Entrepreneurs, especially those based in Africa and in the fintech space, are at the centre of a process of change…
Month: June 2015
Ghanaian startup Farmerline and Rwanda’s Atikus Insurance have been named the winners of Village Capital’s FinTech for Agriculture accelerator programme…
Nigerian e-commerce startup Waracake has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from former Jumia and Konga executive Onyeka Akumah, while…
The first Silicon Mountain Conference took place in Buea, Cameroon over the weekend, bringing together various stakeholders in the country’s…
South African business social networking platform OpenTenders has launched a Small Business Toolkit, offering comprehensive advice on starting and running…
East African accelerator SPRING has announced the 18 participants in its inaugural programme in the region, selecting promising entrepreneurs with…
African Leadership Network (ALN) Ventures is calling for applications from individuals that wish to sit on the board of one…
In the third installment of his four-part series for Disrupt Africa (read parts one and two here), Sw7 co-founder Keith…
Zimbabwe-based hotel booking platform Africabookings has raised US$25,000 in seed funding from the United States (US) Travel Startups Incubator in…
African technology training programme Andela has announced it has closed a Series A funding round led by Spark Capital in…