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This solar tech firm has raised $4m to power more businesses in Ghana

Friday, October 12th, 2018 at 1:47pm
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Founders Factory Africa partners Standard Bank to build & scale 100 technology startups
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Accenture set to showcase Open Innovation Africa programme at DEMO Africa
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Egypt’s Online Real Estate Marketplace Aqarmap Hires Jumia Exec to Drive Growth
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Meet Tatenda Ndambakuwa The Woman Helping Farmers Through An App Development

Wednesday, October 10th, 2018 at 7:31pm
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Andela appoints Irembo’s Clément Uwajeneza as Country Director for Rwanda
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Wefarm surpasses 1 million users across Kenya & Uganda | To expand into the rest of Africa in 2019

Tuesday, October 9th, 2018 at 2:52pm
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Boost chatbot to assist Kenyan mobile consumers select and buy the best airtime bundles
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Habitat for Humanity, Pangea launch a $50,000 ShelterTech 2018 accelerator program in Kenya
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Egypt’s The Next 100 African Startups initiative to invest in Innovative Africa-Based Start-Ups

Monday, October 8th, 2018 at 3:26pm

Meet The Woman Behind One Of The Biggest Computer Software Companies In Kenya

Meet The Woman Behind One Of The Biggest Computer Software Companies In Kenya

On Saturday, September 29th, 2018 at 11:22am by Vanessa Kamau

Being a woman in the workplace is already challenging enough but being a woman in the tech industry seems almost impossible. However, Dorcas Muthoni begun her journey when she was only 24 and since then she unlocked new opportunities in Kenya. She…

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MEST Africa celebrates 10 years | Invests $700k into tech startups from Ghana, Nigeria & Kenya

MEST Africa celebrates 10 years | Invests $700k into tech startups from Ghana, Nigeria & Kenya

On Friday, September 14th, 2018 at 11:37am by TechMoran

MEST Africa, (Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology), now in its 10th year investing in tech entrepreneurs in Africa, has announced a funding round of USD $700,000 in startups formed from its recently graduated 2018 training program cohort by investing $100,000 in each…

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Demo Ventures to raise $100m to fund early stage & growth startups across Africa

Demo Ventures to raise $100m to fund early stage & growth startups across Africa

On Wednesday, July 11th, 2018 at 7:24pm by TechMoran

DEMO Africa has launched DEMO Ventures, an investment arm leveraging on the great successes of Demo Africa over the last 6 years to raise a $100m fund focused on early stage and growth startups across Africa. “Our proprietary deal flow of the…

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Able Wireless comes back to life as BRCK’s Moja Free Public WiFi hits new milestone

Able Wireless comes back to life as BRCK’s Moja Free Public WiFi hits new milestone

On Friday, July 6th, 2018 at 6:25am by TechMoran

On-demand wireless streaming service Able Wireless is still alive and kicking and yesterday sent out a public update on its progress after a two year-silence, celebrating its reach in Kenya after several months of working in the trenches. After launching its BlackBIRD Service-…

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$100,000 funding opportunity for drone startups by UNICEF

$100,000 funding opportunity for drone startups by UNICEF

On Friday, June 29th, 2018 at 5:26am by Charity Mbaka

UNICEF is looking to make up to $100,000 of equity-free investments to for-profit early stage drone startups that have the potential to benefit humanity, through the UNICEF Innovation Fund. The fund is available to registered startups in any of UNICEF’s programme countries…

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Gravity launches to provide identity management for poor populations in Africa

Gravity launches to provide identity management for poor populations in Africa

On Thursday, June 28th, 2018 at 1:43am by Vivianne Musumba

Gravity provides on the fly identity management services for low income populations in developing countries. People just need access to a mobile phone – any phone – to create a robust ID sealed on a block chain. For more than half a…

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Nigeria’s Workstation catering to all aspects of the modern day worker’s life

Nigeria’s Workstation catering to all aspects of the modern day worker’s life

On Tuesday, June 26th, 2018 at 7:00pm by Charity Mbaka

Workstation is a hip new co-working space in the heart of Lagos Nigeria. It was born out of the founder’S own need for affordable tech-enabled work spaces. Workstation’s mission is to drive innovation throughout emerging and frontier markets by providing dynamic, curated…

