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Royal Academy of Engineering Shortlists 16 Startups for its 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Royal Academy of Engineering has shortlisted 16 ventures for its 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation after a rigorous process of sieving applications received from a record 30 countries. Launched in 2014 by the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Africa...

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Khula, South African Agri-Tech Startup Raises $6.8 Million in Series A Funding

Khula a South African agri-tech startup, has secured US$6.8 million in the initial phase of its Series A funding round, attracting investments from notable players including Absa Bank, PepsiCo’s Kgodiso Fund, AECI, and E Squared. Founded to solve supply chain...

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Real-World Tips to Scale Your Startup to Success

Scaling a startup right from day one is an exhilarating but challenging process. Sustainably scaling your business while maintaining quality, customer happiness, and profitability is the key. The majority of startup companies fail to scale well since they scale...

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NCBA Feted For Supporting Startups and Tech-Driven Solutions in the Region

NCBA Group was feted at second position at the seventh edition of the annual National Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Recognition (DIAR Awards) for its initiatives that promote innovation, sustainability and socially cohesive workplaces and societies in Kenya. NCBA Group...

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Equator Announces Final Close of $55M to Invest in Africa’s Climate Tech Startups

Equator, a climate-tech venture capital firm focused on Sub-Saharan Africa, announced the final close of its first fund with approximately $55 million USD in commitments to support Seed and Series A-stage, tech-enabled ventures in the sectors of energy, agriculture...

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Saudi-Based AI Startup WideBot.ai Secures $3M in Pre-Series A Funding: A Boost for AI Innovation in the Middle East

In a significant development for the region’s tech ecosystem, Saudi-based AI startup WideBot.ai has successfully raised $3 million in a pre-Series A funding round. This strategic investment not only marks a major milestone for the company but also underscores...

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African Tech Startup Investment Fell By Half to $1.1B in 2024

African tech startup investments fell by more than 50 per cent to US$1.1 billion in 2024 due to the global capital shortage, according to the 10th edition of the annual African Tech Startups Funding Report by Disrupt Africa and...

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54 Collective Shuts Down, Leaving a Legacy of Impact on African Startups and Job Creation

54 Collective, one of Africa’s leading startup accelerators, has officially announced its closure following a significant funding cut from the Mastercard Foundation, one of its primary financial backers. The decision comes amid broader shifts in funding priorities within...

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Venture builder Disrupt.com to invest $100M to fuel next generation of AI startups from the UAE

UAE-based venture builder Disrupt.com has announced a $100M commitment to build and back AI-first technology ventures globally after deploying over $40 million across its portfolio in four growth-stage companies built from idea stage, seven investments in early-stage companies, and...

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Four innovative startups crowned winners of the Sankalp Africa Awards 2025

Four innovative startups were crowned winners of the prestigious Sankalp Africa Awards 2025, recognizing African enterprises tackling some of the region’s most pressing social and economic challenges. The awards were announced at the 12th Sankalp Africa Summit, held at the...

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Halcyon & AWS Invest into 10 African Startups Addressing Food Insecurity

Halcyon, the impact-driven accelerator, in partnership with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is set to invest in 10 visionary African startups developing impactful solutions to the region’s most pressing challenges in food insecurity. Through its Climate Resilience and Food Security...

Business

British International Invests $100m into KCB for Climate and Women-Led Startups

British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution and impact investor, has announced the provision of a $100 million Tier 2 capital facility to KCB Bank Kenya to increase its lending capacity to climate-related projects and women-led small...

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Founders Connect & African Impact Initiative to Give Up to $12,500 into Startups in Kenya

Founders Connect and African Impact Initiative—supported by Bamboo—are hosting a one-day event to help attendees unlock capital, foster partnerships, and accelerate innovation in East Africa. The event, bringing together 300+ founders, investors, and tech leaders to drive the future of...

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Egypt’s B2B SaaS startup Qme secures $3 million to expand its reach

Egypt-based B2B SaaS startup Qme has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by AHOY, with participation from a group of angel investors from the GCC. Founded in 2022 by Maged Negm, Qme is an AI-based digital infrastructure that integrates...

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Moroccan Startup ToumAI Raises €1 Million to Develop its AI platform

ToumAI, a Moroccan startup specializing in customer experience, has raised €1 million to accelerate the development of Its platform, HolistiCX, an advanced AI platform designed to analyze customer interactions in real time. The funding was led by Orange Fab Maroc, the startup accelerator...

