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Egyptian ride-hailing startup Hive that serves children nets $400k from investor

A Cairo-based ride-hailing startup Hive, which focuses on transporting children, has secured a $400 000 investment from an investor who was one of the…

Egyptian logistics startup Sprint to use six-figure seed round to expand hubs network

Cairo-based logistics service provider Sprint says it will use its first ever round of funding to expand its hubs networks as well as grow…

Newly launched Med Angels aims to tackle region’s gap in seed funding

A newly launched angel investor network aims to tackle the gap in seed funding in the Mediterranean region, which encompasses North Africa. So, says…

Egyptian online print shop PrintX raises $150k from a Saudi angel investor

PrintX, a Cairo-based online print shop, has raised $150 000 from Saudi angel investor Mohamed Elbazz. Tech publication MenaBytes reported in an article yesterday…

Egypt’s Career 180 raises $100k in seed funding from EdVentures

Cairo-based career advising platform Career 180 has raised a $100 000 seed funding round from EdVentures, the venture capital (VC) arm of Egypt’s Nahdet Misr Publishing…

‘Egypt’s central bank to launch over $50m fintech fund’

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is reportedly planning to launch a $50-million to $100-million fintech fund by early next year. So, says Egypt’s…

Here are the 10 startups that graduated from Changelabs Egypt’s first cohort

The 10 early-stage startups that participated in Changelabs Egypt‘s first cohort have graduated. This follows a demo day that the impact-centred accelerator held in…

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 fintechs score with sandbox after AUC Venture Lab, Temenos deal

Fintech startups in Egypt will be able to test their new products and services in a sandbox, following an announcement today that university accelerator AUC…

DEMO Ventures reveals five countries its new $100m fund for startups will target

Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. These are the five countries that a new $100-million fund — to be launched in October by DEMO Ventures…

Ahead of the Arabian derby, meet Nafham the biggest edtech platform in MENA

Egypt takes on Saudi Arabia later on this afternoon (4pm Central African Time) in a dead rubber that is being dubbed as the Arabian…

Ahead of the Pharoahs’ Group A match, meet Egyptian healthtech Vezeeta

This afternoon at 2pm, Egypt kicks off Africa’s campaign at the 2018 Fifa World Cup with its Group A match against Uruguay. With Mo Salah…

This is how Ventureburn will celebrate African tech startups this World Cup

The 2018 Fifa World Cup kicks off today. This year’s tournament stands out from previous editions as for the first time video assistant referees will use…

On-demand home nursing service 7kemma wins Seedstars Cairo

7kemma, an on-demand home nursing service, has won Seedstar’s first African pitch event at Seedstars Cairo ahead of five other startups. The pitch event was…

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…

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