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Online tax filling platform Ushuru.co.ke launches to lighten taxpayers burdens

Online tax filling platform Ushuru.co.ke launches to lighten taxpayers burdens

On Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 at 4:26pm by Charity Mbaka

Ushuru.co.ke, is Kenya’s first premium online tax website. The site aims to lighten taxpayers burden, by making the process of filing their tax returns a little easier, which Kenyans have complained for years on end of its tediousness. Ushuru.co.ke is open to…

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As a Startup, clients don’t trust your ability to handle large sums of money-Founder Triple Cord Consulting

As a Startup, clients don’t trust your ability to handle large sums of money-Founder Triple Cord Consulting

On Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 at 3:00pm by Vivianne Musumba

Triple Cord is one of the fast growing companies in the Information Technology world in Kenya. The company has a number of solutions for communication problems. Patience Atsango an Economist major from Kenyatta University and Edwin Oloo experienced a gap that…

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SA-based Skillup making it easy to find and communicate with tutors

SA-based Skillup making it easy to find and communicate with tutors

On Monday, June 18th, 2018 at 11:41pm by Charity Mbaka

SA based ed-tech startup SkillUp is a platform for tutors and students to get connected. The startup recently received an undisclosed amount in series A investment from South African investment firm Knife Capital. The startup was born out of a realization of…

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How m-health is revolutionizing Africa’s health sector

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How m-health is revolutionizing Africa’s health sector

On Monday, June 18th, 2018 at 11:08pm by Charity Mbaka

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Global Minimum Announces Innovate Kenya Finalists For 2018

Global Minimum Announces Innovate Kenya Finalists For 2018

On Monday, June 18th, 2018 at 10:57pm by Charity Mbaka

Innovate Kenya is an idea competition organized by Global Minimum Inc(GMIn), a charitable international organization that encourages young innovators and leaders in Africa to engage with critical thinking skills and hands-on learning programs to tackle challenges affecting their communities. It provides…

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Agritech platform Tifat wins DEMO Africa Uganda Innovation Tour

Agritech platform Tifat wins DEMO Africa Uganda Innovation Tour

On Thursday, June 14th, 2018 at 10:17am by TechMoran

TIFAT a farm technology that connects farmers to a buyer’s marketplace emerged the winner of the DEMO Africa Uganda Innovation Tour. Tifat beat a field of more than 15 other startups from Uganda in a two-round contest at the Hive Collab in…

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Moringa School starts its training courses in Kampala, Uganda

Moringa School starts its training courses in Kampala, Uganda

On Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 at 2:44pm by TechMoran

After signing a deal with MEST to offer its training courses to startups in Accra, Lagos and Cape Town in partnership with incubator MEST, Moringa School has now started offering its training courses in Uganda, Kampala, after it signed a partnership deal with the Kampala-based…

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Seedstars World pitching competition for startups kicks off Africa tour in Harare, Zimbabwe

Seedstars World pitching competition for startups kicks off Africa tour in Harare, Zimbabwe

On Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 at 11:12pm by TechMoran

Seedstars World, a startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes is coming to Zimbabwe for the third time and will hold at Impact Hub Harare on 29th of June, from 4 – 9 pm. In Harare, Seedstars is looking for 10 startups,…

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This new recruitment marketplace lets employers compete for you

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This new recruitment marketplace lets employers compete for you

On Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 at 12:36pm by TechMoran

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SA fintech raises funding to grow its SME Credit marketplace to bolster the SME funding ecosystem

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SA fintech raises funding to grow its SME Credit marketplace to bolster the SME funding ecosystem

On Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 at 12:17pm by TechMoran

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Merck Accelerator Nairobi Selects Ten Startups for a Mentorship Bootcamp

Merck Accelerator Nairobi Selects Ten Startups for a Mentorship Bootcamp

On Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 at 12:05pm by TechMoran

Merck Accelerator Nairobi Satellite Program in conjunction with Mettā Nairobi selected ten startups for a 4 day coaching and mentorship bootcamp between 15th to 18th May, to provide an opportunity for startups innovating in healthcare, life science and performance materials sectors to…

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New digital platform launches to allow cross-border remittances into Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Serria-Leone

