Applications open for Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa’s Business Heroes competition
Applications are open for this year’s Africa’s Business Heroes competition, the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship…
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A billion butterflies: early investment experience in an African unicorn
Tech founder, advisor and early-stage investor Victor Asemota tells us why Flutterwave, a startup he…
Egyptian VC firm Sawari Ventures raises $63.8 million fund for innovation-driven startups
Egyptian venture capital (VC) firm Sawari Ventures has announced it has raised a EGP1 billion…
Egyptian e-health startup TakeStep raises seed funding round for regional expansion
Egyptian e-health startup TakeStep has raised a seed funding round to expand operations to the…
African impact ventures invited to apply for global advisory programme
African impact startups have been invited to apply for a global advisory programme that aims…
Egyptian retail-tech platform Weelo raises 6-figure seed round
Egyptian startup Weelo has raised a six-figure US dollar seed funding round to accelerate its…
$1.2m Innovation Fund launched for renewable energy startups
The African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has launched a US$1.2 million Innovation Fund to unlock…
AI4D, Villgro Africa launch call for AI innovations boosting development in Africa
The Artificial Intelligence for Development in Africa (AI4D Africa) programme and Villgro Africa have launched…
Is the “cult” of Y Combinator a good or bad thing for Africa’s startup ecosystem?
Last week, 10 African tech startups took to the virtual stage for Y Combinator Winter…
Applications open for Africa leg of global Extreme Tech Challenge
Atlantica Ventures and EchoVC have partnered to launch the first XTC Africa, a new regional…