South African serial entrepreneur Nic Haralambous has launched the Slow Fund, which every day for a year will offer one person ZAR1,000 (US$67) and a 30-minute coaching call to yelp them launch the “side hustle” – or small business – they have been dreaming about. An accomplished entrepreneur who has sold three businesses in the [...] Read more ›
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Zimbabwean startup Phenomenon Technologies has developed an app that looks to help African schools overcome funding issues and access science models to boost levels of education. Phenomenon Technologies was formed in 2018 by high school science teacher Nkosana Masuku after he faced difficulties in teaching students pure sciences as they failed to understand abstract scientific [...] Read more ›
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Ghanaian startup AgroCenta has raised US$790,000 in pre-Series A funding to scale its agri-tech ecosystem and secure crop purchases from smallholder farmers. Founded in 2016, AgroCenta operates a mobile merchanting platform which provides market information, storage and delivery solutions, and financial services to smallholder farmers in Ghana. Since its launch, registered farmers on AgroCenta’s app, [...] Read more ›
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The UK-Nigeria Tech Hub has partnered Ventures Platform and Startupbootcamp AfriTech to launch the iNOVO accelerator, which is seeking innovative ed-tech, agri-tech and e-health startups with disruptive solutions to challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The fully digital programme will leverage Startupbootcamp’s methodology through a two-pronged approach of accelerating 10 early-stage startups in Nigeria that [...] Read more ›
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Female-focused angel fund FirstCheck Africa has launched operations, planning to invest up to US$25,000 “ridiculously early” in women with bold entrepreneurial ideas. Launched by Endeavor Nigeria managing director Eloho Omame and PiggyVest co-founder Odunayo Eweniyi, FirstCheck launches with a mission to advance equity, capital and leadership for a generation of women in Africa through technology [...] Read more ›
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Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs (E4E) Africa, an entrepreneur-led South African venture capital (VC) firm, has launched its Section 12J offering. Disrupt Africa reported last year on the launch of E4E, which is backed by a founding investment from the SA SME Fund and has a first close of R135-million (US$8.1 million). In addition to its regular [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian fintech startup Mono has been accepted into Silicon Valley-based accelerator Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 batch, banking US$125,000 funding and further support. Founded in August of last year, Mono helps digital businesses in Africa access their customers’ financial and identity data. Its plug-and-play technology allows customers like Flutterwave, Carbon and Indicina to access a broad [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan startup Transcode has developed fraud management software for banks and telecoms, and is seeking funding to scale it across the continent. Formed in 2018, Transcode released its core software – iGuard – last year. iGuard is a fraud and money laundering detection engine that leverages the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent and [...] Read more ›
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There is no doubt that the operations of many businesses have changed over the past year. The traditional form of hiring and working has seen a drastic change, especially during this pandemic, paving the way for the growing popularity of freelancing in Africa. Employees who are currently engaging with their employers remotely or are unemployed [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian food discovery and ordering platform elmenus has announced an investment in the company from David Buttress, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of global food-ordering firm Just Eat, who will also join the startup’s board as it plots aggressive expansion. Founded in 2011 by CEO Amir Allam, elmenus is a food discovery and online [...] Read more ›
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Ten South African fintech startups have been selected for the ZAR10 million (US$665,000) AlphaCode Incubate programme, which provides funding, guidance, co-working space and opportunities to apply for further early-stage investment. In all, 200 fintech businesses applied for the AlphaCode Incubate programme which aims to grow innovative financial services entrepreneurs and find the next OUTsurance or [...] Read more ›
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Looking at funding figures for 2019, it seemed like fintech – long Africa’s most attractive destination for tech startup funding – might be losing some of its allure. Though the number of funded ventures continued to rise, total investment had declined by almost 20 per cent from 2018. Fast forward 12 months, however, and the [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian startup Tayary, an online logistics and delivery platform, has secured pre-seed investment from AUC Angels, Alex Angels, and Cairo Angels. Launched in 2017, Tayary is a multifaceted online platform that facilitates order delivery through both B2B and B2C models. The Alexandria-based startup has developed its own order-tracking feature in-house, allowing businesses and individuals to [...] Read more ›
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The Cape Town-based OceanHub Africa has opened applications for the second edition of its six-month online acceleration programme, which will select and support Africa’s most promising and impact-driven startups seeking to develop an environmentally conscious and profitable ocean economy. Disrupt Africa reported in October 2019 on the launch of OceanHub Africa, an African-based ecosystem enabler [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian e-commerce startup ExpandCart has witnessed huge growth across the world over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is now planning on doubling down with new products in the wake of a funding round. The startup was founded by Amr Shawqy, Sameh Nabil, and Yasser Seleem back in 2013. The trio ran an online [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian startup Odiggo, a digital marketplace for automotive spare parts, has raised a US$600,000 seed funding round as it works on its expansion plans. Launched in 2017, Odiggo links customers with vendors in order to purchase car parts and accessories, and has seen strong growth. Having raised US$180,000 in funding in May 2019, the startup [...] Read more ›
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The Jua Kickstarter Fund, a fund to provide African entrepreneurs with capital to kickstart or expand their enterprises, has doubled to US$2 million in size. Disrupt Africa reported in December industrialist Adam Molai had launched the US$1 million Jua Kickstarter Fund to provide successful applicants with funds to launch or grow their businesses, as well [...] Read more ›
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Data marketplace startup CARMA, which provides lending companies with access to real-time credit data on a peer-to-peer basis through a pay-as-you-go service, is planning operations across the continent after relocating its headquarters to Lagos, Nigeria. CARMA describes itself as the world’s first credit data marketplace, tackling the gap in markets underserved by credit bureaus by [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Cowrywise, a digital wealth management and financial planning solution, has raised US$3 million in pre-Series A funding to expand its product offering, support the onboarding of more fund managers, and build out its investment management infrastructure. Launched in 2017 by Razaq Ahmed and Edward Popoola, Cowrywise offers easily accessible, goal-oriented savings and investment [...] Read more ›
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Catalyst Fund has announced the eighth cohort of its inclusive fintech accelerator, providing grant funding and support to six fintech solutions from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.  Launched in 2015, Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, is a global accelerator that supports inclusive fintech innovators and facilitates the growth of innovation ecosystems in emerging markets. [...] Read more ›
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