Crowdfunding Now Available To African Entrepeneurs Through JumpStart
How many times have you had that killer idea but you had to shelve it because of a lack of capital or a money related obstacle?
View ArticleFunda Solva Wants To Fund You Through Crowdfunding
In this year, we have witnessed a small surge in the crowdfunding space in Africa and Nigeria. The likes of PushandStart and JumpStart Africa have commenced operations and are now welcoming ideas and...
View ArticleVC4Africa Says $26.9 Million Invested In African Startups In The Past Year
New research by startup funding platform VC4Africa shows considerable progress made by early-stage growth companies across Africa. This is an annual study on the various startups across Africa and the...
View ArticleOrange Launches Digital Ventures, A Funding Vehicle For StartUps
Orange has launched a funding vehicle for startups in its bid to build on its existing open innovation strategy with an “early stage” investment program branded Orange Digital Ventures.
View ArticleAirtel’s Catapult-A-StartUp Application Closes On Jan 25
If you are a startup founder currently wondering how and where you are going to get funding for your dear startup, look no futher again. Apply to Airtel's Catapult-A-StartUp now.
View ArticleAfrica-Focused Technology Logistics Company, ACE To Receive $2.6 Million USD...
Africa Courier Express (ACE), formerly A-Post, a Nigeria-based and Africa-focused technology driven e-commerce logistics and warehousing firm has received funding of US$850,000 from Interswitch's...
View ArticleKenya’s FinTech Startup, Weza Tele Acquired By AFB For $1.7 Million
Kenyan financial technology startup, Weza Tele has been acquired by financial services group AFB for US$1.7 million, reports Disrupt Africa. In a statement on the company’s website, chief executive...
View ArticleNigeria’s Online Hotel Booking Service Raises $1.2 Million
Nigeria’s online hotel booking service, Hotels.ng, has raised $1.2 million from the Omidyar Network, the investment vehicle of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, and EchoVC Pan-Africa Fund, a seed-stage...
View ArticleCisco to invest $10 billion in China expansion
Cisco, the world’s biggest maker of switching equipment and routers that run the Internet, has announced plans to invest more than $10 billion in China along with local business partners over the next...
View ArticleAndela Closes $10 Million “Series A” Funding Round Led By Spark Capital
Andela, an Africa-focused technology talent accelerator that trains software developers and matches them with global employers, has closed a Series A funding round, believed to be over $10 million,...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Naspers invests into Bitcoin start-up, BitX
According to a report from TechCentral, Naspers is leading a $4million USD funding round in Bitcoin start-up, BitX. The Singapore-based startup, with operations in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya,...
View ArticleNigeria’s Online Retailer For Audio Books, TalkingBookz Receives Seed Investment
TalkingBookz, a Nigerian-based startup that makes audio books available online for sale has received seed investment from Marek Zmyslowski, the co-founder and managing director of Jovago, a leading...
View Article440 Wants To Fund Startups in Less Than 24 Hours at Deal Weekend Lagos 2015
Tech startup investment fund, 440, a Joint Venture between Nigeria’s L5Lab and and Kenya’s 88mph has launched Deal Weekend Lagos, a 24-hour event where startups will compete to receive equity-based...
View ArticleKenya’s solar-powered internet service provider, Mawingu Networks receives...
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s finance institution, is investing in Kenya’s Mawingu Networks in a reported US$4 million deal. The move is to help Mawingu, which...
View ArticleAwamo GmbH raises EUR500,000 in first round funding
Awamo GmbH, which is an acronym made of the initials of Anton Wilhelm Amo, has raised EUR500,000 in its first funding round. EUR400,000 was provided by business angels from Europe, US and the United...
View ArticleInvestment Company, Abraaj Group closes investment fund at $375 million USD
The Abraaj Group, a premier investment company specialised in private equity investments, has announced the final closure of an investment fund at $375 million USD. The investment fund is its second...
View ArticleNigeria’s TopCheck raises €1 million in seed financing round
TopCheck, a price comparison platform for car insurance and financial services, has announced a seed investment of €1 million by investors around the world. The investment fund will be used by TopCheck...
View ArticleEgypt-based online recruitment site, Wuzzuf raises $1.7 million in Series A...
Egypt-based Wuzzuf, an online recruitment platform, has raised $1.7 million USD in a series A funding round led by London-based Piton Capital and Stockholm-based Vostok New Ventures Ltd. Wuzzuf,...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s WhereIsMyTransport raises R12 million in funding round
Cape Town-based WhereIsMyTransport, a startup dedicated to improving and integrating the commuter experience in emerging markets through its platform, has raised R12million in a funding round....
View ArticleInVenture raises US$10million in series A funding round to expand in Africa
InVenture, a US-based company enabling the unbanked in emerging markets to easily access micro-loans, has raised US$10million in a series A funding round. With the cash injection, InVenture, which...
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