0 Mastercard Foundation awards $40k grant funding to 12 African ed-tech startups
The Mastercard Foundation has selected 12 African ed-tech startups to receive grant funding of US$40,000 each as well as support…
Browsing: West Africa
0 Ghana’s Agripool is the latest crowd-farming platform looking to make an impact
Crowdfunding of agriculture, or crowd-farming, is very much in vogue across the continent, and Ghana’s Agripool is the latest entrant…
0 6 African ed-tech startups selected for Cape Town-based Injini programme
Six African ed-tech startups have been selected for the fourth edition of the Cape Town-based Injini incubator, which provides access…
0 Applications open for 3rd Ecobank Fintech Challenge
Pan-African banking group Ecobank has opened applications for the third edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge, which gives startups the…
0 Nigeria’s CcHub, British Council launch co-creation pilot programme
Nigeria’s Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) has partnered British Council and Beetfreeks Collective to launch New Narratives Pilot, a co-creation lab pilot…
0 Nigerian crypto startup Bitfxt secures $15m Series A funding
Nigerian crypto-trading startup Bitfxt has raised a US$15 million Series A funding round for infrastructural expansion and the development of…
0 Nigerian digital escrow service Vesicash raises funding from Ingressive Capital
Nigerian digital escrow service Vesicash has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Ingressive Capital to help it grow its…
0 Nigerian fintech startup Carbon launches $100k entrepreneurship fund
Nigerian fintech startup Carbon has set up a US$100,000 pan-African fund to address the lack of funding and support holding…
0 Applications open for 10th edition of $100k Anzisha Prize
Applications are now open for the tenth edition of the Anzisha Prize, which rewards young African entrepreneurs with a share…
0 Blockchain startups building the infrastructure for Africa’s development
Though blockchain technology has usually been thought of has simply providing the rails for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, a host…