0 Villgro Kenya awards $60k to East African ed-health startups
Impact investor and business incubator Villgro Kenya has awarded US$20,000 each in grant funding to three innovative e-health startups, two…
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0 13 Africa-focused startups take part in Y Combinator accelerator, bank US$150k
Thirteen startups focused on Africa or with African founders took part in the just-concluded Y Combinator W20 batch, banking US$150,000…
0 Kenyan, Ugandan startups invited to apply for mobility accelerator
Startups based in Kenya and Uganda have been invited to apply for the Africa Transformative Mobility Accelerator, which will support…
0 African community leaders invited to apply for Facebook accelerator
Facebook has launched its Community Accelerator programme, a six-month programme that provides training, mentorship and funding to help community leaders…
0 Meet the Ethiopian startup selling African jewellery to the world
Ethiopian startup Yenaé is building a fashion jewellery brand that offers culturally curated and African-inspired collections to customers all over…
0 EWB Canada launches $24m Africa-focused tech venture fund
Non-profit Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada has announced the launch of Hummingbird Impact, a US$24 million fund that will back…
0 African fintech startups to benefit from $203m Accion Quona Inclusion Fund
Quona Capital, a venture firm focused on financial inclusion in emerging markets, has announced the final close of the Accion…
0 Kenyan career development startup Fuzu bags $3.86m Series A investment
Kenyan startup Fuzu has raised a EUR3.4 million (US$3.86 million) Series A funding round to support the development of the…
0 Why African tech startups are increasingly domiciling overseas
Debate rages over what constitutes an “African tech startup”, and one of the many reasons why an exact definition is…
0 Applications open for 10th Orange Prize for Social Entrepreneurship
Applications are now open for the tenth Orange Prize for Social Entrepreneurship in Africa and the Middle East, which recognises…