Startups

Knife Capital: $50m Series B fund triumphs

In a significant development for African innovation, Knife Capital has successfully concluded the final close of its $50 million African Series B expansion fund,…

Remedial Health’s $12m win: Boosting Africa’s pharma chain

Remedial Health, a leading African healthtech start-up, has secured $12 million in an equity and debt funding round. The company specialises in developing solutions…

Voia raises $2.8m, paves way for filmmakers everywhere

Voia has successfully secured £2.2 million (about $2.8 million) in pre-seed funding from private investors. The start-up, founded in 2022 and boasting a team…

Startupbootcamp AfriTech invites ASIP applications

Startupbootcamp AfriTech, an accelerator programme cultivating African start-ups, has opened applications for the fourth cohort of its highly commended ASIP accelerator programme. Providing a…

$15m loan boosts African start-ups in Cape Verde

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the government of Cape Verde, an island nation located off the western coast of Africa, have announced the…

SA Innovation Summit to ‘unlock Africa’s tech power’

The African tech scene is burgeoning with unprecedented opportunities for local start-ups, as advancements in AI, blockchain, renewable energy, and other pioneering technologies become…

Valhalla shakes up gaming, deeptech with $66m fund

Valhalla Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to supporting bold innovators in the realms of deeptech and gaming, has today unveiled its maiden $66…

Autochek acquires AutoTager for North African expansion

Autochek, the African-based automotive technology company, has announced its latest acquisition of a majority stake in AutoTager, an Egyptian automotive technology company that simplifies…

I’M IN launches incubator for black women techpreneurs

The I’M IN entrepreneurial programme has announced the launch of its Ideation Incubator, a three-month programme focused on women students with innovative technology start-up…

Apply now to join OceanHub’s Pan-African accelerator

OceanHub Africa, a non-profit organisation that supports start-ups focused on various aspects of the Blue Economy, has announced the launch of its fourth acceleration…

Telkom FutureMakers, Aions to supercharge SA start-ups

Telkom’s FutureMakers programme has joined forces with venture builder firm Aions Creative Technology to boost local start-ups in South Africa. Following a competitive pitching…

African start-ups can now apply for Hamburg Landing Pad

African greentech start-ups are encouraged to apply for Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg, an initiative by Hamburg Invest that provides customised services worth up to…

Innovation City Cape Town announces 11 start-up finalists

Innovation City Cape Town, a leading South African hub for technological innovation and entrepreneurship, has announced the finalists for its highly anticipated Tech Startup…

AfricArena crowns top start-ups at Jo’burg summit

AfricArena, Africa’s leading start-up accelerator, has announced the winners of its Johannesburg summit. The event showcased innovative start-ups from the region, with winners in…

Africa’s VC industry growing slowly: $4.8b raised in 2022

Africa’s venture capital (VC) industry experienced a downturn in 2022, with only $4.8 billion raised in the continent, according to Oliver Dickson, an SAFM…

TROOP raises $11m for South Africa expansion

TROOP, the global developer of corporate meeting technology and services, announced that it has secured $11million (about R201 million) in Series B funding to…

Africa’s Kubik and Emata win Global Startup Awards

Two African start-ups have been recognised as global winners of the 2022 Global Startup Awards. The competition is the world’s largest independent start-up competition…

Finverity raises $5m to bridge global trade finance gap

London-based digital ecosystem for trade and supply chain finance, Finverity, raised $5 million in an oversubscribed equity funding round from both new and current…

AWS announces funding boost for women founders in Africa

Tiffany Johnson, the global business development manager at AWS Startups, this afternoon launched the new Fem-Tech Startup Innovation Challenge aimed at empowering women founders…

Ramp secures $5m for game-changing forecasts

Ramp, a global decision science start-up with its head office in the United Kingdom, has closed a $5 million seed funding round. The company…

Fez Delivery raises $1m to revolutionise delivery in Nigeria

Fez Delivery, a Nigerian logistics and delivery start-up, has announced a $1 million seed round of funding, led by Ventures Platform. The funding round…

Côte d’Ivoire unveils Startup Act to boost tech sector

The Ivorian government is ramping up its efforts to support tech start-ups with the launch of the Startup Act, a new framework designed to…

Yellow powers Africa expansion with Series B equity round

Yellow, a company that provides affordable and reliable energy and internet connectivity in Africa, has announced the successful first close of its Series B…

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