Health

CarePoint Closes $10m Investment to Make Healthcare Accessible to More Africans

CarePoint, a Pan-African healthtech startup, has secured a $10 million bridge funding to facilitate its efforts to make healthcare accessible

Rocket Health
Health

Uganda’s Rocket Health Raises a $5m Series A Round To Accelerate Expansion In East Africa

Rocket Health, a Ugandan telemedicine and last-mile healthcare provider, has announced the close of a $5 million Series A funding

Africa Health Holdings
Health Investment Startup Venture Capital

Africa Health Holdings Closes $18m Series A Funding to Expand Telemedicine Services into Nigeria and Kenya

Africa Health Holdings, an African healthcare startup, has raised $18 million in a Series A round to expand its telemedicine

LifeQ
Funding Health Investment Venture Capital

SA’s E-health Company LifeQ Secures $47m Investment

LifeQ, the South African e-health company, has announced it has secured $47 million from top investors around the world. LifeQ co-founders Laurence Olivier,

PalmPay
Fintech Investment Payment

Mobile Phone Maker, Transsion Holdings Enters Nigeria’s Fintech Space, Leads $40m Investment in PalmPay

China’s Transsion Holdings, the makers of Tecno, Itel and Infinix smartphones, has entered the Nigerian fintech space after leading a

Land Accelerator
Accelerator Africa Startup

14 African Startups Selected For Second Cohort of Land Accelerator Program

The Land Accelerator is a highly selective training program and curated network for entrepreneurs who restore degraded forests and farmland. The second cohort

PitchDrive II
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Events Technology

Meet 10 African Startups Selected for Pitch Drive II Tour of Asia

Co-creation Hub (CcHUB) in partnership with Google for Startups has announced the 10 African startups selected for PitchDrive II, a

Platform Capital
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Platform Capital Celebrates MaC Venture’s Fund Close at $110 Million

Platform Capital, an early investor in the fund on Sunday 4th April 2021 in Los Angeles, hosted an exclusive celebratory

LifeBank
Awards Health

LifeBank Founder Temie Giwa-Tubosun Wins 2020 Global Citizen Prize for Business Leader

Temie Giwa-Tubosun, the founder of LifeBank has been named the winner of the 2020 Global Citizen Prize for Business Leader. Giwa-Tubosun

Tony Elumelu
Entrepreneurship Leadership People

Tony Elumelu Named in “Time 100” List of 100 Most Influential People in The World 2020

TIME has named Tony O. Elumelu, one of Africa’s leading investors and philanthropists, in the 2020 TIME100, the annual list of the