Kenya-based micro-insurtech startup, Turaco, has announced a successful seed capital raise of USD $1.2 million to further scale its operations across Africa....
54gene, the African-focused healthtech genomics and AI start-up that is leading in the diagnosis and medical treatment of people in Africa, has...
Healthtech company MDaaS Global, which is building a network of tech-enabled diagnostic facilities in Nigeria, has closed on seed funding totaling US$1...
LeapFrog Investments recently announced the largest-ever private equity fund by a dedicated impact fund manager, surging past its US$600mn target to reach...
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...
It’s no secret that Africa’s growth sits in the hands of SMEs and startups. For many years, public and private sector organisations...
Ten companies from across the continent have been selected to pitch on stage to investors, corporates, media and other stakeholders at the Africa...
The AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards seek to recognise ventures using mobile or technology to drive change, solve problems and impact the lives of Africans across the...
Business models are being disrupted across the continent with African innovations utilising mobile and tech. We take a look at the five...
The building of a technology ecosystem in Africa must have an underlying purpose and, particularly given the macro-environmental fundamentals prevalent in Africa,...
Following a search for ambitious Nigerian tech solutions, Co-Creation Hub Nigeria has announced a new cohort for their 2018 Incubation Program. CcHub...
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...
BK TecHouse Ltd, a subsidiary Innovative Technology company of Bank of Kigali Group PLC, is one of the leading Tech companies in...
The number of African e-health startups is accelerating continent-wide, but contrary to popular assumptions the majority of these ventures do not leverage...
LangBot won the Ethiopia round of Seedstars World and will represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland to compete for...
Silicon Valley venture firms have participated in Zipline’s Series B round which has already launched a commercial drone service in Rwanda. Investors...
Mobile phones in Africa are increasingly driving social and economic transformation across the continent, according to Simplice Anoh, Founder and CEO of...
Nest.VC launched in Nairobi, Kenya last year bringing together a team of experienced entrepreneurs to help provide hands on mentorship and access...
In a recent interview CEO of Safaricom Bob Collymore (BC) shared with Andrew Fassnidge (AF) from Appsafrica.com how the mobile network operator...
More than 3’000 startups from Eastern and Central Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America applied to participate in Seedstars World...
The Nominet Trust, the UK’s leading tech for good funder, has announced that SafeMotos has been named among the 2015 Nominet Trust...
iDEA Nigeria has opened up applications to for its next accelerator and incubator programs to find the next cohort of start-ups in Lagos.