There are numerous ways that African tech businesses can try to access funding, however equity crowdfunding has untapped potential. “Despite its slow...
A24Media has announced a $1M media technology investment fund today at Africa Tech Summit Kigali. The fund is aimed to support technology developers...
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, today announced that it had closed...
We take a look at five leading fintech ventures in Africa striving to build and deliver financial services across the continent- Maria...
Innoventures has opened applications for the fourth cycle of its accelerator program ‘Startup Reactor’ in partnership with VC4A after a successful third cycle...
Flat6Labs, the leading regional early-stage investment company has joined forces with IFC as the lead investors in its EGP 75 million Egypt-focused...
The first round of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund closes this Friday, 18th September at 11.59pm GMT. As reported the fund...
The first round of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund is now open for applications from start-ups in Africa and selected Asian...
It will have been difficult to ignore the exponential growth in crowdfunding over the past five years. In a relatively short period...
Andela has announced completion of their Series B funding a $24M round led by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. This marks the first time...
Lagos Angel Network (LAN) final pitch event for its first Lagos StartUp DealDay event resulted in a total of N50 million has been...
In developing countries, the crowdfunding market is expected to reach $327 million this year—about 2 percent of the global total. Despite this...
“Africa Rising” is the common theme in pitch decks Appsafrica.com receives, however speak with ventures on the ground and it’s cash and...
With President Barack Obama attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya in July, 2015 is deemed to be the Year Of the...
Afrikstart launched is 2013, is hoping to help start-ups across Africa grow through it’s crowdfunding platform. It’s a donation-based and peer-to-peer lending...
Blockchain Research Institute Africa Making Strides in Levelling Financial Playing field. Africa has an enormous cash and informal trade economy, however, at...
MDaaS Global, the healthtech company building and operating a network of modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centers across Nigeria, has raised $2.3 million in...
Pariti has launched a new VC Fellowship designed to develop the next generation of VC investors in emerging markets. The Fellowship is...
Novastar held the final closing of Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II (NVAF II) with total commitments of $108 million. Now managing more...
Andela today announced the completion of a $100M Series D funding, led by Generation Investment Management with participation from existing investors including Chan...
Sokowatch a B2B e-commerce platform connecting African retail stores with multinational companies such as Unilever and Procter & Gamble, announced today the...
Mobile-first customer feedback platform mSurvey has announced a Series A funding round of USD$3.5 to fund expansion into Nigeria and South Africa....