South Africa’s smallest businesses are punching above their weight when it comes to job creation – but the system is still actively working against…
Entries for MIT Solve 2019 Global challenges close this Monday
Are you an innovator who has developed a tech solution that addresses — the circular economy, early childhood development and healthy cities? MIT Solve…
More than 90% of Africa’s agritech market remains untapped says new report
Africa may in recent years have seen a growth in the number of agritech services that offer things such as farmer advisory services or…
Village Capital Africa Agriculture applications close this Friday
African agritech entrepreneurs looking to participate in venture capital firm Village Capital’s Africa Agriculture 2019 programme have until this Friday (28 June) to submit…
Women in Tech announces lineup of speakers for next month’s Gauteng event
Following a successful inaugural Women in Tech & Digital Conference held in Cape Town earlier this month, mobile solutions consultancy Useful & Beautiful and…
All-woman panel to select Seedstars Nairobi winner from these 10 Kenyan startups
Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has selected 10 Kenyan startups to pitch at Seedstars Nairobi this Friday (28 June). The sixth edition of…
Are there really 491 African fintech startups that operate on the continent?
A new report released this week by tech publication Disrupt Africa puts the number of African fintech startups currently operating on the continent at…
African agritech startups can win up to $1m in funding in Grow-NY competition
Think you business has growth potential in the food and agriculture space? African agritech startups stand a chance to win up to $1-million in…
Naspers Foundry announces its first investment, with R30m in SweepSouth
UPDATE (20 December 2019: SweepSouth co-founder Aisha Pandor confirmed with Ventureburn today that the R30-million was part of an investment round which the startup…
Nigeria’s Max.ng to expand to 10 West African cities with close of $7m Series-A round
Lagos-based mobility platform Max.ng today announced that it has closed a $7-million Series-A round which it said it will use to help it to…
Egypt’s Swvl raises $42-million on a reported $156m valuation [Updated]
UPDATE (20 August 2019): Swvl‘s $42-million raise was based on a valuation of the Egyptian startup of $156.86-million. The valuation was calculated from a disclosure…
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