Search results for "climate"
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888Digital TransformationBeacon Power Services, Closes $2.7M Seed Round To Improve Electricity Access For Cities Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Beacon Power Services (BPS), an energy tech company providing data and grid management solutions to help Africa’s power sector distribute electricity more...
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5.4KFundingCatalyst Fund raises $3.5 to accelerate and scale pre-seed impact ventures in Africa
Global inclusive tech accelerator Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, has announced that FSD Africa has invested $3.5M to anchor the Fund’s presence in Africa and...
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5.1KFundingVirridy closes a $5.5 million Series A Funding led by Accord Capital
Virridy, dedicated to improving the management of environmental resources through technology, has announced a $5.5 million Series A funding to accelerate the...
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757Africa Tech SummitExploring Fintech For Resilience
Panel session at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi Exploring Fintech for Resilience. The panelists discuss the impact FinTech has had on the climate...
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1.1KFinTechMoove raises $105m in Series A2 round to scale
Moove, the world’s first mobility fintech, which provides revenue-based financing to mobility entrepreneurs across Africa, has raised $105 million in an oversubscribed...
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1.9KInnovationLast call for for ventures to apply to Pitch Live at the Africa Startup Summit in Nairobi
Africa Tech Summit has opened applications to the 2022 edition of Pitch Live at the fourth Africa Startup Summit. Ten start-ups will...
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2.2KEventsCall for Start-ups to Pitch Live at the Africa Startup Summit 2022
Africa Tech Summit has opened applications to the 2022 edition of Pitch Live at the fourth Africa Startup Summit. Ten start-ups will...
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2.3KCryptocurrency Africa3 trends in Africa’s crypto sector to expect in 2022
For the global cryptocurrency industry, 2021 is likely to be remembered as one of the many years bitcoin broke past its all-time...
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2.2KInnovationCatalyst Fund announces latest cohort of fintech ventures to join accelerator
Global inclusive tech accelerator Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, today announced its ninth cohort of fintech companies that are building solutions...
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3.1KInnovation500 Startups Next Ecosystem Hub is Africa
Mareme Dieng, 500 Startups Lead, Global Innovation Strategy, Africa shares 500’s vision for Africa From 55 startups successfully funded in 2015 to 359...
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2.4KEast AfricaAfrican InsureTech Platform Pula raises $6mn Series A
African InsureTech platform Pula that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a...
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2.2KInnovationGro Intelligence Raises $85 Million in Series B Funding
Gro Intelligence announced today that it has raised $85 million in Series B funding. The round was co-led by Intel Capital, Africa...
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4.4KInnovationKomaza raises $28M Series B for tech-enabled sustainable forestry in Kenya
Komaza, a Kenyan based tech-enabled, sustainable forestry company, secured a first close of $28m of a planned $33m Series B equity financing....
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2.7KInnovationAfrican Development Bank approves $20 million investment in renewable energy fund for Sub-Saharan Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $20 million investment in the Metier Sustainable Capital International Fund...
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3.6KInnovationYoco expands access to underserved small businesses with Yoco Go
Yoco, the South African Point of Sale payments provider, announced today that its customer base of small businesses had crossed the 50,000...
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4.3KInnovationBBOXX 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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4.8KInnovation
Apply now for GSMA Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains
The GSMA is accepting applications for the GSMA Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains which aims to scale digital solutions...
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8.8KAppsWefarm reaches over one million users and plans Tanzania expansion
Wefarm the world’s largest farmer-to-farmer digital network, today announced it has reached over 1.1 million users across Kenya and Uganda, with farmers...
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2.7KInnovationAfrica primed to take advantage of the internet opportunity
There has been robust growth in Internet access and usage over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take...
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Awards
Big data innovation winners to combat African challenges
There is a tremendous opportunity in unlocking big data and utilising it alongside traditional data to reveal new insights that can help...
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Apps
Tourism drives new app development in South Africa
South Africa’s natural beauty, sunny climate, cultural diversity and reputation for delivering value for money have made it one of the world’s...
