Kenya’s BasiGo raises $4.3m seed round to commercialise electric bus model
Kenyan startup BasiGo, an electric vehicle technology and financing company bringing electric bus services to…
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Further partners announced for Disrupt Africa’s open-sourced funding report
Startup-focused news and research company Disrupt Africa has announced MFS Africa and MEST Africa as…
Switching sides – the entrepreneurs who became investors, and some who went back again
Emilian Popa started as an entrepreneur, building Groupon South Africa in 2010, before working with…
Kenyan insurtech startup Turaco raises $2m seed funding round
Kenyan micro-insurtech startup Turaco has announced the close of a US$2 million seed funding round…
Kenya-based tech-enabled forestry startup Komaza banks $28m Series B funding
Kenyan company Komaza, a tech-enabled, sustainable forestry company that is revolutionising the wood industry in…
Novastar Ventures fund closes at $108m for investments in East, West African startups
The Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II has held its final close at US$108 million, which…
Novastar Ventures closes $72.5m fund, expands to West Africa
The Nairobi-based Novastar Ventures has held a first close of its second venture fund, securing…