Africa
Nairobi-based Amini raises $4m in seed funding
Amini, a Nairobi-based climate tech startup focused on solving Africa’s environmental data gap through artificial intelligence and satellite technolog...
Winners of Africa’s Business Heroes announced
Entrepreneurs hailing from Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt were in the top three following the final pitching session in the Grand Finale of the Africa’...
UM6P Ventures invests in Moroccan startup Chari
UM6P Ventures, the investment fund of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, announced its decision to invest in e-commerce startup Chari to boost financ...
Safaricom, M-PESA Africa and Sumitomo launches new accelerator program
In partnership with M-PESA Africa and Sumitomo Corporation, Safaricom launched the Spark Accelerator, a program to support early-stage startups in gro...
Winner for the 2023 Womenpreneur – Her Perfect Pitch announced
After an extraordinary display of creativity and economic prowess by a multitude of enterprising women, the unveiling of the triumphant Top 3 powerhou...
P1 Ventures announces closure of second fund at $25 million
P1 Ventures, the Pan-African Seed VC fund combining local market knowledge, a global track record and AI to unlock the continent’s huge and largely un...
Microsoft-backed FAST Accelerator’s second cohort selects 12 African startups
Flapmax announced today the twelve companies selected for the second cohort of the FAST Accelerator startup program, created in partnership with Micro...
5th edition of EDF Pulse Africa invite nominations
EDF is launching the 5th edition of EDF Pulse Africa, with a call for projects from 10 July to 10 August 2023. The aim of the Pulse Awards is to ident...
Microsoft-backed FAST Accelerator launches 2nd cohort to boost African startups
Flapmax, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company has launched the second FAST Accelerator program that is designed to support and fund the next...