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New Google.org Fellowship to empower African entrepreneurs

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Google announced an inaugural Google.org Fellowship to provide one million additional Africans with access to TEFConnect, as part…

Moove raises $105M in Series A2 round to power global expansion

Nigeria’s pioneering mobility fintech Moove attracted four new investors in a successful $105 million Series A2 funding round. AfricInvest, MUFG Innovation Partners, Latitude, and…

Three SA startups chosen for Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7

Google has announced the participants in Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7. The selected startups are developing solutions in areas such as healthcare,…

Telecel selects 10 start-ups for Accelerator Programme

Ten start-ups from across the continent have been selected for the 2022 Telecel Group Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP) Accelerator Programme, powered by leading…

Digital health startup, Cardo Health, launches telemedicine app in SA

Cardo Health, founded by Tobias Strålin (a former McKinsey Partner and European start-up practice leader) has launched Kena Health in South Africa. For the…

CrowdForce raises $3.6M during Series A

HAVAÍC, Aruwa Capital Management (Aruwa), and Asian African Investment & Consulting (AAIC) have announced a joint US$3.6 million pre-series A investment in CrowdForce. Empowering Nigeria’s underserved and unbanked population, the financial…

Fintech group, Capital Appreciation Limited, acquires Responsive Technology

South African fintech group, Capital Appreciation Limited has acquired the Responsive Technology group for the purchase price of R48,68 million. The acquisition includes 100% of…

Nigerian healthtech startup, Reliance Health, raises $40M in Series B

Reliance Health, an emerging markets-focused digital healthcare provider, has completed a $40M (R622 426 000,00) Series B funding round led by General Atlantic, a…

Follow-on investment gives Carscan license to disrupt.

Augmented reality start-up Carscan closed a successful follow-on funding round that drew over $1 million in capital investment from Kalon Venture Partners, Allan Gray…

Egypt’s YFS raises $7M in Series A funding

Yalla Fel Sekka (YFS), the Egyptian on-demand logistics provider specialising in instant delivery and dark store management, has raised $7 million in a Series…

Lami acquires Bluewave to bridge Africa’s insurance gap

Lami, Kenya’s insurance technology company, has acquired Bluewave Insurance Agency, a Kenyan-based insurtech startup that leverages mobile technology to reach the underserved population tapping…

Docklands Ventures acquires SA parking startup, ParkUpp

South African parking startup, ParkUpp, has been acquired by real estate investment company Docklands Ventures, owned by ex-JLL Chairman for Sub-saharan Africa, Mark Bradford….

Kenyan healthtech startup, Afya Rekod, raises $2M in seed funding

Kenyan based healthtech startup, Afya Rekod, has raised $2 million (R30 608 600,00) in seed funding. The round was led by Mac Venture Capital, a…

Nestcoin raises pre-seed capital to accelerate Web3 adoption

Web3 application builder Nestcoin raised $6.45 million in pre-seed capital. This new funding will enable the company to expand its global operations and invest…

Kenyan fintech Ubawa secures $350K seed funding

Ubawa Technologies, 2021 African Start-up Awards Start-up of the Year winners for Kenya, has secured $350 000 in seed funding from Nigerian VC Platform…

CompariSure raises R15M in Pre-Series A round lead by local VC firms

South African startup, CompariSure, has raised R15 million ($980 000) from Cape Town based HAVAÍC and 4Di in a Pre-Series A funding round lead…

Speedinvest leads $3M pre-Series A funding for Ghana fintech OZÉ

Ghanaian fintech OZÉ provides bookkeeping tools for business owners to understand and improve their performance as well as access to capital to fuel growth….

Alpha Intelligence Capital leads $100M InstaDeep Series B

Tunisian artificial intelligence start-up InstaDeep announced that it raised $100 million and closed a successful Series B funding round led by Alpha Intelligence Capital…

South African HR software startup, Wamly, secures second round investment

Wamly, the video interview software startup founded by Francois de Wet in 2018, has secured a 2nd round investment from South African venture capital…

Partech launches accelerator to help European startups expand to Africa

Paris-based tech investment firm Partech has launched Chapter54, an accelerator programme to support European startups wanting to expand into Africa, via its innovation division,…

Sengalese logistics company, PAPS, raises $4.5M in Series A funding

Many global companies like Amazon, Alibaba and JD have built massive companies by leveraging strong logistics infrastructure. The biggest problem for many companies, especially…

Recruitment AI start-up Job Crystal is here to help SMEs

Job Crystal, a women-led, South African recruitment website offering online solutions since 2015, has announced the launch of a world-first, AI-powered tool. CRYSTAL uses machine…

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