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

MechDirect
Accelerator Africa Business Entrepreneurship Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

Nigeria’s On-demand Auto Repair Service, MechDirect Accepted into Newchip Accelerator Pre-Seed Cohort

MechDirect, a Nigerian on-demand auto repair service has been accepted into the Newchip Accelerator Pre-Seed cohort for July 2019. MechDirect

Farmcrowdy
Africa AgricTech Agro-tech Business Entrepreneurship SMEs

Farmcrowdy is Now a Bigger Agritech Firm as it Merges Farmgate Africa and Agricsquare As Farmcrowdy

Farmcrowdy, a Nigerian agrictech firm, and its sister companies, Farmgate Africa & Agricsquare will now be one company, birthing a

Reckitt Benckiser
Africa Competition Entrepreneurship Funding Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

Application Opens For Reckitt Benckiser Global Challenge

Reckitt Benckiser, a British multinational consumer goods company, has launched the 2019 edition of its Global Challenge tagged entrepreneurs with

Inclusive Innovation Challenge
Africa Entrepreneurship Innovation SMEs Social Entrepreneurship Startup

Meet 12 African Regional Finalists For MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge

MIT in partnership with Liquid Telecom has announced 12 African startups that will contest the regional finals of the Inclusive

interswitch
Africa Business Fintech Payment

Interswitch Plans to List its Shares in Lagos & London As it Hires JPMorgan for IPO

Interswitch, a Nigeria-based payments firm, has hired advisers to revive plans for a stock-market listing in London and Lagos later

Khalifa Fund
Africa Entrepreneurship Government Innovation Innovation Hub SMEs Social Entrepreneurship

Khalifa Fund Establishes Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre in Senegal

Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, KFED, will establish Mohamed bin Zayed Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Dakar, Senegal, aimed

GreenHouse Lab
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship SMEs Social Entrepreneurship Startup Technology

African Female-led Startups Can Now Apply For GreenHouse Lab Accelerator Program

Early-stage female-led African tech startups have been invited to apply for the GreenHouse Lab Accelerator. The three-month accelerator program is

PepsiCo
Acquisition Africa Business

PepsiCo Targets African Growth With Offer To Acquire SA’s Pioneer Foods For $1.7B

PepsiCo today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Pioneer Foods Group

Carbon
Africa Fintech Guest Post Payment People SMEs

Chijioke Dozie of Carbon: Exploring Africa’s Fintech Success Story

Chijioke Dozie is the CEO and co-founder, Carbon. Here, Dozie takes a look into the dynamic African fintech landscape, as well as