Lenovo Southern Africa’s flagship event, Accelerate 2025, has just wrapped up in Johannesburg — and if the conversations are anything to go by, the…
Global Ventures closes $50m MENA-focused fund
Dubai-based venture capital (VC) company Global Ventures, has closed its first fund, of $50-million, to invest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [13/04/2020]
A team of Cape Town innovators are looking to design and produce ventilators to help those who fall ill from Covid-19. They’ve raised R50…
Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [13/04/2020] [Updated]
On Wednesday (15 April) LaunchLab CEO and entrepreneur Josh Romisher will detail his top five lessons from building a business in Africa. Tomorrow join…
Swiss innovation platform Kickstart opens applications for a new cohort
Zurich based innovation platform Kickstart has opened applications for its fifth iteration of its annual B2B scale-up programme aimed at late-stage start-ups interested in…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [10/04/2020]
In Nigeria seven startups have qualified for seed funding after coming out tops in a Covid-19 challenge run by Ventures Platform, Venture Garden Group…
Three African startups selected for Google for Startups Accelerator on SDGs
Google has selected three African startups for its Google for Startups Accelerator on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — Flare, mDoc and Solar Freeze….
GreenTec Capital invests in Kenyan logistics startup Amitruck
German investment firm GreenTec Capital has invested in Kenyan logistics startup Amitruck. The announcement was made in a statement on Tuesday (7 April). The investor…
Enygma Ventures invests R8.25m in SA online preschool Play Sense
SA startup Play Sense has secured R8.25-million from US venture capital (VC) fund Enygma Ventures to enable it to grow its online in-home pre-school offering….
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [09/04/2020]
Ghanaian healthtech mPharma plans to equip and re-purpose private labs into Covid-19 testing centres. The startups is one of many on the continent that…
Villgro Kenya calls on startups with Covid-19 innovations to apply for funding, support
Impact investor Villgro Kenya has called on African startups with innovations that could help in treating, testing, monitoring or other aspects of the Covid-19 outbreak…
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