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UK Business Visitor Visa for Startups CEO: A Way To Find New Investors In 2025

The Business Visitor Visa is a type of UK visa under the Standard visitor visa that allows foreign professionals or business executives from other countries to carry out business activities in the UK for a duration of 6 months....

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Moove Acquires Brazilian Mobility Startup Kovi

Moove, the mobility firm from Africa, has acquired Kovi, an urban mobility provider headquartered in São Paulo in a move to advance mobility and expand its footprint in the rapidly growing Latin American market. The acquisition increases Moove’s total...

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500 Global Launches 500 MENA to Fuel Region’s Startups

500 Global, has launched 500 MENA, a new fund dedicated to investing in high-growth technology startups across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. 500 MENA will invest in startups both from outside and inside the current 500 Global...

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TACo, South African SaaS Startup Raises $1.6M to Power AI Sustainability Platform

TACo, a South African SaaS Startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding to transform how organisations address critical challenges by turning data into powerful, actionable insights. The funding round was led by a group of investors, including NEXT176, Catalyst...

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Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 Announces 10 Startups to Pitch for Funding

Africa Tech Summit Nairobi, the B2B event connecting the African tech ecosystem, has announced 10 African tech startups pitching for potential funding and partnerships on February 12th and 13th at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi. Powered by Raenest, Africa...

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DOB Equity Invests in SPOUTS International, a Ugandan Clean Water Solutions Startup

DOB Equity, an impact investment fund based in East Africa, has invested into Spouts International, a Ugandan clean water access startup. DOB Equity aims to enable the firm, which locally-manufactures ceramic water filters under the brand name Purifaaya to offer...

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Timbuktoo MineTech Accelerator Programme Announces Call For Applications From Mining-Tech Startups from Across Africa

The timbuktoo MineTech Accelerator Programme, an initiative of the timbuktoo MineTech Hub designed to drive innovation in mining technology, empower start-ups, and scale transformative technologies in the African mining sector has announced a call for applications. The timbuktoo MineTech Accelerator...

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Equator Africa Fund Gets $5 Million from Proparco for Startups Addressing Climate Challenges Across Africa

Equator Africa Fund has received $5 million from Proparco to invest in startups addressing climate challenges across Africa. Proparco made the investment, through the FISEA+ facility to supporting early-stage African start-ups with innovative solutions to address climate challenges across sub-Saharan...

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Microsoft, NVIDIA Inception Partner to Give African Startups AI Tools & Resources

NVIDIA has partnered with Microsoft to accelerate AI startup development in Africa, building on the success of the Microsoft African Startups AI Fest held earlier this year in South Africa. "We are pleased to offer AI startups in Africa...

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Flat6Labs invests in 10 Saudi startups for the fourth cycle of the Riyadh Seed Programme

MENA’s seed and early-stage VC Flat6Labs has invested in 10 Saudi-based startups for the fourth cycle of the Riyadh Seed Programme, spanning various sectors such as transportation, e-commerce, logistics, cybersecurity, SaaS, consumer tech, and talent acquisition. Launched in 2023, Flat6Labs has...

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Four Startups from East Africa Pitch at Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator

Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program is a three-month intensive initiative The second cohort's Demo Day was a culmination of a 12-week intensive program The third cohort of the program commenced on November 5th in Abidjan Four Startups from East Africa pitched at...

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Senegalese HR tech startup Socium secures $5M to expand its presence in Francophone Africa

Socium, a Senegal-based HR tech startup has secured $5M in seed funding to expand its presence in West Africa and venture into new markets. The funding was led by Breega, through its Africa Seed fund, with participation from international investors including Partech,...

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LeapFrog Investments Raises $1.15bn to Invest in Healthtech & Fintech Startups Globally

LeapFrog Investments, the Profit with Purpose firm, has closed its fourth fund (“Fund IV”), with commitments totalling $1.02 billion from its initial target of $1 billion to accelerate high-impact healthcare and financial services companies in global growth markets. The fundraise...

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BMCE Capital Investments invests $500,000 in Moroccan startup PTS for equity stake

BMCE Capital Investments, the private equity arm of the BMCE Capital Group is set to acquire a stake in Premium Technology & Services (PTS), a Moroccan startup specialising in digital payment solutions after a $500,000 investment which is aimed...

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Gebeya Joins Microsoft Independent Software Vendor Success and ISV and Startup program for Azure

Gebeya, a Pan-African tech leadership company that specializes in Saas-enabled custom talent cloud innovation has announced its acceptance into the Microsoft ISV Success Program as well as the ISV and Startup for Azure program. The Microsoft ISV Success program is designed to...

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