South Africa is experiencing extreme growth; from residential solar to iGaming, the country is evolving. As South Africans increasingly opt for internet gambling, the…
Kenyan insurtech startup Turaco raises $1.2m seed investment [Updated]
Nairobi-based insurtech startup Turaco has raised a $1.2-million seed investment which it intends to use to further scale its operations across Africa. Turaco, which…
Egyptian fintech Paynas wins $50k at Pitch by the Pyramids
Egyptian startup PayNas has won $50 000 at the Pitch by the Pyramids pitching competition. The award was made last week. The Cairo-based cloud…
How to land funding with Vinny Lingham’s LionPride Agility Fund
SA has a new-ish tech fund on the block, the R500-million LionPride Agility Fund — linked to Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham….
Partech made eight deals in 2019 from its Africa fund, but who did it invest in?
Global investment firm Partech has announced that its Partech Africa fund completed eight transactions this year — including six new deals and two-follow-on investments….
Swiss crypto investor CV VC mulling setting up African chapter in Mauritius
Swiss investment company Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC) has announced that it is evaluating whether or not to set up an African chapter…
Egyptian on-demand mobile phone repair startup iFix raises investment from A15
Cairo-based on-demand mobile phone repair startup iFix has raised an undisclosed investment from A15, an Egyptian firm that invests in digital products and technology…
Africa50 in call to entrepreneurs for innovative last-mile internet solutions
Think you have a solution that could significantly increase access to affordable and reliable high-speed internet in under-served areas in Africa? Then you’ll want…
Here are the 2019 Gauteng Accelerator Programme Innovation Competition winners
The Innovation Hub has announced the winners of the 2019 Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP) Innovation Competition. Each year The Innovation Hub, Gauteng province’s innovation…
SA travel company Travelstart takes over operations of Jumia Travel
SA travel tech company Travelstart has entered into a distribution and commercial agreement with Jumia Travel to run the latter’s pan-African online travel booking portal….
Seedstars selects 11 startups to attend its 2020 global summit
UPDATE (9 March 2020): Seedstars World has announced that it has moved its annual Seedstars Summit — which was expected to take place from…
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