Egyptian online health and wellness startup Esaal has raised a US$1.7 million seed round of funding to help it expand further across the MENA region. Founded in 2018, Esaal connects users to certified experts in physical and mental wellness fields like medical, psychiatry, fitness, diet and nutrition through video calls and chat-based consultations. Esaal users [...] Read more ›
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The Creative Economy Practice at Nigeria’s Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) has announced the 15 startups selected to join the first Createch Accelerator programme.  The Creative Economy Practice is an ecosystem support organisation for the African creative economy established through a partnership between CcHub and Ojoma Ochai. The practice aims to stimulate more innovation and technology adoption [...] Read more ›
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Ghanaian startup InstantRad is cutting the time people have to wait for urgent scans via an on-demand teleradiology platform that connects hospitals and patients to radiologists. Launched in 2018 after co-founders Seth Quansah and Ernest Appiah both lost loved ones due to extended wait times for urgent scans, InstantRad offers a radiology-in-a-box software solution to [...] Read more ›
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The sixth edition of Lagos Startup Week will take place on July 25-30 at the Federal Palace Hotel on Victoria Island, bringing together founders, investors, corporates and media. For the first time, Lagos Startup Week will be hybrid in nature, with the first three days being virtual and satellite events held across hubs in the [...] Read more ›
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South African ed-tech startup FoondaMate has raised US$2 million in seed funding as it aims to close global education inequality gaps using its AI-powered learning platform. Founded by Dacod Magagula and Tao Boyle in August 2020, FoondaMate has built a chat-based, AI-powered learning bot that helps students get fast, easy and safe access to study [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian cryptocurrency exchange Yellow Card has added Ivory Coast to the list of 16 countries in which it operates as it continues to expand across the continent. Formed in 2018 and launched in Nigeria in 2019, Yellow Card makes it easy for anyone, anywhere in Africa, to buy cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT Stablecoin [...] Read more ›
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Untapped Global has raised a US$10.3 million debt and equity pre-seed round to help it scale its smart asset financing model, which finances revenue-generating assets for entrepreneurs and SMEs in Africa and Latin America. Based in San Francisco, Africa, and Europe with an all-female investment leadership team, Untapped Global aims to empower the next billion [...] Read more ›
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Up to GBP40 million (US$50 million) in innovation funding is to be made available to help combat climate change through clean energy access for communities in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Indo-Pacific regions. Announced as part of Innovate UK’s Energy Catalyst Round 9 and 10 funding cycles, the funding will help create and demonstrate new [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian fintech startup Vesti, which simplifies banking for intending immigrants and those who have newly-arrived in a new country, is planning expansion into a host of new countries this year after securing backing from Techstars. Launched in May 2021 by two Nigerian brothers – Olusola and Abimbola Amusan, both immigrants in the United States (US) [...] Read more ›
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Moroccan e-health startup Blink Pharma has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Azur Innovation Fund to help it expand its operations and launch new products. Launched in 2020 by Ali Sami and Adil Bertul, Blink Pharma has built a B2B marketplace that allows pharmacists, laboratories and wholesalers to exchange orders and make payments. The [...] Read more ›
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African startups are invited to apply for the Last Mile Money Accelerator programme, which offers funding and support to startups serving last-mile communities with digital financial services and cash-in/cash-out innovations. After a successful first accelerator programme in 2021, IDEO Last Mile Money is once again seeking promising early-stage ventures that are connecting underserved communities in [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian online used car retailer Sylndr has raised a US$12.6 million pre-seed funding round to help expand its operational and technological infrastructure, increase brand awareness, and grow its team. Founded by Omar El Defrawy and Amr Mazen in November 2021, Sylndr is an automotive-focused e-commerce marketplace, allowing customers to reliably and transparently sell and buy [...] Read more ›
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Honoris United Universities, the first and largest pan-African network of private higher education institutions in Africa, releases its inaugural impact report. The report highlights Honoris’ commitment to Education for Impact for students, their families and communities across Africa and assesses that Honoris has so far transformed over 770,000 lives across Africa by preparing its students [...] Read more ›
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Cryptocurrency is one of the most significant innovations of our time. It’s changing how people and businesses worldwide think about money, and it’s connected everyone, from billionaires to average consumers. However, despite the potential for crypto to be an integral part of the future, many individuals and organizations are still hesitant to adopt this new [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Field Intelligence has been accepted into the global Endeavor network, gaining access to various support services to help their companies scale. The Endeavor initiative works to catalyse long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating the best high-impact entrepreneurs worldwide, and has accepted a host of African entrepreneurs into its network in recent [...] Read more ›
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The Kenya-based Innovate Now, Africa first assistive technology (AT) accelerator, has announced its fifth cohort of innovators. A partnership between Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub, ICT Norway, Norad, and Kilimanjaro Blind Trust Africa to support digital AT ventures in Africa, Innovate Now is a part of GDI Hub Accelerates – which brings together global stakeholders [...] Read more ›
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South African agri-tech startup IQ Logistica, initially launched as a service provider to government, is establishing itself as a platform that helps farmers scale their businesses more efficiently having recently pivoted. Formed in 2014 as a technology services provider to government for digital management of the cotton supply chain, IQ Logistica was purchased in 2020 [...] Read more ›
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Egyptian e-health startup Doxx has raised a US$1.5 million seed funding round to continue building out its fully integrated digital healthcare platform, which connects medical professionals and institutional healthcare providers to support a patient’s medical journey. Founded in 2021, Doxx has developed a medical record compilation service, bringing together a network of 2,600 doctors, 52 [...] Read more ›
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African hubs network AfriLabs has launched the AfriLabs Academy in a bid to equip startup ecosystem enablers with the necessary skills and training to support African startups. AfriLabs is a network organisation supporting over 340 innovation centres across 52 African countries, founded upon the mission of building a community around the rapidly emerging technology hubs [...] Read more ›
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Nigerian startup Jamit is a “social audio network” that helps African podcasters produce their content and connects them with listeners. Founded in 2018 by Stan Agbadugo and Ike Orizu, Jamit describes itself as “the African podcaster’s platform, built with love from Africa, for African podcast listeners and creators”. The startup released its first podcast in [...] Read more ›
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