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Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [12/05/2020]

FirstRand’s Vumela Fund has committed an additional R25-million to SA fintech lender ProfitShare Partners to lend to small businesses needing capital to supply essentials…

Village Capital announces the names of NextGen Ecosystem Builders Africa 2020 cohort

US venture capital (VC) company Village Capital has announced the names of the business advisors and hub representatives selected for its NextGen Ecosystem Builders Africa…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [11/05/2020]

Times may be tough, but SA born Roelof Botha and partner at venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, believes that the Covid-19 pandemic has created…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [08/05/2020]

Africa-focused digital identity platform Smile Identity this week announced the launch of its service in South Africa. This, while businessman and former Johannesburg mayor,…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [07/05/2020]

SA startup Foonda has launched a website that aims to link students with scholarships, bursaries, learnerships and other sponsorship opportunities. This, while GreenFingers Mobile has…

Venture for Africa launches fellowship to link global talent with startups on continent

Newly launched global fellowship programme Venture for Africa has announced it has opened applications for its inaugural cohort, the Venture for Africa C19 Remote…

Money transfer group Mukuru acquires fintech Zoona’s assets in Malawi

Mukuru, one of the largest international money operators and remittance companies in Africa, has confirmed that it has acquired Zoona’s operational assets in Malawi…

UK’s StatsBomb acquires Egyptian football data analytics startup ArqamFC

Egyptian football data analytics startup ArqamFC has been acquired by British competitor StatsBomb. This, according to an article published earlier this week by tech publication Menabytes. ArqamFC…

Meet the eight startups chosen for the Nairobi finals of the 2019 ASME Innovation Showcase

Eight startups from across the continent will convene tomorrow (9 May) in Nairobi to compete in the regional finals of the 2019 American Society…

Up to 100 startups to be selected for next month’s Africa Moves’ Big Summit

Up to 100 African startups will receive an all-expenses paid invitation to attend the Africa Moves’ Big Summit which takes place between 17 and…

Here are the African innovators, startups taking part in this year’s MIT Solve event

At least nine African startups will take part in this year’s Solve at MIT event which kicks off tomorrow (7 May) at the Massachusetts Institute…

Help existing accelerators to grow over creating new ones finds Village Capital report

Equipping and strengthening organisations that support African entrepreneurs will can help drive investment across the continent, a new report by Village Capital suggests. The report…

Andza competition to offer SA startups chance at nettting up to R10m in funding, acceleration

The SA Innovation Summit and the SA SME Fund have launched the Andza competition which aims to give startups a chance at netting up…

Paris-bound: Meet AfricArena’s 10 startups set to showcase at VivaTech

AfricArena has announced the names of 10 startups selected to join its delegation to the fourth edition of annual French tech conference VivaTech. VivaTech…

Ghana’s Nocofio among 10 firms to graduate from Dubai based Startupbootcamp accelerator

Accra-based fintech startup Nocofio is among 10 ventures that graduated from Startupbootcamp FinTech Dubai Accelerator‘s first cohort on Tuesday (30 April). Nocofio is a crowd-lending…

Mastercard expands its Engage programme to include Kenyan, Nigerian fintechs

Global payments tech firm Mastercard has expanded its Mastercard Engage programme to target Kenyan and Nigerian fintechs. The platform, which was launched in 2017,…

Digital Lab Africa announces winners of its pitch competition

African digital content springboard and incubation platform Digital Lab Africa (DLA) has announced the 10 winning projects of its pitch competition and accelerator programme….

Two new categories added to 2019 FNB Business Innovation Awards

The FNB Business Innovation Awards have been expanded to include two new categories for SMEs and township entrepreneurs. FNB announced in a statement on…

SA SME Fund backed Akro opens call in new Cape based accelerator

Cape Town based venture builder Akro has opened a call to entrepreneurs for a new 20-week acceleration programme which is funded by the SA…

Busy month for SA startup Cloudline as founder lands in Israel for accelerator programme

SA logistics startup Cloudline and its founder Spencer Horne (pictured above) has had a busy month. Earlier this month the startup — which uses autonomous airships…

SA still Africa’s top startup ecosystem but has fallen 13 places, shows new ranking

South Africa may still have the highest ranked startup ecosystem for an African country, but it is no longer in the top 50 club,…

Orange launches first in string of digital centres for continent

Telecoms provider Orange has announced the launch of its first “Orange Digital Centre”, in Tunis, Tunisia and has revealed it plans to open innovation…

Endeavor SA, CEO Circle to scale 10 black firms to R500m companies within five years

Endeavor SA has announced that it will partner with the CEO Circle to scale 10 high-impact black-owned firms into enterprises with a value in…

Huawei’s All-Optical smart-home showcase unleashes a new era of home connectivity in Africa

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