Lenovo Southern Africa’s flagship event, Accelerate 2025, has just wrapped up in Johannesburg — and if the conversations are anything to go by, the…
African Crowdfunding Association probing controversial Uprise.Africa
UPDATE (21 May 2020): Uprise.Africa said in a statement issued on 19 May 2020 that the ACfA had completed a review of Uprise Africa’s…
Egyptian end-to-end distribution platform Brimore raises $3.5m
Egyptian end-to-end distribution platform Brimore has raised $3.5m in a Pre-Series A round led by Algebra Ventures, with participation from Disruptech, Vision Ventures, and returning…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [12/05/2020]
FirstRand’s Vumela Fund has committed an additional R25-million to SA fintech lender ProfitShare Partners to lend to small businesses needing capital to supply essentials…
Village Capital announces the names of NextGen Ecosystem Builders Africa 2020 cohort
US venture capital (VC) company Village Capital has announced the names of the business advisors and hub representatives selected for its NextGen Ecosystem Builders Africa…
Egypt’s Source Beauty raises pre-seed funding from 500 Falcons
Cairo-based online beauty platform Source Beauty has raised a pre-seed investment from 500 Startups’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region fund, 500 Falcons….
Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [11/05/2020]
Today at 9.30pm Saudi Arabian time, check out the demo day for Misk 500’s third cohort and engage directly with the founders of 16…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [11/05/2020]
Times may be tough, but SA born Roelof Botha and partner at venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, believes that the Covid-19 pandemic has created…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [08/05/2020]
Africa-focused digital identity platform Smile Identity this week announced the launch of its service in South Africa. This, while businessman and former Johannesburg mayor,…
Tanzania’s East Africa Fruits nets over $2m in equity round led by Goodwell Investments
Tanzanian social enterprise East Africa Fruits has closed a $2.05-million Series-A round. It raised a further $950 000 in debt funding. The round was…
‘Egyptian mobility startup Swvl has raised $20m in new round’
Egyptian tech startup Swvl has raised over $20-million in a new round completed just before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in the region, tech…
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