Lenovo Southern Africa’s flagship event, Accelerate 2025, has just wrapped up in Johannesburg — and if the conversations are anything to go by, the…
Nigeria based Field Intelligence closes $3.6m Series-A round
Nigerian startup Field Intelligence has announced that it has closed a $3.6-million Series-A funding round to fund the further roll out of its product…
Nigerian identity verification startup Youverify raises $1.5m
Nigerian identity verification startup Youverify has raised a $1.5-million seed investment round. The round was led by Orange Digital Ventures Africa. Tech publication TechNext…
Over €80k in prize money up for grabs in 10th Orange Social Venture Prize
A total of €80 000 in prize money is up for grabs to African innovators who have developed solutions that can help transform the…
Egyptian fintech Khazna lands seed investment in round led by Algebra Ventures
Egyptian fintech Khazna has raised seed funding in a round led by leading Egyptian venture capital (VC) fund Algebra Ventures. Tech publication MenaBytes reported in…
Monday.com’s $1.9bn valuation shows importance of workplace collaboration sector [Sponsored]
In today’s competitive world, workplace collaboration is considered an important aspect of any project, and with the rapid strides being made in the advancement…
Nigerian fintech signs strategic partnership with Visa
Lagos-based mobile payments firm Paga has entered into a partnership with Visa. Paga, which was founded in 2009 by Tayo Oviosu (pictured above), made the…
Imperial and Vinny Lingham’s Newtown Partners launch $20m corporate VC fund [Updated]
UPDATE (11 March 2020): A PR representative for Newtown Partners told Ventureburn subsequent to the publication of this story that select startups across Africa…
‘Breadfast looking to expand outside of Egypt after latest seven-figure raise’
Breadfast, a Cairo-based startup which delivers breakfast products to its users, is preparing to close a Series-B round and has just launched what its…
Seedstars Summit to run as online-only event because of coronavirus
Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has announced that it has moved its annual Seedstars Summit — which was expected to take place…
Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [08/03/2020]
With the coronavirus in the headlines worldwide, a spate of events — including those from the tech sector — have been cancelled. A number…
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