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Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [03/04/2020]

US based SA entrepreneur and Civic founder Vinny Lingham has been under a lockdown for two weeks now and has been stockpiling food since…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [27/03/2020] [Updated]

Due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) many events have been called off, including those in the startup community. But don’t be despondent, there’s always the…

Seedstars Summit to run as online-only event because of coronavirus

Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has announced that it has moved its annual Seedstars Summit — which was expected to take place…

Here’s all you need to know about Seedstars Summit 2020

Swiss-based emerging market startup community and investor Seedstars announced earlier this month that it will hold its global Seedstars Summit 2020 between 30 March…

Seedstars, Swiss government partner to launch Migration Entrepreneurship Prize

Emerging market startup community and investor Seedstars has partnered with the Human Security Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs to launch…

African tech startups netted over $6m in collective prize money in 2019 [List]

African tech startups this year tapped millions of dollars by taking part in and winning startup competitions — at least over $6-million collectively, by…

Seedstars selects 11 startups to attend its 2020 global summit

UPDATE (9 March 2020): Seedstars World has announced that it has moved its annual Seedstars Summit — which was expected to take place from…

Ivory Coast has $210m edtech market but investment badly needed, finds Seedstars report

Ivory Coast’s edtech market could be worth at least $210-million, but the sector’s startups are in dire need of investment if they are to…

40 African startups prepare for demo day in Seedstars investment programme

Forty African startups are looking to qualify for demo days in four cities across the continent, as part of the first batch of Swiss-based Seedstars‘…

New Riyadh based Misk Innovation accelerator in call to North African startups

Misk Innovation is calling on startups from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to apply to a new accelerator programme in the Saudi…

P2P micro lending marketplace Pezesha wins Seedstars Nairobi

Kenyan peer-to-peer micro lending marketplace Pezesha has been crowned the winner of this year’s Seedstars Nairobi pitching competition. The sixth edition of the pitching…

All-woman panel to select Seedstars Nairobi winner from these 10 Kenyan startups

Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has selected 10 Kenyan startups to pitch at Seedstars Nairobi this Friday (28 June). The sixth edition of…

African ventures can compete on the global stage – Seedstars head [Q&A]

In recent years African startups have taken home a string of prizes from Swiss-based Seedstars, one of the world’s leading startup competitions. This is testament…

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…

Ivory Coast’s AJE, Seedstars open applications for incubation programme

Are you an Ivorian entrepreneur with a solution or project in the agriculture or ICT sector? Ivory Coast’s Youth Employment Agency (the Agence Emploi…

Here’s what you should know about Seedstars’ $100-million fund for African startups [Q&A]

Emerging markets startup competition Seedstars earlier this month announced it would launch a $100-million fund to invest in African startups in collaboration with Paris based First Growth…

Seedstars announces $100m fund to invest in African tech startups [Updated]

Emerging markets startup competition Seedstars yesterday announced it would launch a $100-million fund to invest in African startups in collaboration with Paris based First…

Here are the 12 finalists who will pitch for up to $500k in the 2019 Seedstars World prize

Three African startups are among 12 startups that have been selected by a panel to compete tomorrow (5 April) for the title of 2019…

Media must help unite Africa’s tech startup scene, but also act as watchdog – Buckland

While the media has a role to play in uniting the continent’s fragmented tech startup scene, it also has a duty to perform the…

Strangled by red tape, Tanzanian tech entrepreneurs call for change

The main challenges facing Tanzanian startups are around the East African country’s government regulations, particularly around taxes and business permits, so says Simplesan founder and MD Said Kamotta.

Prize of $10k up for grabs for two startups in Seedstars Health Challenge

Seedstars has partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to identify innovative solutions to vaccine delivery and the malaria supply chain

Call from East African Swiss ambassador to startups to pitch disruptive solutions

The Seedstars Africa Summit took place today

Fintech Nala wins Seedstars Dar es Salaam, confirms Y-Combinator selection

Tanzanian fintech Nala was yesterday selected as the winner of this year’s Seedstars Dar es Salaam, at a pitching event in Tanzania’s capital. Nala is a mobile money application…

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