Venture capital

Here’s all you need to know about Oui Capital’s $10m fund

Oui Capital will make initial investments of $100 000 in fintech, edtech, healthtech, mobility and logisitics as well as marketplace ventures.

More private equity firms to participate in later stage million-dollar VC deals

Obasanjo-Adeleye said last year she’d noted what she described as an “interesting trend” in the increasing number and rising participation of private equity firms in later stage transactions in the “tens of millions”.

Rising Tide Africa to establish Pan-African fund in 2019 says co-founder

Rising Tide Africa aims to make between five and 10 investments annually. Although the investment network’s focus is sector-agnostic, the organisation has a preference for tech and tech enabled businesses.

JUMO’s $12.5m deal from UK investor, brings funding raised to $64.5m in 2018

In a further sign that fintech startup JUMO will again be a company to watch in 2019, the Mauritius-registered mobile financial services platform earlier…

Nigeria’s Wakanow secures $40m investment from The Carlyle Group

In what is one of the biggest disclosed deals this year, Lagos-based online travel company Wakanow.com has secured a $40-million equity investment from US alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group.

AgroCenta to expand operations in Ghana after recently closed $650k round

AgroCenta CEO and co-founder Francis Obirikorang says the Accra-based agritech and mobile financial services startup will use its recently closed $650 000 round to expand operations in Ghana.

Africa Development Bank approves $7.5m investment in Kenyan VC fund

African Development Bank has announced that its board of directors has approved a $7.5-million in Nairobi-based venture capital firm Africa Tech Ventures.

Search.com launches AI chat that pays users and publishers

OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT-5 — And It’s a Game Changer

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Why the ‘Ego Tax’ is Costing Your Business

South African Women Entrepreneurs Get It Right

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel