The inaugural Francophone Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (FAIS) will take place in Bamako, Mali on March 28-29, bringing together…
Author: Tom Jackson
South African startup InvestSure plans to take what it describes as its “world first” insurance offering into overseas markets in…
Thirty African e-health projects have been named finalists of the first WHO Africa Innovation Challenge, winning a fully-sponsored trip to…
Future Females has secured a partnership with the UK-SA Tech Hub to support 50 South African, early-stage female tech entrepreneurs…
Ethiopian software development training and jobs startup Gebeya has partnered the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to…
Startups from Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda have been invited to apply for Class 5 of the eFounders…
Nigerian fintech startup One Finance (OneFi), which runs lending platform Paylater, has secured a US$5 million debt facility from Nairobi…
Somali startup Gulivery, which provides delivery services to restaurants, shops and e-commerce platforms, has added e-hailing functionalities to its platform.…
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) has named NINE from Nigeria, RiseUp from Egypt, and 22…
Global impact investment firm Omidyar Network has spun out Flourish, a new venture firm focused on fintech, with US$200 million…