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Egypt tech startup secures $15-million investment

Cairo-based B2B eCommerce platform and tech startup MaxAB has secured $15-million in investment funding from a previous undisclosed investor. In addition, the rapidly growing tech startup…

Innovation Edge calls for pitches for SA ventures focused on positive parenting by fathers

Investor Innovation Edge has put out a call for pitches for ventures that have solutions that increase the positive involvement of fathers and father…

Kenyan tech startup secures $475 000

Nairobi-based tech startup, CashBackApp has secured $475K in a pre-seed funding round led by Lofty Inc, Sherpa Ventures and Loyal VC with participation from…

Joburg startup investment platform Merge partners with 100 VCs

Johannesburg-based startup investment platform Merge has announced that it has partnered with 100 Venture Capital (VC) investors since early 2021. The company’s number of…

Bolt raises R10.3 billion to boost grocery delivery service

E-hailing platform Bolt has closed a R10.3 billion funding round with it set to expand its new grocery delivery service, Bolt Market. Announced on…

CDI’s Growth Fund opens grant applications for growing SMMEs

The pandemic has seen businesses large and small offer free goods and services, grants and other support to small enterprises, reflecting the heart and…

Woman-led edtech Ambani wins I’M IN 2021 accelerator

Mukundi Lambani, founder of Ambani Africa, an interactive African-language based early childhood edtech, has been announced as the winner of the third cohort of…

Egypt healthtech startup secures $160k non-equity grant

Egypt-based healthtech startup, Dileny Technologies LLC (DilenyTech) has secured a $160K non-equity grant from the Information Technology Academia Collaboration (ITAC) programme affiliated with the…

Knife Capital’s African Series B Expansion Fund receives $10-million

A South African venture capital company, Knife Capital has secured $10million towards its Series B Expansion Fund from Mineworkers Investment Company. Knife Capital secures…

Egypt proptech startup secures $1.1-million

Cairo-based proptech startup Sakneen has raised $1.1-million in a seed funding round led by Algebra Ventures and with a notable contribution from Sawraw Capital,…

Ghana agritech startup secures $790k in funding

Ghana-based agritech startup AgroCenta has raised $790k in pre-series A working capital and development funding from UK charity Shell Foundation, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth,…

Innovative SA medtech startup receives funding

hearX, an early-stage South African-based global medtech disruptor, has secured an investment from Futuregrowth. hearX secures undisclosed investment amount from Futuregrowth Amrish Narrandes, Head…

Kenyan fintech secures funding

Kenyan fintech startup Popote has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from GreenHouse Capital, a Lagos-based fintech investment company. Popote receives undisclosed investment amount In a…

SA tech company secures R2.5-billion

Teraco Data Environments Proprietary Limited, heralded as Africa’s largest interconnection hub and vendor-neutral data centre provider, has announced that it has finalised a new…

Kenyan insurtech startup secures $6-million

Pula a Nairobi-based insurtech startup has secured $6-million in a Series A funding round led by TLcom Capital, with the participation of Women’s World Banking. Pula secures…

SA tech startup Aerobotics raises $17-million

SA aerial-data analytics startup Aerobotics has received a whopping $17-million in an oversubscribed Series B round led by tech giant, Naspers with participation from Platform Investment Partners, FMO: Entrepreneurial…

Nigerian edutech startup secures $7.5-million

uLesson, a Nigeria-based edutech startup has secured %7.5-million in a Series A funding round led by Owl Ventures and existing investors TLcom Capital and Founder Collective inclusive of a new…

Nigerian tech startup secures $38-million

Based in Lagos, Nigeria, Daystar Power, a startup providing solar power solutions to businesses in the region, has secured $38-million in a Series B…

Ghana fintech startup secures $700k investment

OZÉ a Ghana-based fintech startup has secured $700k in capital from a seed round with investment from Anorak Ventures and Matuca Sarl and angel investors including Nigeria’s Rising…

Kenyan startup secures $85-million funding

Gro Intelligence, an AI-powered insights company, has secured $85-million in Series B funding co-led by Intel Africa, Africa Internet Ventures, and several other investors…

Cairo-based telemedicine startup secures six-figure funding

Egypt-based telemedicine startup, Docspert Health has secured a six-figure seed funding investment from Flat6Labs and several other angel investors from the US and UK. Docspert…

Egypt life science venture secures $1-million

Labelled as Egypt’s biggest life science venture, Nawah Scientific has secured a second pre-series A round of funding amounting to $1-million in mixed equity…

Egypt fintech secures $1-million investment

Egypt-based fintech startup, Cassbana has secured $1-million in a pre-seed funding round led by Disruptech Ventures, an Egyptian fintech-focused venture capitalist fund along with…

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