Nigerian startup Woodshare.ng hopes to scale its furniture e-commerce platform across Africa once it has secured funding, having seen strong early uptake in its home market. Founded by Harry Brainstone and Dele Fayemi, Woodshare began life selling on classified websites and marketplaces, but has since launched its own website and now operates B2B and B2C [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian startup Cartona, a B2B platform connecting retailers to manufacturers and wholesalers, has closed a US$12 million Series A funding round to help it expand its market share and continue to grow sustainably. Founded in August 2020, Cartona is a B2B e-commerce marketplace focusing on solving supply chain and operational challenges for the fast-moving consumer [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian logistics startup Kwik has launched Kwikstore, an easy-to-use e-Commerce solution to help African merchants sell online from their smartphone. Disrupt Africa reported in July 2019 on the launch of Kwik – a digital platform connecting delivery partners and corporate customers in large African cities and offering digital solutions for e-commerce payment and fulfilment – [...] Read more ›
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The Switzerland-based Seedstars has launched its second emerging market seed stage fund with a first close of US$20 million. Since 2013, Seedstars has supported over 90 emerging market venture ecosystems, while its first investment fund – Seedstars International Ventures – backed 81 companies in over 30 countries, including Nigeria’s Omnibiz. The Seedstars International Ventures II [...] Read more ›
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Nigeria’s Hashgreed, an NFT marketplace, multipurpose NFT and super dapp platform under the Krosscoin Ecosystem, has recently raised more than US$1 million in funding towards scaling across Nigeria and beyond. The Hashgreed platform is designed to help both individuals and businesses experience web3 solutions for creative, commerce and asset tokenisation. The platform also hosts DeFi [...] Read more ›
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The United Nations Population Fund and AfriLabs have launched an incubation programme aimed at supporting ideas tackling female genital mutilation (FGM) and climate change. UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office, under the flagship Safeguard Young People Programme, launched the Climate HackLab project in May 2021. The HackLab is a climate innovation project that aims [...] Read more ›
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Four African startups are among the initial 156 announced as participating in the S22 batch of the renowned Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator accelerator. The S22 batch of the Y Combinator programme, which played a role in the early days of companies like Airbnb, Coinbase and Dropbox among others, is currently taking place, and concludes with [...] Read more ›
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The Nigerian Senate has passed the Nigeria Startup Bill (NSB), which is aimed at deepening the country’s technology ecosystem and enabling the sector. The Presidency and leaders of the Nigerian technology industry have worked on the bill, which was approved by the Federal Executive Council in December and sent to the National Assembly by President [...] Read more ›
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South Africa is one of the toughest countries in the world to be an entrepreneur but, as the country emerges from the economic shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are encouraging signs of increased entrepreneurial activity and of more small businesses making it beyond the startup stage. That is according to the latest Global Entrepreneurship [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Remedial Health has developed a range of solutions to make Africa’s pharmaceutical sector more efficient, and earned acceptance into the Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator accelerator for its troubles. Launched in 2020 by Samuel Okwuada and Victor Benjamin, Remedial Health delivers a range of technology solutions that make it easier for healthcare providers to [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian recruitment startup Terawork has launched iOS and Android mobile apps to help employers and entrepreneurs hire, manage and communicate with vetted talent in real-time. Launched in 2018 and an alumnus of the Google for Startups Africa accelerator, Terawork is a freelance marketplace that allows thousands of users to find and hire freelancers for quick tasks and short-term [...] Read more ›
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Digital Square, a PATH-led initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and a consortium of other partners, has announced its first call for digital entrepreneurs based in Africa interested in working in the health sector. Digital Square partners with innovators to increase the availability, adaptability, and [...] Read more ›
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Ivory Coast-based fintech startup Bizao has raised EUR8 million (US$8.2 million) in Series A funding to help it scale commercialisation and expand into more African markets. Founded in 2019, Bizao facilitates the processing of end to-end payment flows to and from the main digital payment systems in Africa – airtime, mobile money wallets, and credit [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian marketing tech startup Stllr Network has closed a six-figure US dollar round of funding to help it grow its team and expand regionally. Launched in December 2021, Stllr reduces wasted costs in marketing departments and miscommunication with external vendors, offering companies a plug-and-play marketing model through experimenting with different campaigns like SEO, media buying, [...] Read more ›
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Pan-African blockchain platform Mara has opened applications for its “Hack The Mara” competition, calling on innovators to create decentralised applications that provide sustainable solutions for last mile payment tracking to Maasai communities. Mara will host the “Hack The Mara” on September 17-26, bringing together African developers for one week to create innovative solutions that will [...] Read more ›
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South African startup BusyMed is connecting consumers to local independent pharmacies from the comfort of their homes, enabling secure consultation and order placement. Formed as a one-man-band in 2018, BusyMed offers access to thousands of products offered by local independent pharmacies, which users can then have delivered to their homes, including prescription medication, in 60 [...] Read more ›
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Black-owned tech startups in South Africa face a funding gap not experienced by their white-owned counterparts, according to a provisional report by the country’s competition regulator the Competition Commission (CompCom). The CompCom report, which is generally focused on dominance abuse and anti-competitive behaviour with regard to B2C platforms in South Africa, looked at the extent [...] Read more ›
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The annual Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) conference and awards will take place in Cairo, Egypt for the first time on September 26-27. The event, now in its eighth year, is being held in partnership with Egypt’s Ministry for International Cooperation and co-organised by the Egyptian Businessmen’s Association (EBA). AWIEF2022 is a hybrid [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian agri-tech startup AgroEknor is working on transforming the value chain of superfoods with scalable digital infrastructure through backward integration. Founded in 2013 by brothers Timi and Ayo Oke alongside Attah Anzaku, AgroEknor operates by sourcing, refining and exporting superfoods such as dried hibiscus flower, ginger, sesame seeds to global clients. Through this value chain, [...] Read more ›
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Moroccan startup Aza Petrolsolutions, formerly Aza Petroleum, has raised MAD3 million (US$296,000) in funding from the Maroc Numeric Fund II to help it expand. Founded in 2020 by Zakaria Azemzi, Fatima Ezzahra Azemzi and Abdelaziz Elaiachi, Aza develops tech-based solutions tailored to the oil distribution industry. The startup offers a fully automated system that streamlines [...] Read more ›
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