Pan-African innovation hub network AfriLabs has added an additional 15 new members to expand its total membership to 240 across 48 countries. Founded in 2011, AfriLabs is a network of technology innovation hubs on the continent, with a mission to support the growth of these hubs and their communities to raise high potential entrepreneurs that [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Indicina, which has developed a data-driven lending platform that digitises the credit value chain, has raised a six-figure US dollar funding round as it looks to further build out its product. Founded in 2018, Indicina helps both bank and non-bank lenders apply a data-driven approach to credit underwriting at scale, providing new insights [...] Read more ›
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The final shortlist for the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards, which celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa, has been announced, featuring a host of startups. The sixth edition of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards attracted over 500 submissions from 51 countries, with solutions launched by startups, established ventures, and corporates. The awards strive to showcase [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian startup Zeal, mobile payments and customer loyalty startup, has raised an undisclosed round of seed funding to help it grow its team and scale operations in Egypt and the United Kingdom (UK). Founded by Omar Ebeid, Bellal Mohamed, and Amr Mohamed in 2019, Zeal allows users to connect a payment method to the Zeal [...] Read more ›
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Seedstars and Shell Foundation have partnered to identify sustainable, scalable and innovative startups addressing universal access to energy-related challenges, as well as sustainable agriculture, mobility and transportation. With support from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Seedstars and Shell Foundation have launched the Energy, Mobility and Agriculture Innovation Programme to find African tech [...] Read more ›
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Ghanaian food delivery startup Koliko is planning on expanding across the country after seeing hundreds of users utilise its service during its pilot and early months of full operations. Founded by Julius Asante and Osborn Amankwah after they graduated from university, Koliko was beta-tested between September 2019 and January 2020, and launched in February. The [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan company SunCulture, a provider of solar power systems, water pumps and irrigation systems for smallholder farmers, has closed a Series A investment round of US$14 million to help it accelerate sales. SunCulture offers solutions tailored to smallholder farmers, combining technology with pay-as-you-go (PAYG) financing and value-add services. Claiming to be the first company to [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian loyalty and rewards solutions provider Dsquares has raised fresh funds to help it scale a new business line and expand geographically across Egypt and internationally. Founded in 2012, Dsquares has developed data-driven loyalty and rewards programmes that significantly help clients retain their customers, develop their spend pattern, and increase profitability. The startup quickly saw [...] Read more ›
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The Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed accelerator, has opened applications for its latest virtual accelerator, which aims to help early-stage Ghanaian entrepreneurs build their businesses alongside a support network of startup experts. Founded in 2009 by Adeo Ressi and Jonathan Greechan and operated out of Palo Alto, California, the Founder Institute connects startups with [...] Read more ›
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Startup-focused news and research company Disrupt Africa has joined forces with more investor partners – Villgro Africa, Lateral Capital and Otundi Ventures – in the open-sourcing initiative that will make its flagship annual funding report free to all in January 2021. Every January since 2016, Disrupt Africa has released the African Tech Startups Funding Report, [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan e-commerce platform Sokowatch has added electric tuk-tuks to its delivery fleet in Uganda, making the vehicles the first to be used commercially in East Africa. Launched in Nairobi in 2016, Sokowatch aims to reinvent retail in Africa by providing real-time delivery, financing for growth, and data for business management to informal merchants. It allows [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Trueflutter, which has built a matchmaking app designed specifically for Africans across the world, has raised funding from three local angel networks. Built for African singles who are searching for long-term relationships and life partners, Trueflutter has been designed to be compatible with African culture and value systems, and uses an advanced matching [...] Read more ›
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Thirty startups from across Africa have advanced to the regional finals of the Seedstars World competition, the overall winner of which will secure US$500,000 in funding. The annual Seedstars World competition, which is taking place virtually for this cycle, received over 5,000 applicants from across the world, with 94 startups from emerging markets advancing to [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Medsaf, which connects pharmaceutical suppliers with hospitals and pharmacies, is raising a seed round as it continues to move into the lucrative big data space. Founded in 2017 by Vivian Nwakah after she had a friend die from taking fake medication, Medsaf connects suppliers to hospitals and pharmacies directly in order to make the [...] Read more ›
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Disrupt Podcast offers listeners a fortnightly wrap-up of all the developments in the African tech startup ecosystem, interviews with key players, and audio pitches from innovative companies. Increasing access to information and analysis of the African startup scene is at the heart of Disrupt Africa’s mission, and its content offering is now broader with the [...] Read more ›
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African industrialist Adam Molai has launched a US$1 million fund to provide entrepreneurs with capital to kickstart or expand their enterprises. The Jua Kickstarter Fund will provide successful applicants with funds to launch or grow their businesses, as well as mentoring and guidance. Molai, who has successfully started several enterprises across Africa and whose TRT [...] Read more ›
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Ivory Coast-based startup Coliba, which has developed a recycling and waste management platform, has added to its funding pot by securing investment from Belgian businessman Rudi De Kerpel. Coliba has developed a waste management web and mobile application that connects households and businesses with affiliated plastic waste collectors. The startup applies the principles of the [...] Read more ›
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Startups from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia have been invited to apply for Google’s first Middle East and North Africa (MENA) startup accelerator programme. Announced in October as part of the Grow Stronger with Google regional programme, the Google for Startups Accelerator: MENA is a three-month digital programme for seed to Series A [...] Read more ›
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South African startup inQuba, which has established itself as a world-leader in customer journey management, has secured a round of expansion capital to help it enhance the capabilities of its platform and accelerate its international expansion. Customer journey management tracks, analyses and optimises the manner in which prospects and customers traverse customer journeys and channels [...] Read more ›
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The South Africa-based Planet42, a car subscription company that helps individuals ignored by banks to get access to a personal vehicle, has announced a US$10 million debt funding round to help it scale its operations and move into new markets. Launched as CarGet in 2017, Planet42 partners with dealerships across South Africa to offer access [...] Read more ›
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