Startups
54gene Launches a $500K COVID-19 Testing Fund to Beef Up Coronavirus Testing in Nigeria
54gene, the Nigerian genomics research, services, and development startup has launched a $500,000 Nigeria COVID-19 Testing Fund to expand Coronavirus...
Kenya’s Afya Rekod launches an AI-based medical records platform to help fight Coronavirus
Kenya's Afya Rekod, a healthtech startup has launched an AI and Blockchain built consumer-driven health data platform to help fight...
Africa Mobility Initiative inviting startups to apply for $25,000 mobility challenge
Africa Mobility Initiative is inviting applications from startups in the transport sector seeking to provide solutions that will help to...
CcHub & Lagos State Partner to Support COVID-19 Projects
Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), and Lagos State Science Research And Innovation Council (LASRIC) have announced a joint partnership to support COVID-19...
Grindstone Accelerator raises $1.5M from the SA SME Fund, partners with Google for Startups & Deloitte
South Africa’s Grindstone Accelerator has received a R25 million investment from the SA SME Fund and concluded partnership agreements with...
Tanzania’s WomenChoice Industries Secures $ 200,000 from Gray Matters Capital’s coLABS
Tanzania's WomenChoice Industries, a manufacturer and distributor of low-cost, affordable menstrual hygiene management (MHM) reusable sanitary towels has raised $200,000 from...
Fuzu.com raises $3.8 million to expand across Africa
Fuzu.com, a Nairobi-based East Africa-focused recruitment startup has raised $3.8 million from Sparkmind.vc to expand across Africa. Fuzu.com is Sparkmind.vc's...
Shelf Life, a pharmaceutical supply chain platform raises $3.6M for expansion in Africa
Shelf Life, a pharmaceutical supply chain platform run by Field Intelligence has closed a $3.6 million Series A funding round...
Mettā, Elsevier & Accenture Announce the Innovate for Life 2020 Cohort
Mettā, Accenture, the Elsevier Foundation have announced the Innovate for Life 2020 Cohort, an initiative of Amref Health Africa’s Institute...
Villgro Kenya Awards $60,000 to East African HealthTech Startups
Villgro Kenya, an impact investor, and business incubator has awarded $20,000 each to three innovative health startups based in East...
The most profitable startups in MENA right now
Startups are increasingly growing in MENA as talent and education are developing rapidly, and the tech holds a vast potential...
Uber to compensate drivers affected by COVID-19
Following the rising spread of coronavirus around the world. Companies have become very keen on measures to protect their employees...
SWVL Appoints Dip Patel as Kenya’s General Manager
Technology firm SWVL has today announced the appointment of Dip Patel as its General Manager in Kenya. In a move...
Facebook Accelerator London Celebrates Latest Graduates
Facebook has celebrated businesses that have graduated from the third chapter of the Facebook Accelerator London programme. Hosted inside Facebook...
Vinny Lingham’s Newtown Partners & Imperial unveil a $20m VC fund for logistics startups
Newtown Partners, a South African venture capital firm and logistics firm Imperial, have launched a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund...
Verus Global Systems Launches Electronic Property Management Tool for Developers
Verus Global Systems, a Kenyan based software solutions provider, has launched an Electronic Property Management Systems (EPMAS), a software solution...
ToffeeTribe launches to transform restaurants into coworking spaces
ToffeeTribe, a new Nairobi-based membership community has launched to transform underutilized spaces in restaurants to provide affordable coworking spaces to...
Microtraction Changes Its Investment Deal to $25k from $15k
Microtraction, an early-stage investment firm has increased its investment from $15k to $25k and reducing the percentage it takes to...
Early-stage Investing Shows There’s Opportunity in Adversity
As South Africa officially enters a recession, the local venture capital industry remains resilient, with investors continuing to look for...
Snapplify acquires Onnie Media, an educator media hub for SA teachers
Snapplify, an edtech company has acquired Onnie Media / Teacha!, an online teacher community, media hub, resource marketplace, and careers...
DLAK launches MoneyMarch, Kenya’s first-ever month dedicated to consumer financial health
Digital Lenders Association of Kenya (DLAK) yesterday unveiled the first-ever MoneyMarch: a month-long event dedicated to bringing providers and consumers...
13 fintech African startups selected into CATAPULT: Inclusion 2020
CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa has selected 13 fintech startups for its 2020 edition aiming to build bridges between Africa and Europe,...
Safcoin launches MobiJobs.Africa, a blockchain-powered freelance jobs marketplace
SAFCOIN, an Africa-focused crypto, has unveiled MobiJobs.Africa, touted as Africa’s first blockchain-powered micro-jobs platform, set to connect businesses and workers...
Blue-collar job site M-WAKS launches to help individuals & SMEs find workers in the gig economy
M-WAKS, a new platform by Kenya's Dreamwaks Ltd has launched to help individuals, SMEs and corporate companies to hire, rate...
SA’s WhereIsMyTransport raises $7.5m from Google, Nedbank, and Toyota Tsusho to expand globally
WhereIsMyTransport, a UK and South African-based mass public transport and data analytics firm has raised $7.5m to extend its global...
Microsoft for Start-ups initiative to empower 14 Kenyan social enterprises
Microsoft, through its Microsoft for Start-ups initiative, today announced the launch of its Global Social Entrepreneurship programme at a plenary...
11 African Start-ups To Participate To X-Africa Forum
11 African Start-ups have been selected to participate in the X-Africa Forum organized by École Polytechnique, France's top science and...
AIMS opens applications for 3rd cohort of the African Master’s in Machine intelligence Program
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) launched applications for the third intake of its African Master's in Machine Intelligence...
Nigeria’s mobile payments firm Paga acquires Ethiopian software startup Apposit
Paga, Nigeria’s largest mobile money operator, has acquired Ethiopia's software firm Apposit, to gain a scalable world-class internal engineering team...
GreenTec invests in Kwiks, a Moroccan rapid personnel sourcing startup
GreenTec has invested into Kwiks, a Moroccan rapid personnel sourcing startup which leverages a proprietary platform with a expertly curated...