Meta has announced the launch of Meta AI in South Africa with built-in Llama 3 on WhatsApp. This is a leapfrog step for…
Are you an entrepreneurial scientist in the fields of technology, engineering, mathematics or the social sciences? The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) and Co-Creation Hub…
Nairobi-based artificial intelligence startup UTU has raised $500 000 in a round in which at least two Japanese venture capital (VC) firms participated in….
Cape Town based impact accelerator OceanHub Africa has announced that it will launch its first programme in the first quarter of 2020 with six…
By now most of us are winding down business as we prepare for the festive break. For most this is a great time to…
Lagos-based early-stage investor Microtraction announced yesterday that it has invested in Ghanaian fintech startup Bit Sika. The Accra-based startup provides a money transfer service which…
Nairobi-based insurtech startup Turaco has raised a $1.2-million seed investment which it intends to use to further scale its operations across Africa. Turaco, which…
Egyptian startup PayNas has won $50 000 at the Pitch by the Pyramids pitching competition. The award was made last week. The Cairo-based cloud…
SA has a new-ish tech fund on the block, the R500-million LionPride Agility Fund — linked to Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham….
Global investment firm Partech has announced that its Partech Africa fund completed eight transactions this year — including six new deals and two-follow-on investments….
Swiss investment company Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC) has announced that it is evaluating whether or not to set up an African chapter…