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Deadline 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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GSMA 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...

How Can Crowdfunding Scale In Sub-Saharan Africa?

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Innovation

How 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...

Andela raises $24M series B led by Zuckerberg initiative

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Andela 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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Lagos 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...

Six key lessons on crowdfunding in Africa

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Six 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...

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African ventures to scale-up at the Africa Business Angel Forum

“Africa Rising” is the common theme in pitch decks Appsafrica.com receives, however speak with ventures on the ground and it’s cash and...

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Crowdfunding platform Afrikstart dedicated to African entrepreneurs

With President Barack Obama attending the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kenya in July, 2015 is deemed to be the Year Of the...

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Afrikstart platform aims to fund African start-ups

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...

Madica Announces First Set of African Tech Portfolio Companies

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Madica Announces First Set of African Tech Portfolio Companies

Madica, a structured investment program designed for pre-seed stage startups in Africa, announced its first set of investments in three startups today. In...

News

Blockchain to rebuild African financial system and tell new story

Blockchain Research Institute Africa Making Strides in Levelling Financial Playing field. Africa has an enormous cash and informal trade economy, however, at...

MDaaS Global raises $2.3m to launch digital health solution across Nigeria

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MDaaS Global raises $2.3m to launch digital health solution across Nigeria

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 launches VC Fellowship starting in Africa

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Innovation

Pariti launches VC Fellowship starting in Africa

Pariti has launched a new VC Fellowship designed to develop the next generation of VC investors in emerging markets. The Fellowship is...

Novastar raises $108M to invest in startups in Africa

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East Africa

Novastar raises $108M to invest in startups in Africa

Novastar held the final closing of Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II (NVAF II) with total commitments of $108 million. Now managing more...

Andela Secures $100M Series led by Al Gore's, Generation Investment Management

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Andela Secures $100M Series led by Al Gore’s, Generation Investment Management

Andela today announced the completion of a $100M Series D funding, led by Generation Investment Management with participation from existing investors including Chan...

Sokowatch Closes $2 Million Seed To Modernize African Informal Retail

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East Africa

Sokowatch Closes $2 Million Seed Round To Modernize African Informal Retail

Sokowatch a B2B e-commerce platform connecting African retail stores with multinational companies such as Unilever and Procter & Gamble, announced today the...

mSurvey raises $3.5M for African expansion

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Innovation

mSurvey raises $3.5M for African expansion

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....

Andela Raises $40M To Connect Africa’s Engineering Talent Globally

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Andela Raises $40M To Connect Africa’s Engineering Talent Globally

Andela, the company that builds high-performing engineering teams with Africa’s most talented software developers, today announced that the company has secured $40M...