Women

 Algebra Ventures, Egypt’s leading venture capital fund, has appointed Laila Hassan and Omar Khashaba to its second, $90M fund as…

  Facebook has today announced the launch of a Global Women’s Safety Advisory Board and a new women’s safety hub in the Facebook…

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) South Africa program is officially open for application for the 2021 cohort. The U.S. Embassy in South Africa and…

Spotify has announced Rwandan-Ugandan jazz singer and songwriter Somi as the latest African singer to join its EQUAL Music Program.…

The gaming world attracts plenty of interest these days and this often means that big names have significant celebrity status.…

The Standard Chartered in partnership with @i@iBizAfrica have awarded  ksh 1000 000 to 5 businesses at the end of the…

Muthoni Unchained, a company whose culture hub and online marketplace for artisans is empowering Africa’s creative economy today announced they…

SoftwareONE,a leading global driver of end to end software and cloud technology solutions has today appointed Marylin Moodley as South…

 The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is hosting the fourth cohort of its flagship AWIEF Growth Accelerator, sponsored…

Telecel Group’s Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP) Accelerator powered by Startupbootcamp AfriTech has created an industry advisory board to attract highly-regarded executives with…

 Spotify recently unveiled its EQUAL hub in celebration of International Women’s Day and has now extended its global commitment to fostering equity for…

 Mastercard has invested into Kasha Global to ensure women across emerging markets have essential access to health and personal care…

The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, DHL Express and Sinapis have launched a partnership to bring crucial entrepreneurial skills and…

AZA Finance, the financial group that runs Nairobi-based BitPesa, has acquired South Africa’s cross-border payments firm Exchange4Free in an expansion…

SemaBOX, the Podcast platform powered by Baraza Media Lab, has launched the Dada Podcast Incubator, the world’s first incubator focussed…

The Malaika Collective, a new brand aimed at creating a multicultural home for Black and Brown people from all parts…

Nigeria’s Klasha and South Africa’s Akiba Digital have been accepted into Expert DOJO International Accelerator program, a Southern California-based accelerator…

Kenya’s Pine Kazi, which converts pineapple leaf and recycled rubber into fashionable footwear has won the $2,000 Fashionomics Africa competition…

Ananse Africa, a Ghanian startup ecommerce platform, has today launched to connect African designers with local and international consumers and…

GroupM SSA has expanded its Groupm Academy GradX program established in South Africa in 2020 to Kenya and Nigeria with…

Momentum Metropolitan recently announced it had empowered five women-led businesses with a share of R1-million and some invaluable coaching in…

In a COVID-19 driven world, more women are embracing entrepreneurship across the world. In the case of Africa, she has…

Nigerian Fintech startup, Team Apt has started an internship program to support women in Technology. Team Apt is a financial…

Nairobi-based Pula Advisors and M-KOPA have received $1m and $300,000 respectively in grants from the African Development Bank for research…

Bolt recently received $24 million from the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to promote access to on-demand…

Huawei has officially launched its HUAWEI Women Developers (HWD) program to empower women developers to create applications and tools that…

Crowdyvest, a Nigerian crowdfunding platform has raised additional funding and is pivoting to a digital wealth management and savings platform.…

Citibank N.A Kenya has established a Supply Chain Finance Programme in support of women-owned businesses. The bank’s Chief Executive Officer,…

One year on from the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa’s (COMESA) deepest…