Funding
Insights into funding strategies, startup investment trends, and financial advice for emerging companies.
- Announcements
Kenya’s Pula raises $6 Million Series A to provide Insurance to Small Farmers
The new investment will be used to scale up operations in the company’s existing 13 markets across Africa. Currently, Pula…
- Announcements
Kenya leads in Africa as Favourite Investment Destination
The top industries receiving the investments are startups in the Renewable Energy sector, Agritech, and logistics. The top funded startup…
- News
Africa needs tailor-made investment structures as Copy-Paste mechanisms don’t work
Tayo Akinyemi, lead researcher and writer of the report added: “In our conversations with numerous investors and founders, it is…
- Announcements
Konza City partners with privately-owned Tatu City to attract investors
Konza City's Eng. John Tanui, and Tatu City's owner and developer, Rendeavour have jointly announced the two upcoming developments will…
- Announcements
Ilara Health raises $3.75m Series A with promise of providing life-saving diagnostics across sub-Saharan Africa
Ilara Health raises $3.75m Series A with promise of providing life-saving diagnostics across sub-Saharan Africa. Round joined by DOB Equity,…
- Announcements
5M shillings set aside for 4th Cohort of Strathmore’s Women-in-Tech Incubator
The Women in Technology Incubator program is Africa’s leading women in tech incubator, that supports local tech businesses and calls…
- News
CredoLab raises $7 Million to expand reach in Africa and other markets
CredoLab develops bank-grade digital scorecards for companies that need to make better credit decisions including banks, lenders, e-commerce, travel, ride-hailing,…
- News
A Startup that lets anyone with 200+ followers be an influencer has raised $3.5 Million in funding
A Singaporean startup called Partipost has raised $3.5 Million in funding to help their business model which promises to make…
- News
Nigerian Fintech Startup Okra Secures $1mn Pre-Seed Funding from TLcom
Nigerian fintech platform Okra has secured a $1mn pre-seed fundraise from TLcom Capital, strengthening its push to build the infrastructure…
- News
TLcom’s TIDE Africa Fund Closes at $71M
Founded in 1999, TLcom has $200m of VC assets under management across Africa, Europe and Israel and in 2017 announced…
- Startups
Twiga Foods has secured KES. 3 Billion Series B for African Expansion
Twiga Foods has raised $23.75 million in a Series B equity round led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from existing…
- Announcements
Kobo360, African e-Logistics Startup Secures $30M Funding
African e-Logistics Startup Kobo360 Secures $30M Funding
- How To/ Explained
How to Deal with Rejection in Business
Be relentless, Re-evaluate, Listen, Get a second opinion, Keep Going
- Startups
$5 Million Global Venture Challenge Opportunity for African entrepreneurs
The top 10 or 20 companies among those applicants will be invited to pitch at the event in Lagos.
- Startups
#FeatureFriday: Philip Odino from Winam Capital, an Early-Stage Venture Capital firm in Kisumu
Feature Friday is a weekly column highlighting people making a difference in different fields. This week we have Philip Odino from…
