GIZ, Orange, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, the Ethiopian Investment Commission and the Industrial Parks Development Corporation are launching the Addis...
By Dominique Collett, a senior investment executive at Rand Merchant Investments and the head of AlphaCode Each year, at AlphaCode, we use...
African InsureTech platform Pula that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a...
2021 has already seen a flurry of African tech funding rounds including Gro Intelligence ($85M), uLesson ($7.5M), Aerobotics ($17M) and Pula ($6M)...
Gro Intelligence announced today that it has raised $85 million in Series B funding. The round was co-led by Intel Capital, Africa...
African technology startups with innovative solutions to problems faced by African leaders have been invited to apply for the AfCFTA Vision Challenge,...
The sixth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards, celebrates technology and mobile applications from across Africa, showcasing the continents best innovations across 12 categories and...
54gene, the African genomics research, services, and development company has launched its Clinical Program Services (CPS) division. The new business division will...
Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), has announced...
Twelve tech ventures from across the continent have been selected for the latest edition of Pitch Live at Africa Tech Summit Connects on October...
Affordability of devices remains one of the most significant barriers to smartphone adoption in Africa. The average cost of an entry level...
Digital Currency Group (DCG), a global enterprise that builds, buys, and invests in blockchain companies, today announced the acquisition of Luno, a...
MTN has launched a new pan-African API marketplace called Chenosis that will enable developers and businesses to discover and subscribe to what...
The sixth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards, celebrates technology and mobile applications from across Africa, showcasing the continents best innovations across 12 categories. The...
Facebook released findings from The Impact of Facebook’s Connectivity Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa , a study conducted by Analysys Mason that highlights...
Orange and NSIA, a leader of bancassurance have announced the launch of Orange Bank Africa in Abidjan and Côte d’Ivoire. Orange Bank...
TradeDepot, the B2B eCommerce platform for consumer goods in Africa, has raised a further $10 million in a pre-Series B equity round...
Komaza, a Kenyan based tech-enabled, sustainable forestry company, secured a first close of $28m of a planned $33m Series B equity financing....
The “Tracking Revolution Challenge”, which will see Disrupt Africa source startups from across the continent and give them the chance to pitch...
Plentywaka, the Nigerian solution-based innovation tech company, has launched Logistics By Plentywaka (LBP), an expansion to the company’s bus transportation network in...
On May 25th, during Africa International Day, the African civil society and its diaspora are mobilizing to fight against the economic and...
The health and economic consequences of COVID-19 have highlighted the critical need to support vulnerable populations, many of whom are disproportionately impacted...