Nigerian startup Sidebrief, which helps African companies build across borders by streamlining legals, incorporation, company admin, banking and regulation through their APIs, has so far helped over 4,000 African entrepreneurs launch their businesses or manage compliance. Launched in late-2021, Sidebrief provides simple digital infrastructure for entrepreneurs to start their business from anywhere. “We simplify the process [...] Read more ›
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South African e-health startup Envisionit Deep AI has raised US$1.65 million in funding to unlock its next phase of growth, as it aims to address critical shortages in the African and emerging market healthcare sector and democratise access to diagnostic imaging using artificial intelligence (AI). Founded in 2019 by Dr Jaishree Naidoo, Andrei Migatchev and [...] Read more ›
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South African cell captive insurance provider Guardrisk is looking for innovative insurtech startups to back via its ZAR50 million (US$2.8 million) LAUNCHPAD initiative. Guardrisk, a subsidiary of Momentum Metropolitan, said the initiative aims to harness the power of its tech-enabled ecosystem to unlock opportunities to develop relevant solutions that will create value for customers, the [...] Read more ›
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Senegalese e-commerce startup Yoonema is an SEO-ready platform that gives sellers access to a secure webstore, easy payment options, marketing tools, and an established database of more than 1,000 customers. Founded in 2019 and recently selected to take part in the ASIP accelerator run by Startupbootcamp AfriTech, Yoonema has created a digital marketplace that offers [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian fintech startup Hollydesk has raised US$1 million in venture debt financing from unnamed investors to expand its offering and client base. Founded in 2020 by Mahmoud Moussa, Hollydesk is an expense management platform that allows companies to automate approval workflows and generate reports to analyse spending patterns. The startup has already helped hundreds of [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian fintech startup Copal has partnered Mastercard to launch a family payments mobile app that brings all family members onto a unified payment platform that is fully managed by parents. Copal, which recently graduated from the Flat6Labs Cairo accelerator programme, claims to be Egypt’s first digital payment solutions application specifically designed for families, and aims [...] Read more ›
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Startup-focused news, research and podcasting company Disrupt Africa has released the first episode of “The month in VC”, a new monthly podcast series focused on all things venture capital and launched in partnership with leading investors. Co-hosted by Gabriella Mulligan and Tom Jackson, Disrupt Podcast helps keep listeners in the loop on all that’s going [...] Read more ›
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The number of jobs created by funded African tech startups almost doubled in 2022, when the 633 funded ventures employed between them over 34,000 people. This is according to the eighth edition of the annual African Tech Startups Funding Report released by startup news and research portal Disrupt Africa, which is available free to all [...] Read more ›
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The French-African Foundation has launched a call for applications for its 2023 Young Leaders programme around the theme “Unleash the energy”. Created in 2019, the French-African Foundation works to create generations of committed leaders in France and in Africa. Each year, it launches a call for applications in all countries of the continent and in [...] Read more ›
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Kenyan HR and payroll startup Workpay has raised US$2.7 million in pre-Series A funding to expand its HR, payroll, compliance, and benefits tools across Africa. Originally called TozzaPlus until it rebranded in 2019, Workpay is a cloud-based human resources management and payroll solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Africa. The startup’s time tracking [...] Read more ›
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Co-Creation Hub has announced a new partnership with the Mastercard Foundation under the Mastercard Foundation Ed-Tech Fellowship Programme to launch a US$15 million ed-tech accelerator initiative in Kenya and Nigeria. Co-creation Hub (CcHub) launched Nigeria’s first open living lab for technologists, entrepreneurs, tech companies, investors and hackers in 2010 to accelerate the application of social [...] Read more ›
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Accelerator and VC firm Flat6Labs has hosted its 18th and 19th cycle startups at a demo day in Cairo. Launched and headquartered in Cairo since 2011, Flat6Labs is the MENA region’s leading seed and early-stage venture capital firm, which invests in more than 100 innovative and technology-driven startups each year. The company has multiple offices [...] Read more ›
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Launched in Silicon Valley in 2010, and investing in Africa since 2012, 500 Global is perhaps best known for its renowned accelerator programme. Yet it is quietly scaling up its investments on the continent, with those operations led by Africa lead Mareme Dieng. Since it was founded, 500 Global has evolved from a startup accelerator [...] Read more ›
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South African startup Planet42, a car subscription platform addressing transport inequality by putting cars in the hands of people who cannot access traditional bank credit, has raised US$100 million in combined equity and debt funding to help it accelerate its expansion. Launched as CarGet in 2017, Planet42 partners with dealerships across South Africa to offer [...] Read more ›
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South African hotel management system (HMS) RoomRaccoon has announced its expansion to Zanzibar, offering independent hoteliers the opportunity to accelerate their operations, increase profitability and reduce costs with its all-in-one system. Founded in 2017 and based in Cape Town, RoomRaccoon is an all-in-one HMS that empowers independent hoteliers with powerful cloud technology. The system is [...] Read more ›
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Mastercard has launched its Start Path Small Business programme to give startups the chance to collaborate with the company to scale solutions that drive simple, secure digital experiences for SMEs. During the four-month programme, selected startups will have the opportunity to leverage Mastercard’s network and SME expertise to uncover product partnerships, scale their companies and [...] Read more ›
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South Africa’s Apollo Studios is helping primarily insurance companies leverage technology to build more efficient organisations and automate decision making and workflow management. Launched in 2020 and based in Johannesburg, Apollo Studios works mostly with partners in the short-term insurance and related industries, such as extended service and warranty players. Using computer vision, AI, machine [...] Read more ›
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VC and accelerator firm Startup Wise Guys has closed the first EUR25 million (US$26.7 million) of EUR45 million (US$48 million) that will be used across its various geographies and vertical-focused funds to support its new strategy focused on global markets that remain underserved by capital investment. Founded in Tallinn, Estonia in 2012, Startup Wise Guys [...] Read more ›
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African agri-tech startups have been invited to apply for the GROW Impact Accelerator, which aims to accelerate wide-ranging solutions for how we produce, process, package, transport, consume, and dispose of our food. The GROW Impact Accelerator, backed by AgFunder, aims to supercharge the growth of emerging food-tech and agri-tech startups tackling the world’s biggest challenges [...] Read more ›
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Entrepreneurial talent is equally distributed around Africa, and among men and women, but financial opportunity is not, as such investors should operate with intentionality and ambitious targets to counteract this inequity, says Fatoumata Bâ, founder and managing partner of Janngo Capital. Speaking on Disrupt Podcast, Bâ says a certain level of gender awareness is warranted [...] Read more ›
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