Egyptian startup ILLA, an FMCG delivery logistics marketplace, has raised a US$500,000 seed funding round to help it further expand its operations in the local market. Launched through the Flat6Labs Cairo accelerator in March 2019, ILLA caters for corporates and SMEs, providing full-fledged transportation and logistics solutions tackling major pain points unique to the FMCG [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan startup Farmers Pride, a one-stop e-commerce platform that connects village level farmers to quality inputs, services, and information through women-owned DigiShops powered by technology, has raised US$220,000 funding from Gray Matters Capital under its gender portfolio coLABS. Farmers Pride is a last mile online-to-offline marketplace platform that connects farmers with everything they need to [...] Read more ›
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Ventures Platform Foundation has announced a call for applications from Nigerian startups for Startup North-East, an incubation programme for early-stage companies building innovative tech solutions for communities hit by the crisis in North-East Nigeria. Since 2009, according to estimates from the United Nations (UN), more than two million people have been displaced from their homes [...] Read more ›
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Funding into African tech startups is likely to be hit by the economic impact of COVID-19, but the “death of distance” also caused by the pandemic could help angel investors fill the gap. Last month’s virtual Africa Tech Summit Connects event brought together African angel investors to discuss how angels can help fill the expected [...] Read more ›
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Barcodes R Us – How barcodes have changed Society Before 1974, UPC barcodes did not exist. It is hard to imagine a world without them. Since their invention, they have entrenched themselves in our everyday lives in such a way that we take them completely for granted. In actual fact, they have changed our lives [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian Internet of Things (IoT) and smart metering startup Amjaad has raised a six-figure US dollar pre-Series A funding round to help it expand its product and grow its customer base at home and abroad. Founded in 2018 by Hussein Darwish, Amjaad has developed ioMeter, a web and mobile based platform for energy management and [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Kwaba, which helps low and middle income earners to split their annual rent into convenient monthly installments, has raised a funding round from Ingressive Capital to help it scale. Kwaba makes rent payment less stressful, and also offers further services such as apartment search, quick funds at affordable rates, and further credit facilities [...] Read more ›
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Three African startups are among the nine companies selected to take part in the F-LANE accelerator programme, which connects startups led by and benefitting women with funding and mentorship. Funded by the Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications and run by Yunus Social Business, the F-LANE acceleration programme aims to sharpen business and impact models, [...] Read more ›
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The fintech-focused Catalyst Fund accelerator is planning on expanding into more new verticals after launching a digital commerce programme in Ghana. Disrupt Africa reported last month Catalyst Fund had partnered the Mastercard Foundation and MEST to launch its Inclusive Digital Accelerator programme in Ghana, the first expansion of its flagship inclusive fintech programme. Catalyst Fund, [...] Read more ›
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Lagos-based HR and payroll tech startup SeamlessHR has closed a VC-led round of funding to unlock its next phase of growth. Founded in 2018 and describing itself as “Workday for emerging markets”, SeamlessHR is building an enterprise-grade, cloud-based HR platform that helps medium to large-sized companies automate and optimise their entire HR process, from recruitment [...] Read more ›
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The Nairobi-based Villgro Kenya incubator and impact investor has rebranded as Villgro Africa and expanded across the continent as it bids to support more e-health startups. The India-based Villgro Innovations Foundation expanded to Africa in 2017 with the launch of Villgro Kenya,an early-stage business incubator and impact investor that offers mentoring, funding and access to [...] Read more ›
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Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) has launched the second edition of its African App Launchpad competition, which will award a total of US$72,000 to startups from across the continent. ITIDA first held the African App Launchpad competition last year, with six startups eventually sharing a total of US$60,000 in cash prizes. This year, [...] Read more ›
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COVID-19 has changed everything, everywhere, not least how tech investors in Africa operate. Last week’s virtual Africa Tech Summit Connects event brought together a host of African tech investors to discuss trends, challenges and opportunities in the wake of COVID-19, and all agreed that the way they do business has been altered by the pandemic. [...] Read more ›
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Kenya agri-tech startup Twiga Foods has secured KES3.2 billion (US$29.4 million) in debt funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support more than 300 irrigated medium-scale contract farmers to complement Twiga’s seasonal smallholder farmer supply base. Founded in 2014, Twiga Foods is a business to business food distribution company that builds fair and reliable [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian e-health startup 54gene has launched its Clinical Programme Services (CPS) division, which will provide end-to-end clinical development services, intelligence, logistics, and infrastructure to enable successful conduct of clinical trials in Africa, starting in Nigeria. Launched in 2019, 54gene is a research, services and development company founded that utilises human genetic data from diverse African [...] Read more ›
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Twenty-one-year-old female Egyptian entrepreneur Alaa Moatamed, whose venture provides business owners with an affordable and convenient delivery service for customers, has been named winner of the 2020 Anzisha Prize, taking home US$25,000. The Anzisha Prize, which is a partnership between African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation, celebrates African entrepreneurs aged 22 years and younger, and [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan startup WAYO, an AI-powered customer experience management platform that collects, monitors, and evaluates in real-time, is helping retail companies predict demand for their products, and plans to scale into Nigeria shortly. Founded in 2015, WAYO allows retail organisations with large customer bases to obtain insights into the performance of their products and services, and [...] Read more ›
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Cape Verde-based event ticketing and marketing platform Passafree has merged with Portuguese company Best-id to form PassiD, with the new combined venture planning to scale across Africa and Europe. Launched in 2017, Passafree provides event producers with an end-to-end management solution, including the ability to accept payments during events using RFID wristbands. The startup was [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian fintech startup SeamPay has launched a mobile wallet that provides users with a fast, safe, easy and contact-free way to send and receive money and pay for products and services. Launched at the start of October, SeamPay aims to provide users with payment experiences that are seamless, inclusive and simple, and delightful. “As customers [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan ed-tech startup eLimu has been acquired by Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) in a deal that will transform eLimu into the educational arm of the incubator. eLimu has developed revision and literacy platforms that make learning fun and engaging for children both at school and at home, combining engaging content with proven pedagogies. The startup helps [...] Read more ›
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