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Seedstars announces finalists of the DOEN Land Restoration Prize

Seedstars has announced Ethiopia’s Zafree Papers, South Africa’s GreenFingers Mobile and Ivory Coasts’s Lono as the finalists of its DOEN Land Restoration Prize. The…

Digital commerce startup Vectra wins Seedstars Cape Town

*Correction: Subsequent to the publication of the article, Vectra founder Wynand Geldenhuys informed Ventureburn that the company is in fact a digital commerce startup…

Seedstars adds gender equality entrepreneurship track to pitching events

Upcoming Seedstars World pitching events in Bamako, Cape Town and Johannesburg will now include a new gender equality entrepreneurship track. The development follows an…

Mauritian edtech Eco-Warriors wins Seedstars Port Louis

Mauritian edtech startup Eco-Warriors has been named the winner of yesterday’s Seedstars Port Louis pitching event. The startup, which is a subsidiary of holding…

Cameroonian proptech startup Digital Renter wins Seedstars Douala

Cameroonian proptech platform Digital Renter has come out tops at this year’s Seedstars Douala pitching event. Digital Renter helps users advertise, search for and manage…

Cape Verde ticketing startup Passafree wins Seedstars Praia

Cape Verde ticketing startup Passafree has been named as the winner of this year’s Seedstars Praia pitching event. The Praia-based startup has developed a mobile…

Seedstars calls on startups to apply to Tanzania accelerator and receive $25k each

Seedstars — the Swiss-based organisation that that assists tech startups in emerging markets — has put out a final call for startups to join its…

Here’s why you should consider attending this year’s Seedstars Africa Summit

Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for startup scenes in emerging markets, has disclosed the programme for the fourth edition of the Seedstars…

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…

‘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…

Nigerian startup Edves secures $120k funding from Chinook Capital, CcHub fund

Lagos-based edtech startup Edves has announced that it has secured a $120 000 seed round from two Nigerian investors: Chinook Capital and Co-creation Hub’s…

SA proptech startup HouseMe crowned winner at Seedstars Cape Town

Cape Town based proptech startup HouseMe has come out tops at Seedstars Cape Town. HouseMe was placed first at the event, which was held last Friday (19…

Here are the 10 SA startups that will pitch at this year’s Seedstars Cape Town

Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, has announced the 10 SA startups that will pitch at Seedstars Cape Town this Friday (19…

Ventureburn announces media partnership agreement with Seedstars

Ventureburn today announced a media partnership with Seedstars, one of the world’s leading organisations that supports startups in emerging markets. The partnership will see…

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…

Here are the five startups set to pitch at tomorrow’s Seedstars Bissau event

Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest startup competitions, has announced the five Bissau-Guinean startups that will pitch at tomorrow’s Seedstars Bissau pitch event. Judges set to…

Edtech solution Schoolap lands Labes Key Seedstars Kinshasa 2018 win

Congolese software development startup Labes Key has been selected as the winner of the 2018 edition of the Seedstars Kinshasa pitch competition. The Kinshasa-based startup was…

‘In Libya the first thing you do as startup is to list all things that might go wrong’

For Fattoum Nasser the first thing anyone does when starting a tech business in Libya is to list all the things that might go wrong — from the…

Edtech shines at Seedstars Tripoli as Elham Education wins pitch event

Libyan edtech startup Elham Education has been selected as the winner of this year’s edition of the Seedstars Tripoli pitch event. In all, seven…

BeneFactors crowned best Rwandan startup at Seedstars Kigali 2018

Rwandan factoring firm BeneFactors has been selected as the best startup at Seedstars Kigali, winning an opportunity to represent the country at next year’s…

Here are the 8 startups that will pitch at Seedstars Casablanca this Friday

Their football team may have been knocked out of the World Cup at the group stage, but in just days Moroccans can look forward…

Seedstars, Omidyar Network to launch Seedspace in Dar es Salaam

Seedstars, the Swiss-based organisation that supports startups in emerging markets, has announced that it will next month — in partnership with philanthropic investment firm…

Morocco will need to be innovative like startup Hooplacar to shock Portugal

Morocco take on Portugal this afternoon at 2pm (Central African Time). After Portugal’s spectacular match with Spain, which saw Cristiano Ronaldo pull off a…

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