Startups

How will economic downturn affect healthtech investment?

Amid global uncertainty, the real winners when it comes to investment will be those that back ventures solving real problems for people on the ground. Sam…

Yaga raises $2.3m to grow pre-loved fashion market in Africa

Women across Africa and Asia will soon be spoilt for choice when it comes to second-hand clothing after Yaga, a women-founded e-commerce start-up, raised…

African start-ups can now enter Global Startup Awards

Entries to the 2023 Global Startup Awards in Africa have officially opened. Start-ups, entrepreneurs, and innovation organisations at all stages of the growth cycle…

9 African start-ups picked for new Startup Wise Guys cohort

Leading European start-up accelerator Startup Wise Guys, also known as an active investment fund, has selected the second batch of participants for its €7.5…

Blnk raises $32m to power instant consumer credit in Egypt

Blnk, a fintech start-up that enables instant consumer credit in Egypt, has raised $23.7 million in equity and debt funding, and $8.3 million in…

Egypt’s Lucky fintech strikes it lucky with 10m users

Lucky, a leading fintech platform for credit products, offers and cashback rewards in Egypt and the Middle East, confirmed that more than 10 million…

Nigerian tech start-ups can win big in Zenith pitch battle

Entrepreneurs in Nigeria with tech-enabled, scalable solutions can now apply to pitch in a new competition by Zenith Bank. Nearly N15 million (about $68 000)…

Africa’s top logistics start-ups join forces to scale globally

A new partnership between Yobante Express and MPost, two of Africa’s most innovative start-ups, enables door-to-door deliveries between locations across the continent at a…

Bizao founder: ‘Anticipate, adapt and decide. Quickly!’

Mobile money is an African innovation. Fact. Researchers found that Sub-Saharan Africa alone had about 548 million registered mobile money accounts in 2020 with…

Start-ups can now apply for next B2B SaaS accelerator

Building on the success of its first accelerator batch, Startup Wise Guys (SWG) vows to create further momentum in the African start-up scene. Applications…

This founder dreams of owning an eight-tonne crane truck

Recycling is big business. Just ask Rheineth Modiselle, the founder of Bokamoso Recycling, a Johannesburg-based waste management start-up, who dreams of owning an eight-tonne…

Ride-hailing start-up Gozem signs $10m deal with IFC

Six-thousand moto-taxi drivers in Togo and Benin can now access vehicle financing after the West African super app Gozem and the International Finance Corporation…

Santam snaps up on-demand insurtech start-up JaSure

Santam, South Africa’s leading short-term insurer, has enhanced its digital offering with the announcement that it is increasing its interest in insurtech start-up JaSure…

Virridy raises $5.5m to roll out satellite-connected sensors

After closing a $5.5 million series A funding round, environmenttech start-up Virridy is set to expand its offering across Africa and North America. The…

Rise, raise and scale: African start-ups touch down in Paris

More than 45 start-up founders representing 15 African countries have begun to touch down in Paris, France for Viva AfricArena. Commencing on Tuesday 14…

Tech-driven tutoring start-up stays ahead of the curve

“We want to have a South African start-up going into the world, as opposed to the other way around. Through us growing and going…

The Hatchery salutes clean-tech start-ups ‘solving problems’

A year after the launch of its new Africa office, global clean-tech start-up incubator The Hatchery is basking in the success of HatchTWO. This…

Retail-tech start-up WafR closes $1 million seed round

WafR, a Moroccan retail-tech application that allows brands to broadcast smart promotions to grocers to increase their market share, announced that it has raised…

Snapplify advances digital education in East Africa

Launched in Kenya in 2016, global edtech company Snapplify has seen exponential growth in East Africa, with hundreds of schools registered. Now, as part…

AlphaCode awards pandemic-founded tech start-ups

South Africa’s finest tech start-ups which were founded during the pandemic went head to head at a virtual demo day yesterday where they had…

South African calling app start-up Talk360 raises $4m

Talk360, a South African international calling app start-up, has secured $4 million in funding as it prepares to launch a new pan-African payment platform…

Dynamic DNA ‘helps close the skills and digital divide’

While South Africa’s youth unemployment rate rampantly soars, the country’s digital skills shortage is expanding at its seams. ICT skills are the rarest ever…

Nagging Panda: New start-up gets your invoices settled

If anyone understands the constrictions and damage late payments have on small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and corporates alike, it’s serial entrepreneur and TechZoo…

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Smart Tech: Turning the Tide on South Africa’s Water Crisis

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs