Early-stage investment platform Microtraction has launched in Nigeria, planning to invest US$65,000 in startups at the very earliest stage of…
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Egyptian Dr Aly El-Shafei has walked away with US$100,000 after winning the annual Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) for his…
Recently-launched Egyptian ridesharing startup Swvl has raised US$500,000 from Dubai-based ride-hailing service Careem to help it expand across the region.…
The Cairo Angels investment network has invested in Egyptian on-demand courier app Bosta, which will use the funding to increase…
A Facebook Africa team is visiting Zimbabwe to host a series of training events and workshops designed to help local…
The World Bank Group used the G20 leaders’ summit to announce the creation of a new facility that will enable…
South African advisory company Edge Growth has announced a joint initiative with funding solutions firm ProfitShare Partners to provide funding…
Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB) has announced its investment in M-Shule, a Kenyan-based ed-tech startup that uses SMS to deploy…
Kenya and South Africa are leading the peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending market in Africa, however the fact 90 per cent…
Stakeholders in the Yaba technology cluster in the Nigerian city of Lagos are coming together to develop an Open Yaba…