North Africa
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1.2KBMCI partners with KIFAL Auto to enable easier financing for used cars in Morocco
Banque marocaine pour le commerce et l’industrie (BMCI – Moroccan subsidiary of the French bank BNP Paribas), one of Morocco’s leading banks, has...
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1.3KAlgeria’s super app Yassir raises $150 million Series B funding
Yassir, a multi-sided marketplace offering on-demand services such as ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, banking and more, announced that it has raised ...
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1.4KEgypt’s online used-car retailer Sylndr raises $12.6 million pre-Seed round
Egypt’s online used-car retailer Sylndr has raised $12.6M for its pre-seed round led by RAED Ventures, with participation from Algebra Ventures, Nuwa...
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1.5KAutochek acquires Morocco’s KIFAL Auto to drive North Africa expansion
Autochek, the automotive technology company making car ownership more accessible and affordable across Africa, has announced the acquisition of KIFAL Auto, Morocco’s leading...
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2.7KMaxAB Acquires Morocco’s WaystoCap to scale and raises $15M Series A
MaxAB, the largest Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform that serves food and grocery retailers, has acquired WaystoCap, the Morocco-based B2B e-commerce and distribution...
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4.1KEdtech providing access to remote learning across the continent
Edtech is now providing essential remote learning opportunities for students across Africa, while schools are closed as a result of the COVID-19...
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3.3KUrgent call for innovators from Africa to fight COVID19 with low-cost ventilators
As the COVID19 crisis rapidly grows across the globe there is an urgent search under way to find proven low-cost ventilator technologies,...
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4.7KMaxAB an Egyptian B2B e-Commerce marketplace Closes $6.2 Million Seed Round
MaxAB, an Egyptian B2B e-commerce marketplace that connects informal food and grocery retailers with suppliers via an easy-to-use app, has secured seed...
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8.4KOrange launches its first “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunisia to support local start-ups
Orange has launched the “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunis, to provide wide-ranging support for startups. This will include training young people in coding,...
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8.6KAfrican Fintech is still the preferred sector for global VCs to invest in
With traditional banks still struggling to reach the 95 million unbanked adults across Sub-Saharan Africa, it comes as no surprise that in...
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3.3K10 West Africa Mobile Award Winners Announced In Lagos
The 10 winners of the West Africa Mobile Awards, the first truly West African technology awards to recognise the region’s best mobile...
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3.3KInnoventures launches Startup Reactor in Egypt
Innoventures has opened applications for the fourth cycle of its accelerator program ‘Startup Reactor’ in partnership with VC4A after a successful third cycle...
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4.5KNew seed investment firm Outlierz launches in Morocco
After three years of hard work on the ground, connecting entrepreneurs and building a startup community in Morocco, a team of entrepreneurs...
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5.1KThe year serious money was invested in African tech
While difficult to put an exact figure on how much the African tech ecosystem is actually worth, the increased level of activity in...
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5.2KIFC invests $2 million in Flat6Labs Egyptian seed fund
Flat6Labs, the leading regional early-stage investment company has joined forces with IFC as the lead investors in its EGP 75 million Egypt-focused...
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7.1K2From AR to VoD, mobile entertainment is flourishing across Africa
Mobile news and entertainment is now a burgeoning industry across Africa from augmented reality (AR) to video on demand (VoD), new and...
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4.5KOpera reaches 100M users in Africa and releases State of Mobile Web Report
Opera has released its State of the Mobile Web Africa 2016 Report, highlighting mobile internet trends across the continent, including consumer browsing behaviour...
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20.7K125 disruptive innovations changing business models in Africa
Business models are being disrupted by technology across Africa and we now take a closer look at the five disruptive innovations shortlisted for...
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8.5K3Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards Finalists 2016 are revealed
The finalists for the Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2016 have been announced with a shortlist featuring the leading mobile and tech companies from...
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3.0KAfrican innovators from 25 countries face judgement day
Following a fantastic response from African innovators, over 200 entries from 25 countries are now facing the judges for a place in the...
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10.3K2Crowdfunding in Africa is gaining momentum
Africa is now home to over 57 active crowdfunding platforms with projects raising over $126.9 million in 2015, reveals the Afrikstart Crowdfunding...
