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Here are the Ivorian startups pitching today at Seedstars Abidjan

Seedstars World, the Swiss emerging market startup competition, has named the nine companies that will pitch today at Seedstars Abidjan in Ivory Coast. The…

Teheca, an app that connects expecting mothers to nurses wins Seedstars Kampala

Teheca, an app that connects new and expecting mothers to nurses for in home checkup, has come out tops at Seedstars Kampala in Uganda. Teheca…

Here’s who’s pitching this afternoon at Seedstars Tunis

Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has named the nine Tunisian startups that will pitch today at Seedstars Tunis. The event, which is currently underway…

Solar solutions firm Nadji.Bi Gambia wins Seedstars Banjul

Nadji.Bi Gambia, a firm that offers solar solutions to a potential potential customer base of 1.3-million people, has won this year’s Seedstars Banjul pitching event. The…

These are the nine Rwandan startups pitching today at Seedstars Kigali

Seedstars World, one of the world’s biggest competitions for emerging market tech startups, has announced the names of the nine startups that will pitch today…

Here are the nine Gambian startups pitching this afternoon at Seedstars Banjul

Emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has named the nine startups that will pitch at Seedstars Banjul. The event will kick off at 3pm…

Angolan e-commerce platform Roque Online wins Seedstars Luanda

Angolan e-commerce platform Roque Online has been crowned the winner of this year’s Seedstars Luanda pitching event. The event took place on Friday (6…

Seedstars to expand local bootcamps, add more benefits in 2019 competition

Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, returns next month to Africa for the seventh time and will this year…

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.

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Meet the African startups that won this year’s Seedstars World pitch events [Updated]

After a seven-month long journey that saw the Seedstars World team travel through more than 25 countries on the continent, a total of 17 African…

Tanzanian agri-business company Makaru Agro wins Seedstars Tanga

Tanzanian agri-business company Makaru Agro has been selected as the winner of the Seedstars Tanga pitch event. The event took place last Friday (23 November) in…

Joburg based insurance platform Franc Group wins 2018 Seedstars SA finals

Johannesburg based self-insurance platform Franc Group was earlier this evening (14 November) crowned the winner of the 2018 Seedstars SA finals. The startup — which earlier…

Meet the Cape Town, Jozi startups that will pitch at Seedstars SA finals

After holding pre-selection rounds in Cape Town and Johannesburg, emerging market startup competition Seedstars World will tomorrow (14 November) host the Seedstars South Africa…

Botswana food delivery startup MyFoodness wins Seedstars Gaborone

Botswana food delivery platform MyFoodness has been selected as the winner of Seedstars Gaborone pitch event, which took place on Friday (9 November). MyFoodness was placed first…

‘Seedstars regional summit to help foster meaningful discussions’ [Q&A]

Having successfully held 15 pitch events — with another taking place today (9 November) in Botswana — and with four more to go, Seedstars…

Jozi fintech startup Franc Group wins Seedstars Johannesburg 2018

Jozi-based self-insurance platform Franc Group has been selected as the winner of last Friday’s Seedstars Johannesburg pitch event. The fintech startup was founded in…

Meet the 11 startups that will pitch at Seedstars Douala

Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, has announced the 11 startups that will pitch at Seedstars Douala this Friday (2…

Collaborative medicine platform Rema wins Seedstars Abidjan 2018

Healthtech startup Réseau d’Échange entre Médecins d’Afrique (Rema) has been selected as the winner of this year’s Seedstars Abidjan pitch event. The pitch was held…

Here’s how to qualify for 10% discount on Seedstars Africa Summit tickets

Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, will host the fourth edition of its annual Seedstars Africa Summit in Dar es…

Nigerian recruitment startup DropQue crowned the winner of Seedstars Lagos

DropQue, a Lagos-based startup that helps companies source staff at a lower cost through secure video interviews, has been selected as the winner of…

Here are the 10 tech startups that will pitch at Seedstars Abidjan 2018

Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, has announced the 10 startups that will pitch at Seedstars Abidjan next Friday (26 October). The startup…

Seedstars puts out call to SA startups to take part in three pitching events

One of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, Seedstars World, is coming to South Africa for the fourth time and will hold three pitch…

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