0 Egyptian tech startups welcome back VC funding
After years of political turmoil that scared off investors, who considered the country too turbulent to put money into, VC…
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0 5 African e-farming startups to watch
The use of technology in Africa’s agricultural sector – to improve access to information, increase efficiencies, and grow output and…
0 Kenya’s Hisa Play upskilling youth in stocks and shares
Kenyan startup Hisa Play, which aims to equip young people with practical financial literacy skills to enable them to trade…
0 Solar powered farm system wins Seedstars World Nairobi
Illuminum Greenhouses, a startup that produces an integrated solar powered farm automation system with sensors controlled via SMS, won the…
0 Kenyan P2P farming platform WeFarm hits 22k users
Peer-to-peer (P2P) farming information platform WeFarm, which launched in Kenya in November last year after spinning out of an NGO,…
0 Meet the Seedstars World Uganda winner: Intership UG
Ugandan on-demand logistics solution Intership UG is hoping to use its success at the local leg of the global Seedstars…
0 Egyptian e-commerce aggregator Yaoota raises $2.7m for expansion
Egypt-based startup Yaoota, which operates a shopping search engine helping users compare products and prices in a variety of online…
0 Zimbabwe’s Esaja sees user growth of 55% per quarter
Zimbabwean startup Esaja, a marketplace where African businesses can connect, has passed 25,000 total listings across 12 countries, seeing growth…
0 5 DEMO Africa startups chosen to pitch at DEMO Fall
Five startups were selected from last week’s DEMO Africa pitching event in Lagos, Nigeria to pitch at the prestigious DEMO…
0 Traffic app Ma3Route fundraising as it begins expansion outside Nairobi
Mostly bootstrapped since its launch in late 2012, Kenyan traffic app Ma3Route is raising a seed round as it embarks…