East Africa
U-Start wants to co-invest in Africa
Switzerland-based global investment advisory firm U-Start, which has African operations in Cape Town, says it is keen to co-invest with…
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East Africa
She Leads Africa, Huawei announce fellowship programme for female African entrepreneurs
Social enterprise She Leads Africa and Chinese telecoms firm Huawei have partnered to offer a selected group of Africa’s most…
Features
SA startups need reality check – Borole
South African startups need to take a “reality check” and to realise starting a business is not an easy choice,…
East Africa
Access Infra Africa launches $5m competition for renewable energy startups
Access Infra Africa, which develops, owns and operates power assets in Africa, has launched the Access Co-Development Fund (ACF), a…
East Africa
NewGenAngels, Angel Labs to hold investing bootcamps in Kenya, Nigeria
African investment club NewGenAngels has partnered international investor academy Angel Labs to hold angel investing bootcamps in Kenya and Nigeria…
East Africa
Kenyan tax laws make local BRCK assembly impossible – Hersman
Prohibitive duties make it impossible for the local assembly of the BRCK router, according to chief executive officer (CEO) Erik…
East Africa
Microsoft will extend Biz4Afrika portal across continent
Microsoft will extend its Biz4Afrika SME portal from initial trials in South Africa and Kenya to establish a pan-African version…
News
Cape Town seeks startups to revolutionise informal trading
The City of Cape Town is calling for startups with possible solutions to its urban challenges to assist it in…
East Africa
Kenyatta wants Kenya’s Ministry of ICT to invest in 50 startups this year
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has set the country’s Ministry of ICT a target of investing in at least 50 startups…
East Africa
Unreasonable East Africa launches Revolving Loan Fund
The Unreasonable East Africa incubator has launched its Revolving Loan Fund, aimed at filling the gap in credit availability for…