SeamlessHR, a HR tech firm, has raised $9 million to revolutionize the future of workforce productivity in Africa with cutting-edge…
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SunCulture, a solar-powered irrigation solutions firm has partnered with Turaco Microinsurance, to launch SunCulture Protect to protect smallholder farmers using…
Sistema.bio, a biogas technology, financing, and services for family farmers worldwide, has acquired Inclusive Energy (IE), a biogas and solar…
Grid Africa has secured a significant equity investment of $2.8 million (R50 million) from Rifuwo Energy Partners pivotal in advancing…
Ampersand, the Nairobi-based electric vehicle (EV) energy tech company, has opened a new, larger manufacturing facility in Nairobi, tripling the…
Mukuru, a fintech firm headquartered in South Africa, has launched Mukuru Wallet, its new mobile wallet in Malawi to boost…
The Techstars Washington DC powered by J.P Morgan Accelerator has announced the 2024 Fall class of startups. According to the…
Plentify, a South African and US-based climate tech company, has announced that it has closed a 50% oversubscribed funding round…
Rishi Sunak, an Oxford and Stanford alumni, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, caused outrage online after his…
BasiGo, a Nairobi-based electric vehicle startup, has received $10 million to revolutionize Kenya’s public transport, announced the U.S. International Development…
Zipline, the drone delivery firm has completed one million commercial drone deliveries to customers and more than 70 million commercial…
Agriculture in developed markets is a different ball game with as farmers are well-funded and mechanised, have access to knowledge,…
Jack Dorsey’s TBD, which is part of Block, has expanded into Africa after a partnership with pan-African cross border payments…
Though Agriculture is the biggest sector in Africa, findings by the European Union show the sector remains unattractive to the…
The Mombasa Plastics Prize Incubator (MPP), a flagship initiative funded by USAID and delivered by Challenge Works, has been collaborating…
The African Enterprise Challenges Fund (AECF) recently shaded light on the challenges and opportunities surrounding women-owned businesses in the Blue…
The Association of Startups and SMEs Enablers of Kenya (ASSEK) advocates for the decentralization of entrepreneur support services to county…
TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has raised $154 million from the final close of TIDE Africa Fund II,…
Meera Dhanani Shah was part of the former Jumia executives who raised $8 million to launch Kapu, a B2C e-commerce…
Healthcare is one of the biggest challenges facing Africa today, with research showing that as many as half of all…
Kevin Ng’ang’a, Country Director, Verto Kenya Last month was six years since the grand dream to create a single African…
Serial entrepreneur Sim Shagaya has announced the launch of The Honey Badger Fund (HBF), a venture capital fund dedicated to…
Sprints.ai, an Egyptian AI-powered edtech that is redefining education for the future, has raised $3 million bridge fundraising round, with…
Gulf Capital has signed an agreement with the Saudi Research Development and Innovation Authority (RDIA) to deploy over US$100 million…
Total value of the various infrastructure, transport, and building projects across the MENA region is approximately $2.5T. Helping to connect…
Endeavor Kenya, a non-profit organization that supports high-impact entrepreneurs, recently announced ten early stage ventures accepted into its ScaleUp Program,…
Carbon, a Nigerian Microfinance Bank and fintech player has acquired another fintech startup, Vella Finance through its parent company One…
Travelwings.com, an online travel agency which first entered Africa in 2017, with Nigeria as the market of entry, has expanded…
The creator of the hugely successful “Please Call Me” service, Nkosana Makate has secured a significant victory in his long-running…
SafeBoda, Uganda’s leading ride-hailing company, has officially confirmed its return to Nairobi, Kenya after a three year hiatus. With a…