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African tech startups raised over $1.2bn in funding in 2018 – Partech report

A report by French venture capital (VC) firm Partech Africa has found that 146 African tech startups raised $1.163-billion in equity funding last year…

Cairo-based GoodsMart announces second investment from Algebra Ventures

Cairo-based household shopping app GoodsMart today announced that it has secured its second investment from Egyptian venture capital (VC) firm Algebra Ventures. The deal…

Egyptian healthtech Vezeeta does it again with $1-million raise from the IFC [Updated]

Egyptian healthtech startup Vezeeta has raised a new, $1-million investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of World Bank Group — less than…

Egyptian ride-hailing app Halan raises ‘multi-million’ dollar Series-A round

Egyptian startup Halan — Egypt and Sudan’s first motorcycle and tuktuk ride-hailing app — has announced that it landed an undisclosed Series A funding round from round co-led…

Entrepreneurship platform RiseUp to launch Egypt Startup Manifesto

Cairo-based entrepreneurship platform RiseUp will tomorrow (4 December) launch the Egypt Startup Manifesto, which aims to outline solutions to the challenges faced by Egyptian entrepreneurs. The launch takes…

Egyptian startup HitchHiker secures $200k round from Dubai-based angels

Cairo-based peer-to-peer international shipping startup HitchHiker has announced that it has secured $200 000 in a round of funding led by Dubai based angel…

SA startups Pineapple, Preeva win place in Google’s Launchpad Accelerator Africa

SA startups Pineapple and Preeva will join nine other companies in Lagos soon, with the announcement today by Google of the second class of Launchpad Accelerator Africa. Pineapple last…

Egyptian startup La Reina raises $1m from Algebra Ventures, 500 Startups

Egyptian startup La Reina — an online platform for rental couture — has closed a $1-million deal in a Series A funding round led by Egypt’s largest venture…

Google expands intake for new Launchpad Accelerator cohort to 10 African nations

Google’s Launchpad Accelerator has opened applications for its next cohort — and has added seven more African countries to the three countries it initially targeted when it…

Egyptian wins $100 000 Innovation Prize for Africa with smart magnetic bearings

Egyptian Aly El-Shafei was last night awarded the Innovation Prize for Africa‘s grand prize of $100 000 for his innovative magnetic bearings which help increase energy generation….

Egyptian startup Mintrics scores investment from Dubai-based fund

Egyptian social video analytics tool Mintrics announced today that it had received an investment of an undisclosed amount from Dubai’s venture capital seed fund Numu Capital….

‘Fintech startups in Middle East, North Africa raised $100m last decade’

Fintech startups in the Middle East and North Africa have raised $100-million over the last decade, yet 28% fail in their initial years, says…

Physics, healthcare and imagination: meet Africa’s future

Every year, Microsoft asks university students to imagine what they could do with technology through its Imagine Cup competition — a skills-based challenge comprised…

Rockefeller Foundation pumping $100 million into Africa’s digital scene

Africa is where it is at and its digital/tech scene is all the rage. Bigwigs are noticing the continent. The latest group to take…

A look at some of Africa’s hottest startup incubators

Although investment in Africa has traditionally focused on commodities rather than technologies, the explosion of mobile usage has opened up opportunities for small-business development….

You can now back up your Android phone from the Google One app

South African food delivery industry growing faster than international average [Sponsored]

Fun things to do on Friday the 13th [Sponsored]

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [15/9/2019]

Khula, Bonang.ai to pitch at AfricArena Summit after winning Jozi, Cape Town events

These are the nine Rwandan startups pitching today at Seedstars Kigali

Android 10: when will your smartphone get the update?

Fujifilm announces X-A7 mirrorless camera, launching October

Samsung launches PlayGalaxy Link app for PC gaming on Note 10 and Note 10 Plus

2020 Nissan GTR 50th Anniversary edition hits SA, starts at R2.4m

All new Toyotas will come with in-car WiFi and telemetry from September

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights