Twitter head Elon Musk made a compelling announcement on Friday that Microsoft Corporation obtained “exclusive access to the entire Open AI codebase” So what…
North African start-ups shine on AfricArena investor stage
Following a jam-packed AfricArena tour to the Tunisian capital, investors now turn their attention to Nairobi in Kenya for what promises to be a…
Egyptian food delivery start-up seeks $10m in seed funding
Billed as the first mobile app in the country’s food-tech industry to specialise in table and meal reservations, the Egyptian start-up Bonbell has closed…
New bookings platform to drive tourism in Cameroon
Based in Buea, known as Cameroon’s Silicon Mountain, B2C technology start-up Mungenow Technologies has launched a guest house booking platform aimed at helping travellers…
Nigeria’s Anchor joins Y Combinator’s new start-up cohort
Backed by Y Combinator, a United States-based accelerator, the Nigerian start-up Anchor has launched its public beta API infrastructure to make it easier for…
SweepSouth grows from start-up to pan-African marketplace
In many respects, there’s never been a better time to launch and grow an African start-up. The continent is home to a growing labour…
Octiv closes eight-figure series A round with Knife Capital
The South African gym management software platform Octiv has reached a monumental milestone in closing their eight-figure series A funding round from a leading…
New project to train 1 million software developers in Africa
In a bid to train one million software developers across Africa by 2027, Power Learn Project (PLP), Adanian Labs SA and the ICRD Group’s…
African mobility fintech Moove joins forces with Uber
Moove, an African-born start-up with a growing global customer base of mobility entrepreneurs, has launched in Europe with an electric vehicle rent-to-buy model that…
Egyptian start-up launches new mental health platform in SA
The Egyptian-founded healthtech start-up Shezlong has now also spread its wings to South Africa, bringing its popular psychotherapy platform to the country amid increasing…
Pezesha closes $11m funding round to scale fintech
Pan-African fintech Pezesha has raised pre-series A investment of $11 million – a mixture of $6 million in equity and $5 million in debt….
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