Nigerian online savings and investment platform Piggybank has rebranded to PiggyVest as it takes on a much broader form, and…
Month: February 2019
African startups have been invited to apply for the Inclusive Fintech 50 competition, a global initiative aimed at recognising and…
Nigerian startup Spleet, which operates a monthly home rental subscription platform, is in the process of raising a funding round…
Nigeria’s Co-creation Hub (CcHub) today launched the CcHub Design Lab in Kigali, Rwanda, providing a space for product designers, engineers,…
South African artificial intelligence (AI) startup Xineoh has concluded a second round of equity funding worth US$1.5 million as it…
The inaugural Africa Startup Summit kicks off in Kigali, Rwanda, today, with over 400 attendees expected at the two-day event…
Founded in 2006, the US-based impact investor Gray Matters Capital (GMC) has backed a host of scalable ventures generating social…
South African insurtech startup Ctrl has raised funding from insurance company Santam as it prepares to launch its app publicly.…
Eleven startups from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda have been named finalists in the Sankalp Awards, earning the chance to…
After years in the doldrums, the Zimbabwean agricultural sector is on the rebound, and local startup Zagric plans to be…