Johannesburg-based insurtech startup Pineapple has secured seed funding of ZAR5.2 million (US$400,000) from Lireas Holdings, the strategic investment arm of…
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The GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund was launched in 2016 in order to provide selected startups in Africa and the…
Global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets Seedstars World has opened applications for its event in Bamako, Mali, which the…
African startups have the chance to earn a place on the Silicon Valley Accelerate Programme, which connects emerging technology leaders…
South African startup Simply Financial Services is looking to shake up the country’s mass-market life insurance space by serving as…
Kenyan bitcoin payments startup BitPesa has raised follow-on funding from a number of investors to take its total secured investment…
The World Bank has chosen the 20 startups that will take part in its XL Africa accelerator programme, which offers…
African fintech startups have been invited to apply for the PitchIt competition at the LendIt Europe conference in London in…
Startups have been invited to apply for the M4D Utilities Innovation Fund, supported by the UK Government and the Scaling…
Back in mid-2011, I landed in Kenya as a young, wet-behind-the-ears journalist not knowing what to expect and where it…