Update: The NICD on Friday confirmed that the second suspected COVID-19 victim tested negative for the disease. Only one COVID-19 related death has been…
Nigerian identity verification startup Youverify raises $1.5m
Nigerian identity verification startup Youverify has raised a $1.5-million seed investment round. The round was led by Orange Digital Ventures Africa. Tech publication TechNext…
Village Capital Africa Agriculture applications close this Friday
African agritech entrepreneurs looking to participate in venture capital firm Village Capital’s Africa Agriculture 2019 programme have until this Friday (28 June) to submit…
Help existing accelerators to grow over creating new ones finds Village Capital report
Equipping and strengthening organisations that support African entrepreneurs will can help drive investment across the continent, a new report by Village Capital suggests. The report…
Payments space not over saturated in Africa argues Village Capital head
African fintech startups are beginning to branch out away from the payments space into other sub-sectors — such as agri-finance, insurtech and alternative credit scoring…
