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572Newsi3 Selects 7 African Startups Transforming Pharmacy Care to Receive Up to $225K & Impact Support from the Gates Foundation, MSD & More
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative to support African healthtech startups to commercialise and scale their offerings, has announced its 3rd...
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287NewsIFC, TLG Capital Announce $75m First Close of African Private Credit Fund to Support SMEs
To support small and medium sized enterprises in Africa—and to protect jobs at those businesses—IFC and TLG Capital announced the first close...
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276NewsPeach Payments Acquires West-African Payments Gateway PayDunya
Digital payments gateway Peach Payments has agreed to acquire West-African payment platform PayDunya. In the process, it enters mainland Francophone Africa for the...
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356NewsDjamo Raises $17M of Equity to Double Down on Digital-First Banking Services for Users Across Francophone Africa
Djamo, a financial services app revolutionizing mobile banking in francophone Africa has secured $17 million in an equity funding round to continue...
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333NewsProparco Partners with CRDB Bank to Boost MSME Growth in Tanzania with €48 Million in New Guarantees
Proparco renewed its strategic partnership with CRDB Bank Plc, Tanzania’s largest financial institution, by granting two new guarantees worth €24 million each,...
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304NewsDigital Payments Economy in Africa Expected to Reach $1.5 trillion by 2030
Africa’s digital payments economy is set to grow from strength to strength according to a Mastercard-commissioned report by Genesis Analytics stating that...
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397NewsLoftyInc Capital Announces $43M First Close of its New Pan-African Seed Fund
LoftyInc Capital Management announced the first close of $43m for its new LoftyInc Alpha Fund, a late-seed focused investment vehicle that will...
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521NewsTaager Raises $6.75m Pre-Series B Round to Fuel Growth in MENA
Taager, the leading social e-commerce platform for the MENA region, today announced the completion of its $6.75m Pre-Series B funding round, led...
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273NewsRaenest Secures $11M Series A Investment In QED-Led Funding Round
Raenest, the global multi-currency accounts platform for individuals and businesses across Africa, today announced the completion of its $11M Series A funding. The round...
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512FundingVentures Platform ClimateTech White Paper Calls For Climate-resilient Business Models in the African Tech Sector
Ventures Platform, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in innovative startups across Africa has published its landmark climatetech whitepaper entitled, “Innovating for a...
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732Africa Tech SummitAfrica Tech Summit Nairobi and Raenest Partner to Propel African Tech Ventures to Global Heights in 2025
Africa Tech Summit Nairobi is delighted to announce that Raenest, a pioneering Nigerian fintech, has returned as the headline sponsor for the second...
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686InnovationTLP Advisory Marks 10 Years with New Report on Nigeria’s Startup Ecosystem
TLP Advisory, the venture law firm headquartered in Lagos, with offices in London and New York marks ten years of operation with...
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681Innovation86% of African Tech Founders Report Impact on Wellbeing – Yet 81% Enjoy the Journey
Flourish Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with purpose, today published the first-ever, wide-scale survey of founder wellbeing in Africa, shining light...
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1.3KAwardsCall for entries to the inaugural Africa Tech Summit Awards
Recognising Excellence and Innovation Across the Continent’s Tech Ecosystem Africa Tech Summit is proud to announce the launch of the inaugural Africa...
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2.6KFundingPaymob 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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2.1KInnovationFCMB 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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2.1KFundingIntron 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...
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1.0KFundingSouth African Fintech Raises $300,000 Funding from Silicon Valley and New York-Based Investors
South African travel-focused fintech, TurnStay.com, has secured USD300,000 (over R5.4 million) funding from Silicon Valley and New York-based investors: DFS Lab and DCG. The company plans...
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964EgyptLiquid C2 Launches Cloudmania in Egypt
Liquid C2, a subsidiary of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (https://Liquid.Tech/), a leading pan-African technology group, has announced the expansion of its Cloudmania business...
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1.1KInnovationTen African Startups Selected to Receive Funding to Develop Blue and Green Economy Solutions
BFA Global, FSD Africa, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) are thrilled to announce the selection of ten innovative,...
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1.1KInnovationCaribou Digital Releases Youth in Digital Africa Report to Inform Policy Changes for 400 Million Young Africans
Leading research and advisory firm, Caribou Digital, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has today released a new report on African young people and digital...
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1.2KInnovationPatoranking Foundation and ALX Africa Unveil $500,000 Tech Scholarship Initiative
Patoranking Foundation, a non-profit organisation on a mission to advance Africa through education, entrepreneurship and empowerment, has announced the launch of the $500,000 Patoranking...
