Search results for "entrepreneur"
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761FundingEIB Global announces $30 million investment in Seedstars Africa Ventures I, a VC fund for African entrepreneurs
Innovative businesses and start-ups across Africa will benefit from better access to risk capital thanks to a US$30 million equity investment by EIB...
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1.1KInnovationMastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund breaking barriers – expands its portfolio with three new deals empowering African entrepreneurs
The Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund (the Fund) is pleased to announce that three Investment Vehicles (IVs) received investment approvals: Chui Ventures, VestedWorld,,...
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1.2KFundingMoove closes $8mn financing from Absa to expand vehicle fleet for Ghana’s mobility entrepreneurs
Moove, the world’s first mobility fintech, has secured USD $8mn in financing from Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), bringing its total funding to-date...
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1.5KInnovationSESA Call for Entrepreneurs 2022
Siemens Stiftung on behalf of the Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) Consortium is launching its first “SESA Call for Entrepreneurs”, targeting small and medium-sized...
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3.7KInnovationWazo Challenge East Africa open for applications for tech entrepreneurs across Eastern Africa
Hindsight Ventures, the Africa focussed vertical of Startup Réseau, has announced Wazo Challenge East Africa as it’s latest program catering to tech...
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3.3K1InnovationNew online Startup Academy to educate African entrepreneurs
African founders can take their business to the next level by learning about the latest insights, download tools and listen to advice...
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3.7K1InnovationNairobi Garage opens a new state-of-the-art entrepreneurship centre
Nairobi Garage has launched a new state-of-the-art entrepreneurship centre, featuring three floors of specially designed office, co-working and event space in the...
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3.9KInnovationGE Lagos Garage launches new program for entrepreneurs in Nigeria
The fourth edition of the GE Lagos Garage advanced manufacturing and skills training program for entrepreneurs is scheduled to take off in...
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3.5KAppsVC4Africa launches new program to support Africa’s digital entrepreneurs at Africa Tech Summit London
VC4Africa has today officially launched a new African focused business acceleration program with the World Bank Group at Africa Tech Summit London. ...
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4.4KInnovationNamibia tops Africa in Global Entrepreneurship Index
The inaugural Ashish J Thakkar Global Entrepreneurship Index measures entrepreneurial environments around the world and assesses each of its 85 countries against...
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5.0K1GadgetsHardware being used to drive entrepreneurship and employment in Ghana
Tackling critical challenges in communities and promoting youth entrepreneurship is a common theme for many tech start-ups across Africa, however very few...
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2.5KEast Africa200 entrepreneurs to launch businesses on buses in Africa
Microsoft and AMPION took Appsafrica.com’s Paul Adepoju on the West African venture bus in Lagos, Nigeria to talk start-ups.
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2.1KEast AfricaSpark is supporting entrepreneurs launch 8 businesses in Rwanda
Spark and it’s partner Single Spark, both headquartered in the Netherlands, are launching a new program this summer where they plan to...
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2.0KEventsAfrican kids to learn entrepreneurship through Citrus Saturday
Young people around the world will be starting their very first enterprises on Saturday 4 July as they take part in Citrus...
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3.0KEventsEmpowering women and entrepreneurship drives “Africa Together”
African leaders representing a variety of fields from countries including Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya and Senegal convened in Cambridge for the...
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Crowdfunding platform Afrikstart dedicated to African entrepreneurs
With President Barack Obama attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya in July, 2015 is deemed to be the Year Of the...
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2.6KEast AfricaAfrica’s era of tech entrepreneurs
Tech-oriented business incubators and accelerator programmes are opening their doors across Africa. Research by the World Bank has estimated that over 90...
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CcHub call for entrepreneurs
Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) is a launch pad for start-ups, transforming ideas to sustainable ventures that solve real Nigerian problems. To date CcHub...
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2.1KEventsCcHub hosts event with leading tech entrepreneurs
The lifecycle of any venture is a learning process for an entrepreneur, so the CcHub in Lagos is hosting an event for...
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226FundingPaymob raises $22 million in Series B extension
Paymob, MENA’s leading financial services enabler, announces a $22 million Series B extension round – taking the Company’s total Series B funding...
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1.3KInnovationFCMB and FMO Seek Agricultural Solutions in Nigeria with Agritech Hackathon
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO) are joining forces to ignite innovation in Nigeria’s agricultural sector...
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1.4KFundingIntron Health Raises $1.6M in Pre-seed Funding to Build AI for Global Health
Intron Health, a pioneering health tech company that provides clinical speech recognition for over 200 accents spoken in developing countries, starting in...
