Africa-focused Ampion and Berlin, Germany-based Plutos Ventures have announced the founding of Ampion Ventures, with the goal to build scalable digital business models in selected African countries by providing seed capital and strategic expertise support. […]
Just like in the previous edition of the contest, the Sanofi VivaTech Challenge is currently accepting applications from African startups for a chance to win a slot to pitch at the VivaTech 2019 forum on […]
On December 1 last year, Sanofi – in conjunction with organizers of VivaTech, an annual technology conference and expo – opened the platform for African startups and innovators developing solutions for healthcare to submit their […]
Digest Africa, a firm which seeks to organize all the information and data about Africa’s tech startup ecosystem then disseminate it in ways that are easier to consume and understand, has released the list of […]
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), jointly with the New Partnership for Africa´s Development (NEPAD) has announced the UNWTO/NEPAD Tourism Tech Adventure: Promoting African Tourism Innovation, an initiative dedicated to supporting the African startups that will […]
Habitat for Humanity, through its Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter has launches the first ShelterTech Accelerator Kenya program. It aims to facilitate housing markets better meet the needs of the low-income households and seeks to […]
Johnson & Johnson has announced the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0, a continent-wide competition calling on African innovators to submit ideas for innovative technologies, products and solutions that have the potential to create positive […]
Due to Africa’s growing population, every year a high number of young jobseekers enter a labour market which cannot provide a workplace for all. To create jobs for youth and foster a prosperous Africa, skills […]
Africa’s early stage investor community will convene on November 11th and 12th, 2018 for the 5th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (#AESIS2018), hosted by Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) and African Business Angel Network (ABAN). […]
In line with its commitment to skills development and empowerment of entrepreneurs in Nigeria, GE recently partnered with the Lagos State Government and others to host a technology conference for Nigerian startups in the US. The […]
Parrot, a Europe-based manufacturer of drones, is offering business solutions, covering drones and software, to Africa’s professionals involved in agriculture and agri-business industry, a key and fast-growing sector in the continent. Parrot-AIRINOV teamed up with […]
Innovate Ventures has opened the applications phase for the next round of its Hargeisa-based tech accelerator. To date, the programme has graduated 25 startups and has invested almost $50,000 in its graduates. Building on last year’s […]
Pangea, a platform connecting African startups with international investment and expertise, has shortlisted 11 start-ups which will be considered for funding of up to US $50,000 (Kshs 5 million) per startup. The 11 start-ups are […]
Pangea, an international start-up accelerator, has closed its application platform recording a total of 403 applications. Agriculture was the largest sector represented, comprising 27% of the applications. The growing interest in agriculture casts light to […]
iHub has released the names of 27 digital startups which will participate in its scale-up accelerator program, Traction Camp second edition (cohort 2). The startups were selected after a thorough and competitive selection process, involving application […]
Liquid Telecom has announced its sponsorship of the Africa Tech Summit and will join innovators from Africa at this week event set to take place at the Marriott Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, from February 14 – […]
The UNICEF Innovation Fund, through the organisation assesses, funds and grows open-source solutions that can improve children’s lives, targets to identify and invest in about 30 startups in 2018. Through the Innovation Fund, UNICEF provides […]
Pangea, a platform connecting African startups with international investment and expertise, has launched its accelerator program in Kenya. Done through a partnership with Strathmore University’s @iLabAfrica, the program will see the accelerator link up Kenyan […]
Legazy returned to the 2017 Web Summit after having attempted to purchase a Web Summit conference in 2016 with a US $1million proposed sponsorship package. Legazy, founded by Zuko Tisani, one of the world’s top […]
Innovate Ventures, a Somali-based tech and business startup accelerator launched in partnership with VC4A, Telesom and the Work in Progress! Alliance, had its second cohort of 10 startups from Somaliland and Somalia graduate from its […]
As Mastercard announced the latest wave of start-ups joining its global Start Path programme at Money20/20 Europe in Copenhagen on June 28, the company is simultaneously making the call for additional applications from qualifying late-stage start-ups – marking the […]
Orange has announced plans to strengthen its corporate venture strategy by creating a new Africa section in its flagship programme for investment in start-ups, Orange Digital Ventures. As part of this initiative, the Group is […]
Ecobank Fintech Challenge has announced the 20 finalists that will proceed to pitch at the final event in Lome, Togo on June 21, 2017. Among the finalists are four Kenya-based startups – MobiTill, TEAM SAFEPAY, Greenshoe, Shield Finance and Circle […]
Mastercard is calling for applications for its next Start Path Global 2017 class, the company’s global initiative to support innovative later-stage startups which are reshaping the future of commerce. The programme is open to startups […]
The SpeedUPAfrica Bootcamp is set to be held Lagos, Nigeria from July 5 to 9 with the goal of empowering a new wave of African start-ups. Following the event’s success in 2016, the team behind the bootcamp […]
A new Morocco-based seed investment fund, dedicated to providing smart capital to African startups, has been launched. The new seed fund, called Outlierz, is backed by some renowned US and African serial entrepreneurs and angel investors. The […]
Global whiskey brand Chivas is set to announce the winner of the Kenyan Leg of The Venture competition, in a race to win the Kshs 100 million (US $1 million) in funding. The Kenyan representative […]
Startups from the continent have an opportunity to pitch their ideas and innovations at the Seedstars Africa summit set for Kigali, Rwanda in the first week of December this year. The Kigali regional summit is […]
PIVOT East , a startups competition and conference geared towards raising the quality of startups in the region and improving their investability, has unveiled semifinalist for this year’s competition. The semifinalists totaling 50 will be competing to be […]
The GSMA recently announced the launch of its Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund which aims to support innovative start-ups in emerging markets and open to start-ups from and operating in Africa and selected countries in Asia. […]
Nailab has introduced daily access fees for use of the facility and increased its monthly rates effective June 1. To use the space at the startup incubator, each person now has to pay a daily […]
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