Search results for "sustainable transport"

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  Innovation

  Treepz Relaunches its App as Africa’s Largest Car-sharing Marketplace

  Treepz, the leading African mobility company, has re-launched its consumer-facing app as a new innovation in Africa. It is the first car-sharing...

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  Ampersand partners with Bboxx to expand its e-mobility scheme

  Bboxx, a platform providing access to essential products and services, and Ampersand, an e-mobility company delivering sustainable transport solutions in East Africa,...

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  Funding

  Fez Delivery, a techstars-backed logistics startup announces Seed raise of $1 million

  Fez Delivery, a leading logistics and delivery company, announced its $1 million seed round today. Ventures Platform led the funding round, with...

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  FinTech

  Roam and M-Kopa Partner to Deploy E-Bikes in Africa

  Roam has signed a supply agreement with M-KOPA, the fintech platform that provides credit and digital financial services to underbanked consumers in Africa....

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  Digital Transformation

  AfricInvest and Cathay Innovation Complete Close of €110M Venture Fund

  AfricInvest, a multi-asset investment platform in Africa, and venture capital firm Cathay Innovation, have completed the final close of their joint Pan-African...

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  Digital Transformation

  Persistent Energy raises $10 Million Equity Round to grow climate venture building in Africa

  Persistent Energy Capital LLC, Africa’s Climate Venture Builder, announced that it has raised USD 10M in equity in its Series C round. ...

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  Innovation

  Opibus Secures $7.5M USD – Sub-Saharan Africa’s Largest Ever Fund Raise In Electric Mobility

  Opibus, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading electric vehicle manufacturer, announced today that it has raised $7.5 mil in funding led by Silicon Valley fund...

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  Telecel Group ASIP Accelerator powered by Startupbootcamp AfriTech selects Top 10 startups for 2021 Cohort

  Telecel Group Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP), with Africa’s top early-stage tech Accelerator, Startupbootcamp Afritech, has selected the 10 tech startups that...

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  East Africa

  Novastar raises $108M to invest in startups in Africa

  Novastar held the final closing of Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II (NVAF II) with total commitments of $108 million. Now managing more...

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  Innovation

  BBOXX closes a $50 million series D funding round to expand pay-as-you-go solar

  BBOXX, a next generation utility, has successfully closed a $50 million Series D funding round which includes a substantial investment from Mitsubishi Corporation,...

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  Innovation

  Building An Inclusive Technology Ecosystem In Africa

  The building of a technology ecosystem in Africa must have an underlying purpose and, particularly given the macro-environmental fundamentals prevalent in Africa,...

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  Innovation

  iHub announces 27 digital start-ups for accelerator program

  iHub has announced a second cohort of digital startups who will participate in a scale-up accelerator program, Traction Camp. The 27 startups have...

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  Apps

  Uber driver data to help finance cars in Nigeria

  Uber Nigeria today announced that it is now making low-interest, used-vehicle loans available to its top-rated driver-partners using Uber driver data. This means...

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  Apps

  UberChopper takes to the skies in Kenya

  Taxi-hailing app Uber launched flights today with UberChopper Kenya to transport business clients and the well-to-do across parts of Kenya without having to...

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  Awards

  PIVOT East 2015 Semi-finalists Announced

  PIVOT East​, has unveiled semifinalist for this year’s event. The competition opened the call for applications in April 2015 with startups from...

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  MEST Incubator & Samsung partner in West Africa

  Recognized as one of Fast Company’s Top 10 “Most Innovative Companies in Africa”, The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has announced...

• Innovation

  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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  Pivot East finalists announced

  25 exceptional mobile startups from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia have been selected to compete in the final of  PIVOT East 2014.