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Egyptian Odiggo Raises Fund, Plans International Expansion

Egyptian Odiggo Raises Fund, Plans International Expansion

Egyptian startup Odiggo that recently closed an undisclosed amount in a funding round has announced it is set for international growth. Odiggo was created in 2018 by Ahmed Omar but launched its service in 2019, the startup links customers with vendors in order to purchase car parts and accessories. Odiggo

MEST Announces Winners of it MEST Express 2020 Cohort

MEST Announces Winners of it MEST Express 2020 Cohort

Three Ghanaian startups have been selected to receive equity-free grant funding and support from the MEST and Mastercard Foundation after emerging top performers from the beta 2020 cohort of the MEST Express accelerator program. MEST is currently running 3 programs in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation through Young Africa Works,

GIGM launches Stella, Nigeria's first 24hour mobility virtual assistant

GIGM launches Stella, Nigeria's first 24hour mobility virtual assistant

Anyone who has uses a logistics company consistently in Nigeria has a story or two to tell concerning delays or misplaced packages in transit. Most times, it takes a patient and competent customer service provider to settle these queries quickly and amicably. This is why Africa’s leading tech-driven transport

Goodwell Investments launches new fund to support African startups

Goodwell Investments launches new fund to support African startups

Goodwell Investments, an impact investment firm with a presence in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa has today announced the launch of a new EUR50m ($60million) fund to support high-growth startups in Africa. This new fund, named Goodwell V aims to channel capital from private investors, family offices, and foundations to

African Startups can apply for AFD Digital Challenge 2021

African Startups can apply for AFD Digital Challenge 2021

The Agence française de développement (AFD) has announced that African tech startups can apply for the AFD Digital Challenge 2021. The AFD Digital Challenge was first organized in 2016 and has since rewarded the most innovative African startups, groups, and research centers leveraging digital technology to solve Africa’s development

6th Cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator Opens for African Startups

6th Cohort of Google for Startups Accelerator Opens for African Startups

Google has announced the commencement of the 6th Cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator program, and the launch of new developer scholarships in partnership with Pluralsight and Andela. These deals come as signs of Google’s commitment to the startup ecosystem in Africa. The announcement was made via a

SA based legal tech startups receive funding

SA based legal tech startups receive funding

Two innovative legal tech startups based in South Africa, Legal Lens and BriefCo have received an undisclosed amount of funding from Imvelo Ventures, a local venture capital firm founded by Capitec Bank and Empowerment Capital Investment Partners. These innovative tech startups belong to the Cycad Group, Founded by Yusha Davidson

Expensya raises $20 million from ISAI and Seventure Partners to fuel its growth

Expensya raises $20 million from ISAI and Seventure Partners to fuel its growth

Tunisian-based B2B expenses management company, Expensya has secured a $20 million investment from MAIF Avenir and Silicon Badia, with participation from French investors ISAI and Seventure Partners. With the fresh capital, the company intends to scale its R&D and fuel international expansion. According to a statement released by

Airtel Africa appoints Nigerian Segun Ogunsanya as Chief Executive Officer

Airtel Africa appoints Nigerian Segun Ogunsanya as Chief Executive Officer

Airtel Africa Plc, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services in Nigeria and 13 other countries, has today announced the appointment of Mr. Olusegun Ogunsanya as the new Chief Executive Officer. This appointment follows the retirement notice given by the current Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Raghunath

OceanHub Africa Announces Six Startups for its African Impact Accelerator

OceanHub Africa Announces Six Startups for its African Impact Accelerator

South Africa’s OceanHub Africa has announced it has selected six (6) startups that will be part of its prestigious African Impact Accelerator in the second cohort of the program. The program aims to support ocean-minded startups and create sustainable development. The program also aims to reduce the effect of

Lacuna Fund announces Second Round of Funding for Natural Language Data technology across Africa

Lacuna Fund announces Second Round of Funding for Natural Language Data technology across Africa

Lacuna Fund has announced it raised a second funding round to fund natural language processing technologies across Africa. Lacuna Fund is an organization supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Google.org, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the initiative “FAIR Forward: Artificial Intelligence for All”. Startups and individuals with

Flutterwave and Worldpay partner to improve online card payments for African businesses

Flutterwave and Worldpay partner to improve online card payments for African businesses

After attaining Unicorn status early this year, Nigerian Fintech startup, Flutterwave has been bullish when it comes to partnerships that will improve the payments landscape in Africa. The latest amongst this partnership is with Worldpay, a leading payments technology solutions company from FIS. This partnership will enable Worldpay to leverage

South Africa’s richest black couple launch $2million agritech funding programme for African startups

South Africa’s richest black couple launch $2million agritech funding programme for African startups

