In a pioneering effort to tackle South Africa’s growing digital divide, WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College have partnered to roll out an 18-month…
The Finnish founder behind €3.4m deal who fell in love with Africa’s unique challenges
For Finnish founder Jussi Hinkkanen — whose edtech startup Fuzu announced this week that it had closed a €3.4-million Series-A round — the ability…
Nigerian identity verification startup Youverify raises $1.5m
Nigerian identity verification startup Youverify has raised a $1.5-million seed investment round. The round was led by Orange Digital Ventures Africa. Tech publication TechNext…
Egyptian fintech Khazna lands seed investment in round led by Algebra Ventures
Egyptian fintech Khazna has raised seed funding in a round led by leading Egyptian venture capital (VC) fund Algebra Ventures. Tech publication MenaBytes reported in…
Imperial and Vinny Lingham’s Newtown Partners launch $20m corporate VC fund [Updated]
UPDATE (11 March 2020): A PR representative for Newtown Partners told Ventureburn subsequent to the publication of this story that select startups across Africa…
