Kenyan digital addressing startup OkHi and Nigerian multi-merchant rewards platform ThankUCash have been accepted into the Hong Kong-based Betatron accelerator,…
Author: Tom Jackson
Kenya is in the process of adopting startup-specific legislation for the first time after the gazetting of “The Startup Bill,…
Senegalese fintech startup PayDunya has established a presence in Ivory Coast and Benin, and plans to expand into Mali, Burkina…
The Tanzania Startup Association has launched, bringing into existence an umbrella organisation to help promote the interests of the local…
Eleven Kenyan agri-businesses tackling food security have been selected for the FoodTech Africa Accelerator programme, giving them access to training,…
South African startup Yellow, which enables low income, rural households in Malawi and Uganda to access electricity through solar home…
Kenyan startup OkHi, which has developed a digital addressing system for emerging markets, has a GBP1.4 million (US$1.78 million) funding…
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has invested a combined US$700,000 in seven tech startups formed by graduates from…
Nine East African startups have been selected to take part in the Africa Transformative Mobility Accelerator (ATMA), which provides mobility…
Egyptian fintech startup Kashier Payments has raised a seed round of funding to help it scale up its go-to-market strategy,…