South Africa is experiencing extreme growth; from residential solar to iGaming, the country is evolving. As South Africans increasingly opt for internet gambling, the…
PEG Africa raises $5m in debt funding from ElectriFI
Accra-based pay-as-you-go solar company PEG Africa has raised $5-million in funding in the form of debt finance, from the EU-funded Electrification Financing Initiative (ElectriFI). PEG…
Sierra Leonean data analytics startup Track Your Build wins Seedstars Freetown
Sierra Leonean data analytics startup Track Your Build has been named the winner of last week’s Seedstars Freetown pitching event. Track Your Build was…
Sun Exchange looking to raise R7m through crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa
SA fintech Sun Exchange, which claims to run the world’s first peer-to-peer solar leasing platform, has launched a bid to raise R7-million via equity crowdfunding…
Alphacode provides R23m in loans to three black-owned fintech startups
Fintech accelerator AlphaCode announced today that it has provided R23-million in funding under the BEE code of good conduct’s supplier development element, to three SA fintech startups,…
New guidebook to be launched on Joburg’s startup scene
South Africa’s commercial capital Joburg is fast becoming the country’s next big startup city. A survey by Ventureburn in November last year revealed that…
WeThinkCode launches skills programme to recruit, train women coders
Momentum Metropolitan has partnered with WeThinkCode and MWR InfoSecurity to launch a programme aimed at recruiting and training more women coders. The initiative aims…
Here are the 10 Sierra Leonean startups pitching today at Seedstars Freetown
Seedstars World, one of the largest emerging market startup competitions, has selected 10 Sierra Leonean startups to pitch at today’s Seedstars Freetown pitch event….
Four healthcare startups selected for Merck, Make IT in Africa programme [Sponsored]
The highly anticipated Africa joint startup programme of the Merck Accelerator, in partnership with Make-IT in Africa and Hybr, recently held its bootcamp in…
Meet the 2019 Resolution Social Venture Challenge winners
The Mastercard Foundation and non-profit The Resolution Project have selected 14 African teams as winners of the 2019 Resolution Social Venture Challenge. The foundation said in…
Egyptian grocery delivery platform Trolley secures $200k
Trolley, a Cairo-based grocery delivery platform founded last year, has secured a $200 000 seed investment. Tech publication MenaBytes reported in an article yesterday (27…
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