Orange has launched the “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunis, to provide wide-ranging support for startups. This will include training young people in coding,...
PEG Africa, a West Africa-based pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar company, has raised a US$25 million Series C funding round, taking its funding total...
Twenty of the most promising Francophone African tech start-ups will participate in the L’Afrique Excelle residency in Mali, a full-week boot camp...
Nigerian fintech, One Finance Limited has announced that it has secured a $5M debt facility for its consumer facing platform, Paylater. The...
It’s no secret that Africa’s growth sits in the hands of SMEs and startups. For many years, public and private sector organisations...
The Queen’s Young Leaders Programme has been announced as Gold Sponsor of next month’s Africa Startup Summit, set to facilitate a host...
As South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria dominate the African tech ecosystem, Rwanda is slowly, yet assuredly, emerging as a key tech and...
Applications are now open for Go Global Africa which is seeking startups from South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya who are looking to...
With traditional banks still struggling to reach the 95 million unbanked adults across Sub-Saharan Africa, it comes as no surprise that in...
FinChatBot has recieved a co-investment from South African venture capital firm Kalon Venture Partners and Mauritius-based VC Compass. FinChatBot develops chatbots to...
While cryptocurrencies have received huge attention across the continent over the past year, innovative companies have busy utilising blockchain in Africa to build new...
Yoco, the South African-based Point of Sale payments provider, has raised a Series B round of US$16M led by Partech, a Venture...
Leading tech ventures across Africa have until September 14th to submit entries for the fourth annual AppsAfrica Innovation Awards which celebrate the best...
Paystack, a Nigeria-based startup providing payments tools to businesses in Africa, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round was...
Incubators, accelerators and seed funds in sub-Saharan Africa are encouraged to apply by July 6 for VilCap Communities Africa, a programme to...
Entries are now open for the fourth annual AppsAfrica Innovation Awards which celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa, showcasing...
Facebook today unveiled NG Hub in Lagos, Nigeria – its first flagship community hub space in Africa, in partnership with CcHub. In...
The building of a technology ecosystem in Africa must have an underlying purpose and, particularly given the macro-environmental fundamentals prevalent in Africa,...
The African agri-tech space is booming, with the number of startups operating in the market growing 110 per cent over the past...
Impact Dakar’s has launched the Incuberation program that aims to support Dakar’s most innovative early-stage entrepreneurs and turn their ideas into viable...
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, today announced the launch of...
iHub has announced a second cohort of digital startups who will participate in a scale-up accelerator program, Traction Camp. The 27 startups have...