Search results for "venture fund"
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3.2KInnovationVenture for Africa program to match global talent with leading African tech startups
Global fellowship program Venture for Africa (VFA), has opened applications for its inaugural cohort, the Venture for Africa C19 Remote Fellowship. The...
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3.3KInnovationVentures survival strategies in a downturn webinar
Africa Tech Summit Connects is an online series of webinars and digital content sharing insights from across the African tech ecosystem. The Ventures...
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2.3KInnovationFintech TerraPay raises $9.6 million from Prime Ventures, IFC, and Partech
TerraPay announced that a consortium of investors, including Prime Ventures, Partech Africa and management acquired the company for an undisclosed sum. In...
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5.8KAppsAfrican e-Logistics Start-up Kobo360 Secures $30M Funding
Kobo360, the digital technology platform disrupting African third-party logistics, today announced the completion of a $20M Series A equity round led by...
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4.6KInnovationAfrica’s fintech sector grows by 60% in 2 years, reaches record funding levels
Africa’s fintech sector is growing at a fast pace, with the number of startups operating in the space growing by more than...
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3.8KAppsGokada Secures Series A Funding of $5.3 Million
Gokada, the Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app, has secured a Series A fundraise of $5.3 million. Led by Rise Capital with participation...
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4.1KAppsWest Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange closes funding round
West Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange has announced the closing of their pre-seed funding round. The financing round believed to...
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4.1KInnovationNigerian B2B Venture Builder Zone Tech Park Launches in Lagos
Zone Tech Park, a new venture builder for start-ups in Nigeria, has officially opened for business and is already turning great ideas into...
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4.8KInnovationPiggybank.ng Secures $1.1M Seed Funding
Nigeria’s Piggybank.ng, an online and mobile app savings platform targeted at African Millennials, today announces that it has closed on Seed Funding...
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11.5KInnovationThe underserved market in venture capital: women
The entrepreneurial ecosystem is at various stages of development across emerging markets worldwide and especially Africa. However, there is one statistic common...
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6.6KInnovationCan Equity Crowdfunding Deliver For African Tech?
There are numerous ways that African tech businesses can try to access funding, however equity crowdfunding has untapped potential. “Despite its slow...
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3.2KInnovationA24Media announces $1M media technology investment fund at Africa Tech Summit Kigali
A24Media has announced a $1M media technology investment fund today at Africa Tech Summit Kigali. The fund is aimed to support technology developers...
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4.7KInnovationAgritech Platform Farmcrowdy Closes $1Million Seed Funding Round
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, today announced that it had closed...
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5 fintech ventures in Africa building better financial services
We take a look at five leading fintech ventures in Africa striving to build and deliver financial services across the continent- Maria...
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3.1KEgyptInnoventures 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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4.9KEgyptIFC 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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4.1KInnovationDeadline for GSMA Innovation fund today
The first round of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund closes this Friday, 18th September at 11.59pm GMT. As reported the fund...
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3.9KInnovationGSMA Launches Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund
The first round of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund is now open for applications from start-ups in Africa and selected Asian...
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3.6KInnovationHow Can Crowdfunding Scale In Sub-Saharan Africa?
It will have been difficult to ignore the exponential growth in crowdfunding over the past five years. In a relatively short period...
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3.3K1InnovationAndela raises $24M series B funding led by Zuckerberg initiative
Andela has announced completion of their Series B funding a $24M round led by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. This marks the first time...
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2.8KNewsLagos Start-up Deal Day Invests In Three New Ventures
Lagos Angel Network (LAN) final pitch event for its first Lagos StartUp DealDay event resulted in a total of N50 million has been...
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4.4KStart-UpsSix key lessons on crowdfunding in Africa
In developing countries, the crowdfunding market is expected to reach $327 million this year—about 2 percent of the global total. Despite this...
