Nigeria is an immature market for internet startups, but tough choices made today will yield amazing results in years to…
Month: December 2015
The impact investing industry in West Africa is comparatively small, but growing, totalling US$6.8 billion over the past decade, according…
Impact-focused equity crowdfunding portal Malaik has launched in Africa, bidding to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on the continent…
Nigerian startup 1Plify, a global admissions portal allowing students to connect directly with learning institutions around the world, has been…
Africa’s digital natives and millennials have caught the entrepreneurship bug and are using their creative abilities and leveraging mobile web…
Africa has a huge infrastructure shortfall, with the World Bank estimating the continent will need to invest US$93 billion each…
Ghanaian payments technology startup expressPay has been named a winner of the Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) initiative of the Bill…
Need to recharge your batteries and refresh your creativity with a post-holidays startup retreat? Well, the Blue House – located…
Kenyan pay-as-you-go solar energy startup M-KOPA Solar has raised a US$19 million funding round, to be used to expand the…
Naspers and Tencent-owned mobile messaging and communication company WeChat Africa has announced the launch of a ZAR50 million (US$3.5 million)…