Disrupt Africa has partnered Africa-focused public relations company Talking Drum Communications to discuss the value of PR to African tech startups, in good times and bad. Co-hosted by Gabriella Mulligan and Tom Jackson, Disrupt Podcast helps keep listeners in the loop on all that’s going on in the African tech startup ecosystem. Following on from the success [...] Read more ›
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Twelve African AI startups have been selected for the second cohort of the FAST Accelerator, created by Microsoft in partnership with Flapmax and designed to strengthen and scale Africa’s digital ecosystem. Building on the success of the inaugural programme, FAST Accelerator 2023 claims to offer a “transformative experience” for startup founders seeking to scale rapidly [...] Read more ›
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The International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and Seedstars have launched the fourth edition of the Migration Challenge, which seeks startups innovating regular migration processes. Taking place for the fourth time, the programme is looking for global tech startups, particularly those near Europe – Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe – with [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Fixit45, a leading player in the automotive technology aftermarket sector, has raised US$1.9 million in pre-seed funding to help it expand its footprint and influence. Founded in 2021, Fixit45 works to optimise the automotive spare parts supply chain, ensuring that both individual consumers and businesses within the automotive sector benefit from streamlined processes. [...] Read more ›
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The Boost Africa Technical Assistance Facility and AfricaGrow Technical Assistance Facility are next week (September 25-29) hosting 40 leading fund managers from select African investment funds for an in-person programme held at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. The Boost Africa Technical Assistance Facility, which is funded by the European Union and the Organisation [...] Read more ›
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Women have always been underrepresented in the venture capital space worldwide. Some of the earliest research from the US (2018) found that only nine per cent of VC decision makers were women. In Africa, new data by Disrupt Africa shows some more promising trends – 39.6 per cent of VCs actively investing on the continent [...] Read more ›
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UVU Bio has announced a transformative partnership and project aimed at reshaping Rwanda’s bioeconomy landscape, paving the way for sustainable growth, job creation, and innovation. Part of the UVU Africa Group, formerly the Cape IT Initiative, UVU Bio is focused on stimulating the bioeconomy in Africa through innovative solutions, business acceleration, and skills development. With [...] Read more ›
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Four women from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal have received a total of US85,000 in grant funding after being named winners of AGRA’s Women Agripreneurs of the Year Awards. Founded in 2006, AGRA seeks to catalyse agricultural transformation in Africa by putting smallholder farmers at the centre of the continent’s growing economy. Its annual Women [...] Read more ›
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There is a slow process of diversification away from payments and lending solutions within Africa’s fintech space, but the two verticals remain by far the most populated and best funded. Disrupt Africa’s Finnovating for Africa publication, released every two years since June 2017, tracks the extraordinary development of the fintech ecosystem across Africa. The fourth [...] Read more ›
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Kenya’s Lipa Later, a fintech platform founded to empower African businesses to do more by enabling e-commerce, financial inclusion, and shopping on a centralised and fully integrated platform, has received exclusive approval to raise funds from the general public in the United States (US). Founded in 2018, Lipa Later aims to empower African businesses to [...] Read more ›
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Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative for startups building the future of healthcare supply chains, has announced its second cohort of 29 companies. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and sponsored by Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen), Merck Sharpe & Dohme (MSD), Microsoft, and Chemonics, i3 is dedicated to facilitating the commercialisation of [...] Read more ›
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Ivory Coast-based e-commerce platform ANKA has raised US$5 million in extension funding to support the growth of thousands of small and women-led artisanal businesses, strengthening Africa’s creative industries and its growing online retail sector. ANKA offers a one-stop online platform for African artists, including those making and selling clothing, jewelry, and accessories, helping them connect [...] Read more ›
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Ghana’s Complete Farmer, an end-to-end digital, agricultural marketplace that connects African farmers and global industries to competitive markets, resources, data, and each other on a single platform, has raised a US$10.4 million pre-Series A funding round to drive its expansion plans. Founded in 2017, Complete Farmer offers two main solutions tailored to farmers and agricultural [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan tech-enabled insurance company Turaco has announced the acquisition of microinsurance company MicroEnsure Ghana to make the West African country its fourth market. Launched in 2019, Turaco uses technology to increase access to affordable insurance with a seamless and customer-centric approach. Its B2B2C business model leverages partnerships with tech-enabled, mass-market companies such as telcos, banks, [...] Read more ›
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Even if you don’t consider yourself “a gamer”, chances are you engage in at least some form of gaming in your day-to-day life, writes Glenn Gillis, CEO of Sea Monster Entertainment. Maybe you keep yourself busy by playing mobile games at night while you watch your favourite series, or maybe you just don’t feel like [...] Read more ›
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The Africa Money and DeFi Summit has announced nine ventures selected to showcase their cutting-edge web3, blockchain, fintech, and decentralised finance (DeFi) businesses to investors and industry leaders live on stage in Accra, Ghana on October 3-4. Organised by the creators of the Africa Tech Summit Series, the Africa Money and DeFi Summit West Africa [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan tech-enabled insurance company Turaco has announced the acquisition of microinsurance company MicroEnsure Ghana to make the West African country its fourth market. Launched in 2019, Turaco uses technology to increase access to affordable insurance with a seamless and customer-centric approach. Its B2B2C business model leverages partnerships with tech-enabled, mass-market companies such as telcos, banks, [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian direct-to-consumer, digital-led home and décor brand ariika has raised a Series A equity funding round from Beltone Venture Capital, a subsidiary of Beltone Financial Holding, which has taken a 20 per cent stake in the company. Launched in 2016, ariika is a manufacturer, distributor and online retailer of bean bags, pet beds, travel comfort [...] Read more ›
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South African tech startups have an opportunity to gain international exposure and access to global markets via the Irish Tech Challenge South Africa. A collaboration between the Embassy of Ireland in South Africa, the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), and Impact Amplifier, the Irish Tech Challenge South Africa aims [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian cloud communications startup SendChamp has been acquired by Whogohost, West Africa’s largest cloud infrastructure company. Founded by Goodness Kayode and Damilola Olotu in 2021, SendChamp is a cloud communications provider that allows businesses to send and receive customer messages across different channels, including SMS, WhatsApp, email, and voice. Over the last two years, the [...] Read more ›
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