Lenovo Southern Africa’s flagship event, Accelerate 2025, has just wrapped up in Johannesburg — and if the conversations are anything to go by, the…
EWB Canada announces launch of $24m Hummingbird Impact venture fund
Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB Canada) has announced the launch of a $24-million fund to invest in African startups. In a statement yesterday EWB…
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…
‘Breadfast looking to expand outside of Egypt after latest seven-figure raise’
Breadfast, a Cairo-based startup which delivers breakfast products to its users, is preparing to close a Series-B round and has just launched what its…
Ayo launches R200m fund to invest in African tech startups
JSE listed technology investment group, Ayo Technology Solutions has launched a R200-million fund aimed at African startups. Ayo, which is currently at the centre…
