Africa
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 growing and scaling their businesses. The three partn...
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 powerhouse women has finally arrived. These remarkable win...
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 untapped potential has completed the first $25 milli...
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 Microsoft to help strengthen and scale Africa’s d...
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 identify and support African companies in the developme...
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 generation of innovative companies and entreprene...
Orange MEA and Digital Africa to promote African startups
Orange Middle East and Africa and Digital Africa have partnered together to promote and strengthen the growth of African startups by leveraging the expertise and resources of the Orange Digital Center...
Visa announces the New Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program
Visa has announced the launch of The New Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Program To Help Enable Africa’s Expanding Start-up Community Through Expertise, Connections, Technology, And Investment Funding...
Centi and Centbee join hands to redefine remittance services from Switzerland to Africa
In a major stride towards empowering the African diaspora community, Centi, and Centbee have announced at the London Blockchain Conference that they have joined forces to redefine