Startup
-
News
South African AI startup Yazi Secures First Institutional Funding at $1.6M Valuation
Yazi, a South African AI-native research startup, has officially closed its first institutional funding round, valuing the company at R30…
Read More » -
Startups
How this healthtech startup is changing the face of Kenyan healthcare
Healthcare is one of the biggest challenges facing Africa today, with research showing that as many as half of all…
Read More » -
News
Bootstrapping vs. Seeking Funding: Choosing the Right Path for Your Startup
Start your company without outside investment? Absolutely. In fact, many successful companies like Kilo Health have done just that. However,…
Read More » -
News
MEST Africa Opens Applications for its Startup Pitch Competition
MEST Africa has opened applications for its 2023 Challenge Startup Pitch Competition for African startups. This year, the program is…
Read More » -
News
Africa’s Mobility Financing Startup Moove Raises $30 Million
African mobility fintech startup Moove has raised $30 million just a few months after raising $18.4 million to scale its…
Read More » -
News
Kenyans in the diaspora can now pay bills on M-PESA via NALA Money
Tanzanian fintech startup NALA which was launched in 2018 to enable Africans in the diaspora easily send money home has…
Read More » -
News
Nigeria’s blockchain startup Bitmama has raised $2 million to scale across Africa
Bitmama is a Nigerian blockchain company that aims to democratize the payment system across the continent. The startup has remote…
Read More » -
Startups
Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8 Million Series A funding to expand across Africa
A Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE has raised one of the highest African funding this quarter of the year after clinching…
Read More » -
News
Cairo Angels Injected Undisclosed Amount in Kenya’s FlexPay
Fintech startup FlexPay has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund(CASF). The Kenyan firm operates an…
Read More » -
News
Kenyan startup Abantu AI Aims To Makes Local Languages Translation Easy
There are more than 2000 languages spoken across the African continent. Most of these are indigenous languages that are very…
Read More » -
News
Sendy selected among 100 most promising 2022 Tech Pioneers by the World Economic Forum
Kenyan logistics startup Sendy has been recognized as one of the World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers” for 2022. The World…
Read More » -
Startups
Haskè Ventures announces a $150K investment in Senegalese retail-tech startup ProXalys
Senegalese retail-tech startup ProXalys has raised $150,000 in pre-seed funding from Haskè Ventures, the venture builder for Francophone Africa. The…
Read More » -
Startups
How to Start a Startup
A startup is just like any other business, a very big effort on the part of the one who sets…
Read More » -
News
Hylo is a Kenyan platform connecting buyers and sellers within the same location
Kenyan tech startup Mangochip has unveiled a new platform to connect buyers and sellers in what it says is the…
Read More » -
Startups
Kenya-based electric mobility startup Opibus raises $7.5m funding
Kenya-based electric mobility startup Opibus has raised US$7.5 million in equity and grant funding, the largest ever in an electric…
Read More » -
News
Kenyan fintech startup Wapi Pay raises $2.2m funding to digitise Africa-Asia trade payments
Kenyan fintech startup Wapi Pay has raised $2.2 Million in pre-seed funding to scale up global payments and remittances between…
Read More » -
News
Here are the twenty-two African startups joining the UNICEF StartUp Lab second cohort
UNICEF has announced the twenty-two startups that will be taking part in this year’s cohort of the UNICEF StartUp Lab.…
Read More » -
Startups
Solar energy company SolarNow has raised $9M to scale its services across Uganda
Uganda-based solar energy company SolarNow has raised $9 million in debt arranged by SunFunder, a longtime debt financier for the…
Read More » -
BUSINESS
What To Consider In Finding A Property For Business Start-Up
If you’re planning for a business start-up, you must be excited for a lot of reasons. After all, you’re going…
Read More » -
Startups
Airtime transfer Startup Senditoo eyes phenomenal growth in 2017
New mobile airtime transfer startup Senditoo has kicked off 2017 with bullish plans to become one of Africa’s fastest growing…
Read More » -
Startups
Safaricom announces investment in Eneza Education through its $1 million Safaricom Spark Venture Fund.
Safaricom has announced an investment in Eneza Education through its $1 million Safaricom Spark Venture Fund. The Safaricom Spark Venture…
Read More » -
News
Andela just received a huge banking from Mark Zuckerberg
Andela, a startup that trains software developers in Africa and gives them full-time opportunities at international companies has received a…
Read More »