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** LISTEN ** – Episode 6 of Disrupt Podcast
Disrupt Podcast offers listeners a fortnightly wrap-up of all the developments in the African tech startup ecosystem, interviews with key…
Browsing: East Africa
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Ugandan fintech startup Eversend banks over $1m via crowdfunding
Ugandan startup Eversend, a digital-only finance platform providing cross-border money transfers among other services, has closed an oversubscribed Seedrs crowdfunding…
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African startups invited to apply for 3 ITU Innovation Challenges
African startups have been invited to apply for three ITU Innovation Challenges, with winners given the chance to attend a…
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Africa’s e-health ecosystem is booming, but can it sustain this level of growth?
The African e-health ecosystem is thriving, with COVID-19 encouraging even quicker uptake in a sector that was already on the…
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Blockchain startups can apply for $100k seed funding from UNICEF Innovation Fund
The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make equity-free investments of up to US$100,000 in early-stage blockchain startups that have…
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The story of an African tech exit
Disrupt Africa reported last week East Africa-based fintech company Beyonic, a digital payments management provider of business services for SMEs,…
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Kenyan leisure marketplace Cloud9xp acquired by HotelOnline
Kenyan leisure marketplace Cloud9xp has been acquired by HotelOnline in a share swap deal that will see the startup essentially…
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VC firm Ingressive launches non-profit arm to empower African youth
Africa-focused VC firm Ingressive has launched a non-profit arm to empower young people on the continent with micro-scholarships, technical training,…
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Meet the MEST Africa Challenge national winners, so far
Startups from Ethiopia, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Rwanda and Ghana have been named country winners of the MEST Africa Challenge, earning…
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Why Africa-focused investment firms need to become more diverse
The African investment space is relying on “pattern recognition” that excludes, or at least is less favourable to female and…