The Netflix matchup between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul has redefined what a modern boxing event can be, fusing old-school boxing prestige with digital-age…
Egyptian on demand pet care startup Vetwork raises six-figure seed round
Egyptian on-demand pet-care startup Vetwork has raised a six-figure seed round from Cairo Angels, Misk 500 Startups, Khalid Al Tawil, Saleh Waheed in its…
Kenyan fintech Asilimia to use over $350k investment to expand customer base
Nairobi-based fintech startup Asilimia has raised $350 000 in funding from pan-African investment firm the Unicorn Group. Asilimia, which was founded in 2017 by…
Xecced Ventures to invest in African startups through $100m Industry 4.0 fund
Is your startup building solutions for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and looking for funding? London-based venture capital (VC) firm Xecced Ventures is looking to…
Venture capitalist questions lack of women, role of foreign founders in Africa’s tech sector
Africa’s tech startup ecosystem may be growing, but the sector is far from being an even playing field, argues Africa Business Angel Network’s (ABAN)…
Naspers Foundry calls on VC firms to help co-invest in SA tech startups
Naspers has called on venture capital (VC) firms to approach the tech company to co-invest with its over R1.4-billion startup funding initiative Naspers Foundry….
Quality of entrepreneurs in Anzisha Prize is up ‘tenfold’ – initiative’s deputy director
In its nine years the Anzisha Prize has got better at scouting for top young entrepreneurs — and in so doing the initiative has…
Nigeria’s Interswitch becomes Africa’s latest unicorn after Visa acquires minority stake
US payments technology corporation Visa has acquired a minority stake in Lagos-based digital payments firm Interswitch Group at a valuation of $1-billion, effectively making…
Egyptian traveltech startup Tripdizer to invest $300k seed round in tech, building brand
Cairo-based traveltech startup Tripdizer plans to invest the $300 000 seed round it announced that it had raised last week, on developing its platform…
SmartBlade co-founder Dr Caroline Corbett scoops Awief’s Tech Entrepreneur Award
Dr Caroline Corbett, the co-founder of Cape Town based medtech startup SmartBlade, has won the Tech Entrepreneur Award at the 2019 Awief Awards. Dr Corbett (pictured above…
Here’s what SA’s top student entrepreneurs are planning for their startups in 2020
As 2019 races to an end most of us have started scheming what we want to do next year. A 2015 study by Brian…
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