Startups
Spotlighting emerging tech startups, innovative solutions, and the entrepreneurs behind them. Learn about the next big thing in the tech industry here.
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Sendbox raises $1.8 Million Seed to transform Deliveries for SMEs
Sendbox has announced it has completed a $1.8 Million seed round from investors including 4DX Ventures, Enza Capital, FJLabs, and…
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Sparkle closes $3.1 Million all-Nigerian Seed Funding Round
Sparkle has announced it has raised an oversubscribed seed round of $3.1 Million from an all-Nigerian group of investors
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Nigeria’s Eden Life Home Services App closes USD 1.4 Million Seed Round
Eden Life says the new capital raised will be deployed to build out its in-house technology and develop its own…
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Internet Society Foundation launches $200,000 BOLT Grant for teams addressing Connectivity Gap
Internet Society Foundation launches BOLT Grant to promote digital inclusion.
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Andela announces $200 Million Series E led by Softbank; now valued at $1.5 Billion
Andela helps companies build remote engineering teams by providing them with access to the best software engineers in the world
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Nithio FI receives $10 Million from the US Development Finance Corporation to Scale Clean Energy Financing in Africa
Nithio, an AI-enabled clean energy financing platform, has today announced the investment of $10 Million from the US Development Finance…
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Notify Logistics launches Entrepreneurs Program to Support 20,000 Retailers
Notify Logistics has set aside KES 45 Million for The Notify Entrepreneurs Program whose goal is to support at least…
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pawaPay raises $9M Seed led by MSA, 88mph, and Mr Eazi’s Zagadat
pawaPay has announced a $9 Million seed raise in a round led by MSA and UK-based investment fund 88mph, with…
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Egypt’s MaxAB acquires Morocco’s WaystoCap to expand across Maghreb region
MaxAB acquires WaystoCap to expand across Maghreb region
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Kwara part of 11 Fintech Startups joining Mastercard Start Path Program
Kenya's Kwara, will be part of the the eleven startups joining the Mastercard Start Path program.
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Bolt raises €600M to help accelerate expansion across Africa and Europe
Bolt has today announced it has raised €600M (KES 78 Billion). This latest round has increased the company's valuation to…
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SWVL is going public in new merger with all-female SPAC, Queen’s Gambit
SWVL, the transportation startup that's been operating in Kenya for a while now, will be going public in a merger…
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Health-tech Startup, Field Intelligence, expands to 11 cities in Kenya and Nigeria
Field Intelligence launched Shelf Life in 2017 to solve the inventory problem cutting across Africa’s $75B retail pharmacy market
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AGRF and Heifer International announce launch of Pitch AgriHack 2021
The open competition portion of Pitch AgriHack 2021 will support companies that are driving innovation in agriculture across three categories-Early-stage,…
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Voltron Capital wants to make funding readily available for African Startups
Olumide Soyombo, one of Africa’s most prolific and active early-stage investors in tech startups, has today announced the launch of…
