The Mastercard Foundation has announced a new fund that will enable young African changemakers to seed and kick-start promising social…
Author: Tom Jackson
Financial literacy remains a barrier for young people, with millennials struggling to meet their financial goals and not saving effectively.…
The Nairobi-based Novastar Ventures has held a first close of its second venture fund, securing US$72.5 million in commitments from…
Global early-stage startups competition Seedstars has announced the 11 startups that will pitch at its Cameroonian event for a place…
Kenyan fintech startup Pezesha is running financial education sessions in the town of Embu in a bid to cut down…
Nigeria has an extremely high maternal mortality rate, with 814 deaths per 100,000 live births, 60 per cent of which…
The Middle East Angel Investment Network (MAIN) hosts its first annual summit today and tomorrow (November 1-2) in the Egyptian…
More than 70 per cent of fintech venture funding in Africa has gone to retail payment and consumer credit startups,…
E-health startup REMA has been named winner of the Ivory Coast round of the global Seedstars World competition in Abidjan,…
GEN Africa, which operates pan-African projects as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), has announced Kigali will host its…