South Africa is experiencing extreme growth; from residential solar to iGaming, the country is evolving. As South Africans increasingly opt for internet gambling, the…
Egyptian trucking marketplace Trella joins YC’s S19 batch
Cairo-based trucking marketplace Trella has been accepted into YCombinator’s (YC) S19 (summer 2019) batch. Trella was founded last year by CEO and former Uber…
Fintech startup Growth Factor wins Seedstars Accra
Fintech startup Growth Factor was yesterday announced as the winner of Seedstars Accra, beating eight other startup hopefuls. The Ghana leg of the pitching competition took place…
Competition Commission approves Vodacom acquisition of SA startup IoT.nxt
SA’s Competition Commission yesterday said it had approved the proposed merger whereby Vodacom intends to acquire IoT.nxt. The acquisition has been approved subject to…
CiTi opens applications for Top Tech Tools for Women In Business programme
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) is calling on women founders and company heads to apply for its 10-week Top Tech Tools for Women in…
Women initiative to help female founders apply for YCombinator
Are you a female founder from Africa looking to get your tech startup into US accelerator YCombinator? Future Africa Venture Entrepreneur Women (Fave Women),…
Eight SA tech startups with women founders that have recently had VC, angel deals [Updated]
UPDATE (14 August 2019): We neglected to include Smartblade’s R9.5-million investment from Savant in the below list. We have updated the list as well…
UCT’s Solution Space calls on high-impact scale-ups to apply for new programme
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Solution Space has launched its a programme to support UCT students and alumni looking to start or scale up…
Applications for Thailand’s AGrowth Accelerator close soon
Early-stage agritech startups from around the world have until this Sunday (11 August) to submit their applications for the AGrowth Accelerator Programme. The 12-week…
Kenya-based diagnostics startup Ilara Health raises $735k
Nairobi-based healthtech startup Ilara Health has raised $735 000 in seed funding from a group of angel investors and venture capital (VC) firms. The angel investors…
Here are the nine Ghanaian startups who will pitch at Seedstars Accra
Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest emerging market startup competitions, has selected nine Ghanaian startups to pitch at tomorrow’s Seedstars Accra event. The Ghana leg…
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