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Khula, Bonang.ai to pitch at AfricArena Summit after winning Jozi, Cape Town events

Joburg based agritech startup Khula and Cape Town-based insurtech Bonang.ai have been selected to pitch at November’s AfricArena Summit. This, after the two came out tops at…

These are the nine Rwandan startups pitching today at Seedstars Kigali

Seedstars World, one of the world’s biggest competitions for emerging market tech startups, has announced the names of the nine startups that will pitch today…

Here are the nine Gambian startups pitching this afternoon at Seedstars Banjul

Emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has named the nine startups that will pitch at Seedstars Banjul. The event will kick off at 3pm…

HotelOnline merger will create Nordic frontend with an African engine – Håvar Bauck

Norwegian Håvar Bauck, the founder of Kenyan startup HotelOnline, has merged his startup’s Nordic activities with the Norwegian entity of Key Butler, a Nordic traveltech…

SA startups to get access to IT infrastructure, services with Silicon Cape, AWS partnership [Updated]

UPDATE (17 September): In an earlier version of this story we misstated that startups would be able to get free access to AWS services through the…

Alibaba to train 22 Rwandans in e-commerce training initiative

Chinese tech company Alibaba’s business school has announce that it will train 22 Rwanda students in a four-year undergraduate programme in international business and…

Here are the 12 startups selected for Google Launchpad Africa’s fourth class

Google has announced the names of the 12 startups selected for the fourth cohort of its Launchpad Africa accelerator based in Lagos. They include…

Here are the 12 finalists who will pitch for 2018 Seedstars World prize, up to $1m

Cape Town healthtech startup EM Guidance is among 12 startups that has been selected by a panel to compete later today for the title of…

For second year Cape Town ranked top tech ecosystem by Seedstars Index

Cape Town has again been ranked as the top tech entrepreneurial ecosystem for startups among 71 emerging markets cities by the Seedstars Index (SSI)….

University-linked incubator Roar Nigeria to invest in 10 startups in 2018

Business incubator Roar Nigeria plans to this year invest in 10 startups, with the first of those investments to come in the next three months, its…

Fintech accelerator DFS Lab to invest $200k in four African startups

US-based fintech accelerator Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS Lab) yesterday (11 April) announced that it will invest $200 000 in four African fintech startups,…

Healthtech startup Vula Mobile raises R1m after partnering with HAVAÍC

Medical referral startup Vula Mobile has raised R1-million in a seed round after partnering with Cape Town-based investment and advisory firm HAVAÍC. Vula, which was…

Here are the 65 startups that will pitch at the 2018 Seedstars Summit

The fifth annual Seedstars World Summit — one of the largest emerging markets startup competitions of its kind — is just days away from…

JP Morgan, Tshimologong Precinct launch Africa Rising 4.0 incubation programme

JP Morgan, an asset management, private, corporate and investment bank, has collaborated with Johannesburg digital innovation and incubator Tshimologong Precinct to launch the Africa Rising…

Here are the 11 startups that Pangea is considering investing $50k in each

Norwegian-based startup investment platform Pangea has announced the 11 startups from its Nairobi-based accelerator that stand the chance of each getting up to $50 000 in investment…

Canadian blockchain partnership allows Kenyan fintech to bypass regulators [Updated]

A Kenyan fintech that plans to a launch a blockchain-based crowdfunding platform to fund small businesses has been able to bypass local financial services regulations —…

TLcom $5m investment two years in the making says Terragon CEO Elo Umeh

Nigerian data analytics startup Terragon Group‘s announcement last week that it had secured $5-million investment from venture capital company TLcom was the result of…

Ventureburn invited to attend prestigious Seedstars Summit in Switzerland

Ventureburn has been invited to attend the fifth annual Seedstars World Summit — one of the largest emerging markets startup competitions of its kind. The…

$50k equity investment up for grabs in MEST Africa Challenge

The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) will for the first time invest $50 000 in companies that are not part of its programme through…

SA marketplace lender Rainfin sells corporate debt offering to 4AX exchange

SA credit marketplace RainFin has sold its corporate debt marketplace offering to Johannesburg alternate exchange 4AX, while acquiring a stake in the latter company. The deal was announced yesterday (4…

Here’s why Demo Africa is moving to Morocco for the next two years

Startup launchpad DEMO Africa will for the next two years be held in Morocco. Applications for this year’s edition close on 15 June, with the main…

Digital Health Cape Town launches second call, adds incubation offering to support

South African health tech accelerator Digital Health Cape Town (DHCT) has opened a second call for applications which will now also include support for ideas in the…

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