Nigerian startup Kwik Delivery, an on-demand, last-mile delivery platform that connects businesses to independent delivery riders dubbed Kwiksters, has closed…
Author: Tom Jackson
The biggest challenges being faced by tech hubs in South Africa are around funding security, under-staffing and a lack of…
Globally-renowned virtual accelerator HexGn has launched its flagship Startup Ready programme for African entrepreneurs in partnership with Lagos-based hubs Passion…
Rwandan startup Inuma Technology has built up a portfolio of solutions designed to bring the concept of the smart city…
The newly-launched ArifPay, Ethiopia’s first mobile point of sale (MPOS) system, has raised US$3.5 million in funding as it begins…
Egypt-based e-commerce platform zVendo raised a six-figure US dollar seed funding round to support its bid to become a local…
Applications have opened for a new accelerator programme premised on leveraging the law to help African tech startups scale. The…
Nigerian digital banking startup Kuda has announced a US$25 million Series A funding round in order to help it fund…
Nigerian bus-hailing startup Plentywaka has been accepted into the Techstars Toronto accelerator programme, securing US$120,000 in the process as it…
Born in Rwanda, a citizen of Switzerland and the United States, Pauline Koelbl’s background is in international development and catalysing…