Egyptian app-based mass transit system Swvl has announced it has raised a Series B round of funding worth tens of…
Month: November 2018
Kenyan fintech startup BitPesa has secured US$5 million in funding in return for an undisclosed stake in its business from…
Nigerian fintech startup OyaPay, which allows users to pay merchants by scanning a QR code, has released an update to…
Applications have opened for the New Venture Competition, run by Harvard Business School’s Africa Business Club, which is offering startups…
The Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) is launch its first entrepreneurship and innovation hub in the MENA region in Cairo, Egypt,…
Sixteen companies from across the continent have been shortlisted for this year’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, which offers total…
Ugandan micro-insurance platform Mayicard has been named winner of the “Best Catapulter Award”, at the closing pitch event of the…
Nigerian female health startup SonoCare has raised US$250,000 in funding from Gray Matters Capital to scale its operations by developing…
Securing route to market is the key ingredient to building successful tech startups in Africa, and corporate partnerships are one…
Leading global IT firm Cisco has launched a ZAR10 million (US$700,000) incubation hub in the South African capital Pretoria to…