Funding

After a public beta launch from 500 Global, angel investors through Women Spark, and Falak Angels, Stllr Network secured a...

Global inclusive tech accelerator Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, today announced that FSD Africa has invested $3.5M to anchor...

FSI and the Nigeria Association of Computing Students (NACOS) are hosting a virtual and physical Innovation Financial Inclusion 4All Hackathon...

Zazuu, the world’s first non-biased payment platform, today announces that it has recently completed a $2 million raise. Founded in...

The Vodacom Lesotho Foundation in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) launched Entrepreneurship World Cup (EWC) at the event...

AZA Petrosolutions, formerly known as AZA Petroleum, is an Agadir-based business focused on designing technology solutions and constructing intelligent and...

In partnership with chordCash, Digital Music and Commerce Exchange Limited (DMCE)  announces the launch of a new product— Orin Fund....

Ghanaian e-mobility business SolarTaxi has raised cash from Persistent to expand its product line. SolarTaxi is an electric two-wheel (e-2Ws)...

Nigerian credit assessment startup Creditchek has raised $240,000 in pre-seed funding led by Atom Capital with support from Aidi Ventures....

Paymee, a  Tunisian fintech firm that provides an online payment gateway, has completed a six-figure fundraising round with P1 Ventures...

Startup Huddle Lagos is set to host an exclusive event focused on matching Ventures and Investors in Africa. Startups looking...

Kenyan and Canadian-based cleantech startup Solar Panda has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by Oikocredit...

The pan-African "Investing in Innovation" i3 program, supported by the Gates Foundation, will give 30 African e-health startups each year...

The month of June saw 42 African startups raise $152.8 million, this was a decline from May which saw 38...

Afrikamart, the leading agritech West African start-up is announcing the closing of a USD$850,000 seed round of financing from leading...

British International Investment (“BII”), the UK government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI), formerly known as CDC Group, introduced its new name...

Sava, a South African fintech startup, has raised $2 million in Pre-seed funding. Numerous investors with an emphasis on Africa...

Snapchat has announced its first accelerator program for up-and-coming Black creators. The "Black Creator Accelerator" program was launched in collaboration...

The first African cartoon superhero franchise, "Super Sema," was created by the Nairobi and London-based education entertainment business Kukua, which...

The Young Entrepreneurs Empowerment Program (YEEP) offers to support entrepreneurs by providing the cash, mentorship, and scholarships they'll need to...

The 2023 cycle of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's innovative international prize honoring organizations and high schools with sustainability...

YouTube has announced that applications for its Black Voices Fund, Class of 2023, are now available. The fund created in...

  Thepeer has secured a $2.1 million initial investment headed by the Raba Partnership. The startup is an African tech...

Healthcare consulting firm Salient Advisory has launched its latest market intelligence report highlighting promising African healthtech startups in supply chain....

A $2 million pre-series A investment round was completed by Egypt's AI tech startup Synapse Analytics. Amr Awadallah, the founder...

The best chance for successful therapy, according to this World Health Organization (WHO) page on treating cancer, is to identify...

Since 2015, Ghana-based fintech Fido has extended credit to thousands of users via mobile phones, and the company is now...

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) and the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative of...

mTek, a Kenyan insurtech, and digital insurance platform have received an additional financial commitment from Finclusion Group, an African-focused fintech...

AGRF, Heifer International and Generation Africa today announced the launch of Pitch AgriHack 2022, marking the second year the organizations...