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13.9KAppsApplications open for the 5th AppsAfrica Innovation Awards
The fifth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards, celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa, showcasing the continents best innovations in 14...
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5.3KInnovationWorld’s first African DNA biobank start-up – 54gene raises $4.5M
54gene, the African-focused healthtech genomics and AI start-up that is leading in the diagnosis and medical treatment of people in Africa, has...
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4.2KAppsSouth African digital lender Lulalend raises $6.5M Series A
Lulalend, South Africa’s first online automated provider of short-term funding for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), announced its Series A financing of...
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3.4KInnovationAfriLabs expands into 45 African Countries
AfriLabs; the largest Pan- African network of technology and innovation centres has added 27 new hubs into the network thereby extending reach...
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4.7KInnovationSeedstars launches a pan-African venture fund to accompany its regional strategy
Seedstars is partnering with First Growth Ventures to launch Seedstars Africa Ventures, a sub-Saharan Africa fund targeting $100mn to make early-stage minority...
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6.0KInnovation20 Francophone African Start-Ups Announced for XL Africa Tech Accelerator
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...
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5.3KInnovationForget unicorn hunting and replicating Silicon Valley – this is Africa
A busy week in Cape Town last week which featured the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards, also saw over 300 active and aspiring investors...
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7.1KAppsFintech startup FinChatBot secures investment in South Africa
FinChatBot has recieved a co-investment from South African venture capital firm Kalon Venture Partners and Mauritius-based VC Compass. FinChatBot develops chatbots to...
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28.0KAppsAppsAfrica Awards Finalists Announced
The final shortlist for the 4th AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards have been announced. The Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from...
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5.8KAdvisory NewsDeadline For AppsAfrica Awards Entries Sept 14th
Leading tech ventures across Africa have until September 14th to submit entries for the fourth annual AppsAfrica Innovation Awards which celebrate the best...
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5.4KAppsHumaniq and Jamii Africa announce mobile micro-insurance partnership
New generation financial services provider Humaniq has announced a new partnership with the Jamii Africa micro-health insurance startup, targeting the low income and informal sector to...
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4.9KInnovationNigerian 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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19.2K10InnovationEntries Open For The AppsAfrica Innovation Awards 2018
Entries are now open for the fourth annual AppsAfrica Innovation Awards which celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa, showcasing...
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5.3KInnovationPiggybank.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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8.6KInnovationFacebook Launches NG_Hub in Lagos – its First Hub Space in Africa
Facebook today unveiled NG Hub in Lagos, Nigeria – its first flagship community hub space in Africa, in partnership with CcHub. In...
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4.6KAdvisory NewsAfrican tech investors to speak at Africa Tech Summit London on May 16th
Leading tech investors TPG Africa, AHL Venture Partners, Echo VC, Draper Dark Flow, Ventures Platform, UpRise Africa and Cairo Angels are among...
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6.4KInnovationiHub announces 27 digital start-ups for accelerator program
iHub has announced a second cohort of digital startups who will participate in a scale-up accelerator program, Traction Camp. The 27 startups have...
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5.2KInnovationMEST launches new incubator spaces in Lagos and Cape Town
MEST today announced the launch of two new Incubator spaces in Lagos, Nigeria, and Cape Town, South Africa, as the program continues...
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12.6K1AwardsFrom live auctions to agriculture – mobile commerce in Africa knows no bounds
While the debate over the actual size of African consumer market (or lack of) rages on, mobile commerce in Africa continues to grow...
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6.4KInnovationAndela 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...
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14.1K4AwardsFinalists announced for the AppsAfrica.com Awards 2017
The shortlisted finalists for the annual AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2017 celebrating the best in mobile and tech from across Africa have been...
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3.7K1InnovationNew online Startup Academy to educate African entrepreneurs
African founders can take their business to the next level by learning about the latest insights, download tools and listen to advice...
