The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will make a second investment of up to US$13 million in Capria’s new “network fund”…
Author: Tom Jackson
Applications have opened for the Nokia Open Innovation Challenge (NOIC), an annual global competition that seeks innovative technologies, products and…
The recent Agrinnovating for Africa report released by Disrupt Africa detailed the growth in funding for agri-tech startups on the…
Zimbabwean off-grid solar startup Zonful Energy has secured strategic investment from Persistent Energy Capital to help it expand operations and…
The Lagos State Government has announced the commencement of a Yaba ICT cluster project – KITE@Yaba – to provide an…
South African fintech company Entersekt has partnered Mastercard to enable Nedbank’s customers to make QR payments to Masterpass, Pay@, SnapScan…
The City of Cape Town, according to a report commissioned by the Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative (CiTi), Wesgro, and…
The Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund, a US$10 million fund for supporting small and medium sized companies, has launched…
Kenyan startup SunCulture, which develops solar-powered water pumps and irrigation solutions for smallholder farmers, has closed an investment round with…
Data science talent accelerator Blossom Academy has launched in Ghana, aiming to provide a talent pipeline for startups and equip…