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New digital platform launches to allow cross-border remittances into Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Serria-Leone

On Monday, June 11th, 2018 at 2:49pm by TechMoran

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Online B2C Marketplace oe.co.ke launches in Kenya

Online B2C Marketplace oe.co.ke launches in Kenya

On Monday, June 11th, 2018 at 11:04am by TechMoran

Kenyan owned online shopping site OE.CO.KE has entered the Kenyan online retail space to enable local sellers market and sell their products online through the platform. The e-retailer that first launched in Kenya in August 2017 did not take up ecommerce immediately…

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Car classifieds marketplace raises six-digit round, goes enterprise & launches in 10 new African markets

Car classifieds marketplace raises six-digit round, goes enterprise & launches in 10 new African markets

On Saturday, June 9th, 2018 at 5:16pm by TechMoran

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This IoT startup has raised a seed round to bring insurance to undeserved communities in Africa

This IoT startup has raised a seed round to bring insurance to undeserved communities in Africa

On Saturday, June 9th, 2018 at 2:00pm by TechMoran

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Kenya’s Beacon Inc using IoT to foster social inclusion

Kenya’s Beacon Inc using IoT to foster social inclusion

On Friday, June 8th, 2018 at 12:46am by Charity Mbaka

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How Sky.Garden is enabling & disrupting eCommerce in Kenya

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How Sky.Garden is enabling & disrupting eCommerce in Kenya

On Monday, June 4th, 2018 at 11:54pm by Charity Mbaka

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Frontier Car Group raises $89m from Naspers to expand across Africa

Frontier Car Group raises $89m from Naspers to expand across Africa

On Thursday, May 24th, 2018 at 10:19am by TechMoran

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Mobile agriculture platform Selina Wamucii receives a $100,000 grant to amplify its impact in Kenya

Mobile agriculture platform Selina Wamucii receives a $100,000 grant to amplify its impact in Kenya

On Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 at 8:03am by TechMoran

Selina Wamucii, a mobile platform that shortens the agricultural supply chain in Kenya, reducing food wastage and boosting farmers’ incomes has received $100,000 from global social impact programme Expo Live, run by organisers of the next World Expo, Expo 2020 Dubai. The…

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Frontier Car Group Raises $58M to Accelerate Growth of Used-Car Marketplaces in Emerging Markets

Frontier Car Group Raises $58M to Accelerate Growth of Used-Car Marketplaces in Emerging Markets

On Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 at 9:08pm by TechMoran

Frontier Car Group which runs Cars45 in Nigeria, has closed $41M Series B funding from Balderton, TPG Growth, automotive funds Fraser McCombs Capital, and AutoTech Ventures. to expand its used-car marketplaces within emerging markets. The company additionally raised $17M in debt financing from leading institutions and banks bring…

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Connecticut Innovations Launches VentureClash, a $5 Million Global Challenge for Lagos Startups

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Connecticut Innovations Launches VentureClash, a $5 Million Global Challenge for Lagos Startups

On Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 at 10:25pm by TechMoran

Connecticut Innovations, a U.S. investor in early-stage technology companies has launched VentureClash, its global venture challenge in Nigeria targeting disruptive startups in digital health, fintech, IoT and insurtech. The $5 million contest kicked off in March with the first round of applications and…

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Alosfarm is modernizing and transforming agricultural supply chain in Nigeria

Alosfarm is modernizing and transforming agricultural supply chain in Nigeria

On Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 at 4:29pm by TechMoran

Nigeria’s Alosfarm tackles some of the main market inefficiencies and challenges to growth for smallholder farmers within the agriculture value chain in Nigeria. Stephen Oloh, the CEO & Co-founder of Alosfarm told TechMoran that Nigeria’s agriculture is facing serious challenges such as low yield,…

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RedViolet wants to be Nigeria’s top online store with quality furniture & furnishing accessories

RedViolet wants to be Nigeria’s top online store with quality furniture & furnishing accessories

On Monday, April 30th, 2018 at 8:13pm by TechMoran

Nigeria’s RedViolet has launched its online store to be the go-to platform providing everyday Nigerians with quality furniture and furnishing accessories crafted to accentuate the beauty of their homes and offices as well as guarantee their comfort. Established in 2010 as a traditional…

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