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Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [10/04/2020]

In Nigeria seven startups have qualified for seed funding after coming out tops in a Covid-19 challenge run by Ventures Platform, Venture Garden Group…

Three African startups selected for Google for Startups Accelerator on SDGs

Google has selected three African startups for its Google for Startups Accelerator on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — Flare, mDoc and Solar Freeze….

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [09/04/2020]

Ghanaian healthtech mPharma plans to equip and re-purpose private labs into Covid-19 testing centres. The startups is one of many on the continent that…

Villgro Kenya calls on startups with Covid-19 innovations to apply for funding, support

Impact investor Villgro Kenya has called on African startups with innovations that could help in treating, testing, monitoring or other aspects of the Covid-19 outbreak…

SA’s Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group launches innovation hub

South Africa’s financial regulators have launched the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) Innovation Hub to respond to changes in the financial sector driven by…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [08/04/2020]

Johannesburg-based startup Epione.net launched epione.net in Zimbabwe today. The offering, already available in South Africa, is an online pre-screening symptom checker that connects stakeholders…

Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative open for applications for 2020 edition

The Jack Ma Foundation has launched the second edition of its “Africa’s Business Heroes” (ABH) prize competition, which is organised by the Africa Netpreneur…

Seedstars announces $100m fund to invest in African tech startups [Updated]

Emerging markets startup competition Seedstars yesterday announced it would launch a $100-million fund to invest in African startups in collaboration with Paris based First…

Applications open for Founders Institute Lagos 2019 programme

Silicon Valley-based pre-seed startup accelerator Founder Institute has opened applications for the Lagos 2019 programme.

Here are the 12 finalists who will pitch for up to $500k in the 2019 Seedstars World prize

Three African startups are among 12 startups that have been selected by a panel to compete tomorrow (5 April) for the title of 2019…

Court case looms for Yookoo Ride – but Kenny Kunene claims his startup is ‘okay’ [Updated]

Editor’s note (11 March 2020): Yookoo Ride founder Temesgen Tesfay contacted Ventureburn in February 2020 to inform the publication that the startup had no…

Two top Nigerian fintechs can win 1m naira in FCMB Tech Pitch Perfect competition

Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has partnered with Passion Incubator in a search for innovative solutions around e-payment, e-collection and e-savings solutions through the FCMB Tech Pitch Perfect competition.

Here are the 21 African startups that will jet off to the 2019 Seedstars Summit

Twenty-one African startups are getting ready to jet off to Switzerland to attend the annual Seedstars World summit — the culmination of one of…

Jozi-based closed-loop payments startup Allxs out to raise R10m funding round

Allxs, a Joburg-based startup that has developed a closed-loop cashless payments platform, is looking to raise a R10-million funding round, its founder Raphael Domalik…

Nedbank claims digital first with launch of API marketplace for fintechs

Nedbank has launched the Nedbank API_Marketplace, an application programming interface (API) platform which the bank says will allow approved technical partners to create innovative…

Ghanaian healthtech startup mPharma wins $1.5m at 2019 Skoll Awards

Ghanaian healthtech startup mPharma has been named as one of five winners of the 2019 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. The awards comes after…

MTN puts failure of SMEasy agreement down to lack of market traction

While the founder of SMEasy accuses telco giant MTN of having reneged on a multi-million dollar distribution deal and then locked her accounting software business…

Over 3000 entrepreneurs selected for Tony Elumelu Foundation programme

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has selected 3050 entrepreneurs from across the continent for the fifth edition of its TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. In a…

20 African startups selected for the UK’s Go Global Africa programme

Twenty tech startups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa this week embarked upon a series of intensive workshops in London with market leaders and…

Applications for Jack Ma’s inaugural Africa Netpreneur Prize now open

Applications for the inaugural $10-million Africa Netpreneur Prize have officially opened to African entrepreneurs. The application window opened yesterday and will close on 30 June. The…

Oracle, Ghanaian government partner to support 500 tech startups, entrepreneurs

US computer technology corporation Oracle has partnered with the Government of Ghana to support 500 tech startups and entrepreneurs through the Ghana-Oracle Digital Enterprise…

Nigeria’s Kobo360 named Disrupter of the Year at 2019 Africa CEO Awards

Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 has been named Disrupter of the Year at the 2019 Africa CEO Forum Awards in Kigali, Rwanda. The awards were…

Up to £55k up for grabs in latest edition of Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering has opened applications for the 2019/2020 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, with a total prize pool of £55 000…

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