Africa’s Business Heroes
Africa Business Funding Investment Transport Venture Capital

MAX.ng Raises $7m to Scale Moto-taxi Transportation in Africa

MAX.ng, the pioneering Nigerian mobility startup, announced today that it has raised $7 million from an elite group of strategic

Swvl
Africa Funding Venture Capital

Egyptian Bus Booking Startup, Swvl Raises $42 Million As it Prepares to Launch in Lagos

Swvl, an Egyptian app for booking buses, has raised $42 million as it prepares to debut in Lagos and finalise

MIT D-Lab
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Funding People SMEs Social Entrepreneurship

MIT D-Lab Awards Fellowship to Six East African Social Entrepreneurs

The MIT D-Lab Scale-Ups fellowship program, which offers one year of support to social entrepreneurs bringing poverty-alleviating products to market at scale, has announced

Pithc Ethiopia
Acquisition Africa Entrepreneurship Event SMEs Startup Venture Capital

Pitch Ethiopia: Lions@frica & Gebeya Partner to Showcase Ethiopian Startups

Lions@frica and Gebeya are joining forces to present the inaugural edition of Pitch Ethiopia on July 6, 2019, at the UN Economic Commission

Apollo Agriculture
Africa AgricTech Agro-tech SMEs Social Entrepreneurship

Apply For Village Capital Agriculture Africa 2019 Program

Different African governments have established numerous initiatives to support agriculture such as the Maputo Declaration, the adoption of Sustainable Development

Startupbootcamp AfriTech
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Startup

6 Nigerian Startups, 16 Others Shortlisted For Startupbootcamp AfriTech Selection Days

Startupbootcamp AfriTech has announced the names of the 22 tech startups selected to attend its final selection days which are

Inlaks
Africa Entrepreneurship Fintech Insurtech Startup

$12000 Up For Grabs in Inlaks TheHatch InsurTech Hackathon Challenge

In a bid to bring innovative solutions to the Fintech industry and pave the way for young technology entrepreneurs, leading

VC4A
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Investment SMEs Startup Venture Capital

Application Opens For VC4A Venture Showcase 2019

VC4A (Venture Capital For Africa) is looking for 10 innovative, high-growth scale-ups to showcase at Africa Early Stage Investor Summit on

Hello Tomorrow
Africa Events Startup Technology

African DeepTech Startups Invited to Apply For Hello Tomorrow Global Startup Challenge

African Deep Tech startups have been invited to apply for Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge is a worldwide renowned science &

Quantum Computing
Africa Innovation Technology

IBM Expands its Quantum Computing Program to 16 African Universities

IBM has announced the expansion of its quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the University of