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Boehringer Ingelheim launches Venture4Change idea competition for university students in Kenya

By Nixon KanaliOctober 21, 2019
October 21, 2019

U.K announces a Ksh.1.3 billion fund to support Kenyan fintech startups
October 16, 2019

VentureBuilder officially launches to support off-grid solar startups in Africa
October 14, 2019

List of tech startups shortlisted for the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards
October 3, 2019

IFC is investing $1M in Tunisia’s Flat6Labs Anava Seed Fund to boost the country’s startup ecosystem
October 2, 2019
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Glovo expands to Mombasa in continued market expansion push
October 2, 2019

Kenya’s e-Logistics startup Lori Systems expands to Nigeria
October 1, 2019

CredoLab, a Singapore-based credit scoring startup has launched in Kenya
September 26, 2019

Nigeria’s CcHUB has acquired Kenya’s iHub for an undisclosed fee
September 26, 2019

Facebook London Accelerator opens to African startups for the first time
September 25, 2019

Kenya’s Tiny Totos wins MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge Africa finale
September 24, 2019

Startup Insight: Develop your innovative idea into a viable business
September 15, 2019

Vodacom Tanzania and Smart Lab launch new $150k accelerator program for tech startups
September 14, 2019

Applications for Standard Chartered Bank’s Women In Tech Accelerator 3rd Cohort Open
September 11, 2019

Three Kenyan firms among top 12 finalists in the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge
September 6, 2019

TechTribe Accelerator to offer training to hundreds of SADC startups
September 3, 2019

ENGIE acquires off-grid solar solutions provider Mobisol an undisclosed amount
August 30, 2019

Logistics startup Kobo360 launches operations in Kenya
August 26, 2019

MEST Africa is investing $100,000 in each of these 11 startups from its 2019 graduating cohort
August 21, 2019

Ten African tech startups taking part in the CcHUB’s PitchdriveAsia Tour
August 15, 2019

SA fintech startup uKheshe raises seed funding from FiTech Ventures and Ocean on 76.
August 14, 2019

Bosch calling on African startups to apply for its smart mobility pitch competition
August 2, 2019

Global Impact Summit inviting tech startups to pitch and be part of Pangea Accelerator’s program
August 1, 2019

Three fintech startups admitted to Kenya’s Regulatory Sandbox
July 29, 2019

India Based B2B payments platform PayMate raises $25 million to expand to Africa
July 29, 2019
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Branch International raises another KSh.500M from Centum-owned, Barium Capital
July 26, 2019
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GABF launches new fund to invest in German-African energy startups
July 25, 2019

Kenyan Agri-Tech Startup Taimba Secures $100K Funding from Gray Matters Capital’s coLABS
July 25, 2019

African female-led tech startups can now apply for the GreenHouse Lab Accelerator 2019 program
July 25, 2019

CredoLab, Singapore-based credit scoring startup is expanding to Sub-Saharan Africa
July 24, 2019

Nigeria’s Venture Garden, Kenya’s Umati Capital & Tanzania’s Ubongo Kids mentioned in Mauritius Leaks tax avoidance claims in Africa
July 22, 2019
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Egypt’s fintech startup XPay raises $250,000 in pre-seed funding
July 19, 2019

OPay raises $50 million to expand to other African markets
July 18, 2019

FasterCapital seeking to fund startups in Kenya
July 10, 2019

After Kenya, online ride-hailing service inDriver has now launched in Uganda
July 9, 2019

Facebook, MainOne, to grace Nigeria’s #StartupSouth5 conference
July 8, 2019

MYDAWA receives LegitScript Certification
June 25, 2019

Google’s Third Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class Graduate in Lagos
June 23, 2019

MIT D-Lab Scale-Ups Fellowship Program to provide $120,00 to Six East African Startup Entrepreneurs
June 21, 2019

[Column] How to catch the attention of your future investor
June 19, 2019

Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge applications open in Africa
June 13, 2019

AfriLabs Network Expands to 45 African Countries
June 8, 2019

Fintech Startups can now apply and pitch at the Finnovation World Kenya Summit
June 6, 2019

Kenya among African countries set to benefit from Microsoft’s Cloud Accelerator Programme
June 5, 2019
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Azuri Technologies raises $26M expand its solar energy distribution efforts to new African markets
June 2, 2019

Africa50 Innovation Challenge seeking solutions to help increase access to internet in Africa
May 27, 2019

This startup wants to be Africa’s biggest fashion resale website and its launching in Nairobi
May 23, 2019

Cortex Group launches VC fund for AI-Only focused startups in Africa
May 20, 2019

Delivery firm Glovo partners with Simbisa Brands for food deliveries in Nairobi
May 20, 2019

