On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
Tanzanian agri-business company Makaru Agro wins Seedstars Tanga
Tanzanian agri-business company Makaru Agro has been selected as the winner of the Seedstars Tanga pitch event. The event took place last Friday (23 November) in…
Here are the regional winners of the inaugural Southern Africa Startup Awards
The 15 regional winners of the inaugural Southern African Startup Awards have been announced, with SA companies having taken home just short of half of the…
Uprise.Africa appoints former GEPF man to chair crowdfunding platform board
Cape Town based equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa today (26 November) announced the appointment of Prabir Badal, a former board member of the Government Employees Pension Fund…
Here’s all you need to know about the WHO Africa Innovation Challenge
Are you working on new solution that could help address some of Africa’s unmet health needs? Then you’re just the sort of innovator that…
Digital technology will forever change public-private partnerships [Sponsored]
The term technology is a wide and far reaching one — it refers to a plethora of things. These can include manufacturing, processes, and…
Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [26/11/2018]
This week join Cape Town based 88 Business Collective on Tuesday (27 November) as the initiative celebrates the entrepreneurs that came out tops in its 18-month…
With 32 investments, Lagos Angel Network is tops in Africa finds report
The Lagos Angel Network (LAN) is Africa’s most active angel group by number of investments with about $1.5-million currently invested across 32 investments, according to…
Egypt’s Swvl closes BECO Capital led Series-B round in the ‘tens of millions’
Cairo-based transportation startup Swvl has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series-B funding round led by Dubai-based venture capital (VC) firm BECO Capital. The startup…
Here’s who made shortlist of the 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
UK-based Royal Academy of Engineering has announced the 16 innovators shortlisted for this year’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. The shortlist includes a P2P currency…
Gray Matters Capital’s GMC coLABS invests $250k in Nigeria’s SonoCare
US-based impact investor Gray Matters Capital has made a $250 000 investment in Nigerian healthtech startup SonoCare through GMC coLABS, its investment portfolio which aims to improve the lives of women….
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