Another funding opportunity has been launched for Agritech startups in Africa. This new fund which was announced today by the Milken Institute and Motsepe Foundation is geared towards driving technological innovations in the agricultural value chain. According to a statement by the organisers, The Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize will consist of

Flutterwave makes TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list

Flutterwave makes TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list

Unicorn fintech startup, Flutterwave was yesterday listed as a “Pioneer” in the latest TIME’s 100 Most Influential companies making an extraordinary impact around the world. This feat is a significant one for the company as it is one of the two African companies to be listed in this year’

South Africa’s Imvelo Ventures Sets Undisclosed Amount for Funding

South Africa’s Imvelo Ventures Sets Undisclosed Amount for Funding

Imvelo Ventures a South African venture capital firm, founded by Capitec Bank and Empowerment Capital Investment Partners, has set an undisclosed amount of funding aside for Legal Lens and BriefCo, two legal tech companies held by Cycad Group. Imvelo shared the benefits of introducing technology into the legal sector in

Leading customer experience platform, Ajua acquires Kenya based AI firm WayaWaya

Leading customer experience platform, Ajua acquires Kenya based AI firm WayaWaya

Ajua, a Kenya-based consumer experience platform for businesses in Africa has today announced its acquisition of WayaWaya, a Kenya-based AI and ML messaging company. Wayawaya is well known for its innovative Janja platform that enables borderless banking and payments across apps and social media platforms, for an undisclosed sum. This

African Startups can apply for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2022

African Startups can apply for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2022

The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced that the application is open for entrepreneurs and engineers in sub-Saharan Africa who have developed an innovative product or service to apply for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. The Royal Academy of Engineering is an organization that harnesses the power of engineering

Sudanese Startups can apply for the Accelerate 2030 Program

Sudanese Startups can apply for the Accelerate 2030 Program

Accelerate 2030 a scaling program connecting entrepreneurs in developing and emerging markets to scale their solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has announced that Sudanese-based startups can apply for its Impact Hub Khartoum. The Accelerate2030 for Sudanese startups aims at identifying the most innovative companies tackling the Sustainable Development

African Startups can apply for the Smart Cities Innovation Program

African Startups can apply for the Smart Cities Innovation Program

Smart Cities Innovation Program (SCIP) has announced that it is inviting African startups to apply for the joint project of the Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation and “Make-IT in Africa“ programs which are both implemented GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Ghana’s Jumeni Launches Waste Management Platform

Ghana’s Jumeni Launches Waste Management Platform

Ghana’s Jumeni has announced it launched an online platform Dispose Green that allows individuals and businesses to access waste collection and recycling services via USSD, web, or mobile app. Jumeni was launched in 2019 with the aim of building software for Field Service Management (FSM). The startup was part

Social Media Platform MY! For Africans set to launch in May 2021

Social Media Platform MY! For Africans set to launch in May 2021

A new social media platform for Africans by Africans is set to in May 2021. The MyCountry MyWorld (MY) platform will provide possibilities in world exploration, giving users the opportunity to bring their country and world to each other. The MyCountry MyWorld platform is co-founded by Samuel Zean Jr. who

Egyptian fintech startup, Kashat secures an undisclosed investment from Cairo Angels

Egyptian fintech startup, Kashat secures an undisclosed investment from Cairo Angels

Kashat, an Egyptian microloans fintech startup, has announced that it has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Cairo Angels, a global network of angel investors focused on supporting startup opportunities in Egypt, the Middle East, and Africa. Kashat plans to use this new investment to fuel its growth in

African Startups can apply for the 2021 Seedstars Africa Ventures

African Startups can apply for the 2021 Seedstars Africa Ventures

African startups have been invited to apply for the Seedstars Africa Ventures that is seeking to fund African startups that are making impact on the continent through their value chain. The program will look to identify startups and innovations that can disrupt their local market or establish new market structure.

Kenya’s Kidato Raises $1.4m to Scale its online school

Kenya’s Kidato Raises $1.4m to Scale its online school

Kenya-based ed-tech startup for K-12 students, Kidato has secured $1.4 million in seed funding. Investors who participated in the round include Learn Start Capital, Launch Africa Ventures Fund, Graph Ventures, and Century Oak Capital, among other notable local and global angel investors. The YC backed startup intends to use

African Cleantech Startups can apply for Changelabs Accelerator Program

African Cleantech Startups can apply for Changelabs Accelerator Program

Egyptian and African Cleantech startups have been invited to apply for the Middle Eastern accelerator Changelabs has opened applications to its Scale-Up to Green program. The program is being launched in partnership with the European Union’s EU4Energy initiative, Amazon Web Services (AWS), MINT by EGBank, and the Green for