Egyptian on-demand laundry app Makwa has raised a six-figure US dollar funding round to help it grow its team, upgrade…
Author: Tom Jackson
Ghanaian startup Nokwary has been named overall winner of this year’s Ecobank Fintech Challenge, securing US$10,000 in prize money. The…
Startup support organisation enpact has launched the Empowering Entrepreneurship Initiative, which will initially focus on helping hundreds of startups from…
The Rwandan government has become the latest on the continent to start working on implementing a Startup Act, which it…
South African startup TradeSafe, an online escrow platform that safeguards the buyer’s funds in trust in a transaction involving two…
South African e-commerce startup Luntu has launched its platform, enabling conscious consumers to purchase goods that align to their values…
Twenty-three innovators and tech firms have been awarded a share of NGN100 million (US$260,000) in grant funding by the Lagos…
South African startup DataProphet, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help manufacturers autonomous their operations, has raised a US$6 million…
Egyptian fintech startup Thndr, a participant in the most recent Y Combinator accelerator, is gearing up for its formal launch…
Kenyan fintech startup myNGOVO has launched a personal finance app that empowers employers to offer salary advances as an employee…