Ugandan startup SafeBoda, which operates an Uber-style app for motorcycle taxis with added safety features, has raised GBP160,000 (US$227,000) in…
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Kenya’s Chase Bank has secured a KES5 billion (US$49 million) lending facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to spur…
Fifteen African entrepreneurs have been offered the chance to go on a 10-day Startup Safari to India, in order to…
Global oil and gas company Total has named 99 “Startuppers of the Year” from 33 African countries, with the winning…
Tanzanian ICT sector development project TANZICT has launched an innovation fund, allowing local startups to apply for up to TZS20…
The GroTech venture capital (VC) fund has raised ZAR62 million (US$4 million) for investments in disruptive South African tech startups…
Nigerian discount online shopping platform DealDey has been acquired by Ringier Africa Deals Group, a newly formed joint venture between…
The City of Cape Town has partnered entrepreneurship training organisation Seed Academy to launch the #YouthStartCT Entrepreneurial Challenge, an accelerator…
South African digital content startup Eduze has secured investment from TED in order to rollout its Wi-Fi-based technology CLOX, which…
Sixteen private equity funds in East Africa transacted deals to the total value of US$152 million in 2015, according to…