), which is the largest global competition for entrepreneurs addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through purposeful technology. The XTC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to elevating the next generation of entrepreneurs creating [...] Read more ›
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South African startup Kandua, an online marketplace for home services, has created over US$12 million in work opportunities for independent service providers and SMEs in the last year. Founded in 2014 by Arjun Khoosal and Sayo Folawiyo, Kandua helps anyone who needs work done in their home – from small fixes to major renovations – [...] Read more ›
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