For years, we’ve been told that entrepreneurs are key to South Africa’s economic growth and job creation, writes Philani Sangweni,…
Author: Tom Jackson
The founders of Kenya’s Apollo Agriculture and Nigeria’s 54gene have been accepted into the global Endeavor network, gaining access to…
Twenty finalists have been named for the tenth edition of the Anzisha Prize, which rewards young African entrepreneurs with a…
Nigerian startup GatePass started life as a visitor management solution for residential communities, but has since widened its scope to…
The Uganda-based 97Fund, a US$1 million COVID-19 Relief Fund launched to invest in solutions targeting and addressing challenges caused by…
South African fintech startup Lulalend has launched a new payments platform designed to radically improve the speed and ease with…
Two African agri-tech startups have won US$50,000 each after being named winners of this year’s GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize. The second…
Egyptian virtual assistant startup Elves has raised US$2 million in funding this year, taking the size of its pre-Series A…
Slack’s Stewart Butterfield, Box’s Aaron Levie and Craig Newmark of Craigslist have provided donations to the Nairobi-based Impact Africa Network…
Ethiopian ed-tech and job placement startup Gebeya has signed a US$500,000 advisory services agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC)…