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VC4A has announced the 2020 ‘Venture Showcase Series A’ in partnership with AWS Activate to give selected entrepreneurs the opportunity to introduce their companies to early-stage African investors.
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South African fintech startup, Planet42 has received $2.4 million in funding from Change Ventures to help it scale its growth.
Other investors who participated in the round include Martin
Egyptian online real estate platform, Sakneen has gained backing from Silicon-Valley based Incubator, Y-Combinator.
Sakneen was part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 batch that graduated earlier this year with
AppsAfrica Innovation Awards entries are opened and they opened to corporates, established ventures, or start-ups who have launched services in at least one African market for the sixth time this
Egyptian medicine delivery startup, Chefaa has secured a pre-Series A investment round to expand its services in the region.
The investment came from US venture capital fund and accelerator 500
Egyptian learning platform, Zedny has rolled out to provide over 200 online courses and 400 animated video summaries in Arabic.
This comes after the secured a pre-seed investment of $1.
France’s largest telecom group Orange is planning to enter the South African and Nigerian markets soon.
According to Reuters, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Orange, Stephane Richard said,
Zedny, an Arabic learning startup in Egypt has gotten an investment of $1.2million and the assets will be coordinated to their locale wide extension
The Egyptian stage has great
Angels Investment network, Cairo Angels has introduced a fundraising consultancy for early and growth-stage startups that operates in the Middle East and Africa.
Cairo Angels are Egypt’s first formal
South African biotech startup, LifeQ in partnership with Samsung and Hannover Re has rolled out VeoSens, a wearable integrated insurance and health management solution.
LifeQ uses technology and analytics to
Uber has appointed Pradeep Parameswaran, as its new head for the Asia Pacific part of the business and he is set to begin his new role next week.
Parameswaran was
C. Moore Media has launched a Public Relations (PR) and communications mentorship program dubbed, “The Future is Female Mentorship Program” to provide business development needs to African Tech female founders.
