The African gaming industry is still extremely fragmented in that it is made up of a handful of small studios, but is nonetheless “the next big thing” given, among other things, the relative youth of the continent’s population. Data released last year from Newzoo, the leading provider of games market data and insights, and gaming [...] Read more ›
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LoftyInc Capital Management, an early-stage African-focused venture capital firm, has announced the final close of its oversubscribed LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund 3 (LAF3), which closed out at US$14.3 million. Founded in 2017, LoftyInc Capital Management is a venture capital firm based in Lagos that seeks to invest in spaces such as logistics, printing services, commercial services, [...] Read more ›
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Applications are open for the ygap Kenya Accelerator Programme, which helps ventures to refine and validate their business model, move towards financial sustainability, and grow the impact that they are having in their community. The ygap programme begins with a bootcamp and a needs-assessment, and then provides ongoing accountability and business development sessions, strategic and [...] Read more ›
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Ghanaian startup Africa Goodnest is an e-commerce and logistics platform that creates access to local and external markets, supports smallholder agricultural businesses, and distributes value-added agricultural products. Founded in 2021 by Bernice Yalley, Africa Goodnest is building a secure, user-friendly e-commerce platform connecting buyers around the world with African companies selling smallholder agricultural products in [...] Read more ›
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Morocco-based SmartProf, an online tutoring marketplace for school-aged students, has closed a pre-seed funding round of US$110,000 to help it expand across its home market and into the West African region. Founded in 2021 by Hamza and Mustapha Faiz, alongside Ali Faouiz, SmartProf aims to become a one-stop-shop ed-tech platform for private tutoring in North [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Autochek, an auto-tech platform making car ownership more accessible and affordable across Africa, has announced the launch of Autochek Financial Services, a new arm of the business that will focus on providing a range of vehicle financing solutions for consumers and businesses across the continent. Autochek aims to build digital solutions that will [...] Read more ›
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Disrupt Africa has released a four-part podcast series on the African e-commerce and retail-tech space – how it works, what its dynamics are, and what is happening in the sector. 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 [...] Read more ›
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South African fintech startup Revio, a subscription billing and payments platform that powers software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses, has raised US$1.1 million in seed funding to launch new products, expand its team, and enter into new markets. Co-founded in 2019 by venture builder The Delta and a private investor, Revio is a SaaS company that powers growing [...] Read more ›
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Applications are now open for the Global Startup Awards Africa, which aims to give African startups global visibility and investment opportunities via the GIIG Africa Fund. The Global Startup Awards (GSA) – in partnership with the Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG) – returns to Africa for its 2023 edition of the African Startup Awards. The [...] Read more ›
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Tanzanian software and applications startup UjuziNet Group has a variety of offerings, but its core brand is Mazao Hub, an SaaS-based digital agriculture and farm ERP platform to manage farmers, farming activities and control complex farm operations. Founded in 2021 by Adelard Josephat Urassa and Geophrey Tenganamba, UjuziNet is based on the premise that modern [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian fintech startup Pivo has closed a US$2 million seed funding round to upgrade existing products and build new ones to improve transaction management and payment reconciliation for supply chains. Formed by Ijeoma Akwiwu and Nkiru Amadi-Emina in July 2021 and launched in public beta in September, Pivo is targeted at any business that deals [...] Read more ›
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The fourth Ocean Innovation Africa summit will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, on February 21-24, 2023 as the official summit of The Ocean Race Cape Town Stopover. Hosted by Ocean Innovation Africa alongside The Ocean Race Cape Town Stopover, the event aims to highlight opportunities for sustainable growth of the African ocean economy [...] Read more ›
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Startup-focused news and research company Disrupt Africa will next month release its Kenyan Startup Ecosystem Report 2022, providing readers with a deep-dive into the country’s tech startup landscape. Since launching its research arm in 2016, Disrupt Africa has built up a significant portfolio of publications, most notably the African Tech Startups Funding Report and Finnovating [...] Read more ›
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Tanzania’s Ramani, which is building a cloud network of micro-distribution centres for Africa’s US$1 trillion consumer-packaged goods supply chain, has announced the close of its US$32million Series A funding round. Founded in 2019 by Iain Usiri, Calvin Usiri and Kibet Martin, Ramani is focused on fixing fragmented consumer goods supply chains that traditionally suffer from [...] Read more ›
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South African startup EaziCode is a programming tutoring company that offers one-on-one and group sessions to help users gain vital technical skills. Launched last year by Ngoni Mujuru, Tshegofatso Isaac and Thato Tshukudu, EaziCode connects aspiring coders with expert tutors. Its one-on-one sessions assign students a dedicated tutor throughout each course to ensure the best [...] Read more ›
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Founders from Tanzania, Kenya and Egypt have been named winners of the Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) competition, a flagship philanthropic programme established by the Jack Ma Foundation to spotlight and support African entrepreneurs. The Africa’s Business Heroes prize competition is aimed at supporting and inspiring the next generation of African entrepreneurs across all sectors who [...] Read more ›
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South Africa’s SmartWage, an HR and communications technology startup, has rebranded to Jem as it zeroes in its focus on frontline workforces. Founded in 2019, SmartWage – now Jem – started off by allowing companies to provide their employees with instant access to a percentage of their salaries and wages for work they have already [...] Read more ›
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Founders from Tanzania, Kenya and Egypt have been named winners of the Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) competition, a flagship philanthropic programme established by the Jack Ma Foundation to spotlight and support African entrepreneurs. The Africa’s Business Heroes prize competition is aimed at supporting and inspiring the next generation of African entrepreneurs across all sectors who [...] Read more ›
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South African startup EaziCode is a programming tutoring company that offers one-on-one and group sessions to help users gain vital technical skills. Launched last year by Ngoni Mujuru, Tshegofatso Isaac and Thato Tshukudu, EaziCode connects aspiring coders with expert tutors. Its one-on-one sessions assign students a dedicated tutor throughout each course to ensure the best [...] Read more ›
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Social impact investment firm Goodwell Investments has launched its EUR150 million (US$154 million) uMunthu II fund, aimed at igniting the growth of inclusive businesses in the region. Goodwell Investments is an impact investment firm focused on inclusive growth in sectors providing basic goods and services and income generation opportunities to underserved communities in Africa and [...] Read more ›
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