Thrive Agric has had a tumultuous few months owing to challenges paused by the Covid-19 pandemic, adversely affecting some of their crowdfund subscribers. In a statement to TechMoran, the company said that it was working hard to rectify/repair the situation and ensure subscribers are repaid on time. The statement read, ...
Sun Exchange, the Cape Town-based buy-to-lease solar cell marketplace, has announced it's raising R7 million (approx. US $460,000) for approximately 5.2% equity stake in the company via crowdfunding site Uprise.Africa. According to Abraham Cambridge, CEO and Founder, Sun Exchange, “We’re thrilled to partner with Uprise.Africa to create an opportunity for ...
Kenya's GrowMyHustle.com is a new online crowdfunding platform that aims to help youths in the creative arts industry to raise money for their dream projects in return for non-monetary rewards to backers. Like Kickstarter, the site allows users to post their projects online and ask their friends, family and the public ...
© Emmy Jonsson Swedish crowd-investment platform for profitable solar energy projects TRINE has raised 6 million EUR in Series A funding to scale its operations in East Africa and Europe and expand the crowd-investing platform’s funding capacity to reach more people. The funding round was led ...
It seems the idea of crowdfunding is gradually taking its stay in Nigeria, as Nigerian crowdfunding sites have begun to spring up. Recently launched ImpartFund has joined the list of online startups enabling Nigerians to raise funds for critical needs. The ImpartFund platform however comes with a twist, allowing people to ...
The idea of crowdfunding is nothing new to Nigerians, as they've been able to raise funds in the past with sites like Indiegogo and GoFundMe. But still, a few Nigerians who are willing to help are not able to raise funds because they have no access to the internet. Donate-ng was ...
Patient-doctor marketplace YAPILI is seeking to raise $32,000 (30,000 Euros) to launch its pilot version free of charge for first 100 users in Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe for a period of 6 months. The platform which connects users to licensed physicians locally and internationally ...
This is a question we get a lot on Facebook: how can I tell a fake Crowdfunding campaign from a legitimate one? The unfortunate best answer here is that you can’t, you can, however, look out for some red flags that do seem common in Crowdfunding scams. Crowdfunding’s advice on the matter ...
Kenya's Fandit is new crowd-funding platform aimed at helping artists to raise money and stay afloat as they do thier day to day businesses. The crowd-funding platform allows artists to create projects and offer and put them up for sale to raise funds for their new albums, video or photo ...
The first ever support program for crowd funding in Africa has launched under The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC)-an initiative of the World Bank and its global entrepreneurship program info Dev with its pilot phase helping six clean-tech ventures design, develop, and launch their online crowd funding campaigns. Crowd funding ...
YouTube channels can now receive cash contributions from fans directly after the largest video site introduced crowdfunding. Anounced by YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki at VidCon, an annual convention for the online video industry the new feature will make YouTube a rival for crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo and ...
Raising capital is not as easy at it looks especially for startup entrepreneurs in Africa, where investors put their money into fast moving consumer goods, oil and real estate among others apart from upcoming entrepreneurs. To help solve this, Nailab, a tech business incubator in partnership with 1%Club, a Netherlands ...
GOGOAFRIKA , a crowdfunding platform launched June this year in Nigeria hoping to a go-to platform for startups in Africa has launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds from friends, families and lovers of tech worldwide. Terry Nyikwagh, founder of GogoAfrika told TechMoran," We have just launched an Indiegogo fundraising ...
My African Idea is the first worldwide crowd funding platform for African Ideas says Abasi Ene-Obong. The 27 year old, armed with a M.Sc from Imperial University and a Ph.D. in view. Abasi, the CEO & Founder, My African Idea Ltd. (www.myafricanidea.com) say he was inspired to create a community that helps African ...