How to qualify and apply for Jack Ma’s US$10 Million Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative
May 11, 2019

[Podcast] What makes a startup African?
May 9, 2019

SafeBoda raises funding from GO-JEK, plans to venture into mobile payments and insurance
May 7, 2019
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E-healthcare startup MYDAWA secures $3M funding from Africa HealthCare Master Fund
May 7, 2019

Delivery app Glovo secures $169M funding
May 6, 2019

Podcast startup PortableVoices opens its first recording studio in Nairobi
April 28, 2019

World Bank allocates US$200 Million to support SMEs in Egypt
April 25, 2019

This South African-founded podcast startup has just been acquired by global podcasting company Acast
April 15, 2019

Kenya is hosting the fourth annual MEST Africa Summit in June
April 12, 2019

Seedstars is launching a $100M fund to invest in African tech startups
April 11, 2019

Mettā Nairobi kicks off its Clean Energy Accelerator Program
April 9, 2019

Branch raises $170 million funding round, announces new partnership with Visa
April 8, 2019

Standard Chartered launches its first Africa eXellerator innovation hub in Kenya
April 8, 2019

Partech Africa Report: African tech startups raised US$1.163 billion in equity funding in 2018
April 4, 2019

Jack Ma’s US$10 Million Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative opens applications
April 2, 2019

Jumia welcomes Mastercard as its new shareholder
April 2, 2019

Tanzanian Edtech startup Ubongo wins Next Billion Edtech Prize
March 28, 2019

DEMO Africa is heading back in Morocco in partnership with APEBI
March 26, 2019

Global Logistics Platform Kobo360 to Launch in Ghana and Kenya
March 20, 2019
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List of African Startups taking part in the third Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme
March 18, 2019

SqwidNet launches second round of its IoT SA University Challenge
March 17, 2019
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Ampion and Plutos Ventures launch new venture to invest in African startups
March 15, 2019

Kenyan Blockchain Startup CapAgri selected into æternity Ventures’s 2nd Starfleet Accelerator Program
March 13, 2019

Two African Startups – Kenya’s MumsVillage and Sierra Leone’s Mosabi make it to Gray Matters Capital Calibrator program
March 8, 2019

Visa to reward $100,000 To Women Entrepreneurs in Global Competition
March 8, 2019

Nigeria’s OneFi secures $5M Debt Facility from Nairobi-based Lendable
March 6, 2019

Beyond Baling Innovation Challenge looking for solutions to manage plastic waste
March 4, 2019

3 Kenyan Startups Selected To Pitch At The ‘Next Billion’ EdTech Prize In Dubai
March 4, 2019

Regional partners for Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative named
March 3, 2019
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Nigeria’s Fintech Startup TeamApt closes $5.5M Series A Round To Scale Into Additional Markets
February 23, 2019
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List of 50 tech startups selected for the second annual MEST Africa Challenge
February 19, 2019

Applications for the Sanofi VivaTech challenge extended to February 22nd
February 19, 2019

BRCK acquires local public WiFi provider Surf
February 18, 2019

Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative applications open in March 2019
February 7, 2019

Startups: Why you should apply for the Sanofi VivaTech 2019 challenge
February 6, 2019

South African AI Startup, Cortex Logic, Secures Investment To Grow Business Beyond Africa
February 2, 2019
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Startups: Here’s how to qualify and apply for the Sanofi VivaTech challenge
January 29, 2019

Kalon Venture Partners leads a $1.5M round investment into SA startup Flow
January 25, 2019

Sanofi VivaTech challenge calling on African startups to innovate health, here’s how to apply
January 23, 2019

CDC announces new investment to support high-growth SMEs in Nigeria
January 23, 2019

Andela raises a further $100M in new round of funding
January 17, 2019

MEST opens applications for its $50 MEST Africa startup Challenge
January 16, 2019

Branch raises Ksh 500M arranged by Centum-owned advisory firm, Barium Capital
January 9, 2019

Africa’s 50 most funded tech startups in 2018 raised a total of $618M, Digest Africa
January 9, 2019
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Solar energy company SolarNow has raised $9M to scale its services across Uganda
January 4, 2019

Five agritech startups win seed funding at Senegal Startup Accelerator
January 3, 2019

M-KOPA raises new funding from Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation
December 17, 2018

South Africa’s insurtech startup Pineapple accepted into US Insurance accelerator
December 12, 2018

Uganda’s Ultra-affordable ultrasound startup M-SCAN wins TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018
November 21, 2018

12 South African startups selected for Knife Capital’s 4th Grindstone Accelerator
November 16, 2018

Standard Chartered’s ‘Women in Tech’ accelerator program has attracted over 180 women-led startups
November 10, 2018

Two Kenyan startups among Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa program graduates

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