Taimba
Africa AgricTech Agro-tech Business Entrepreneurship Funding Investment

Kenyan B2B Agri-Tech Startup Taimba Gets $100K in Funding from Gray Matters Capital’s coLABS

US-based impact investor Gray Matters Capital has today announced that it has funded Taimba, a Nairobi based B2B Agri-Tech start-up

Sokowatch
Africa Business Ecommerce Entrepreneurship Funding Investment

Sokowatch, a Kenyan B2B eCommerce Startup Expands to Rwanda And Uganda

Sokowatch, a Kenya B2B eCommerce startup providing informal retail shops across Africa has expanded to Rwanda and Uganda after securing

Germany Africa Business Forum
Africa Business Energy Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Germany Africa Business Forum Sets up Fund to Invest in German-African Energy Startups

The Germany Africa Business Forum (GABF) announced it has launched a multi-million Euro funding commitment to investing in German energy

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

EZ Farming
Accelerator AgricTech Venture Capital

Nigeria’s AgricTech Startup EZ Farming Selected For 500 Startups Accelerator Program

EZ Farming, a Nigerian agrictech startup has been selected for the 25th batch of the 500 Startups Accelerator program which

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

VertoFX
Africa Business Fintech Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s VertoFX Secures $2M Seed Round to Make Currency Trading Seamless in Africa

VertoFX, an Africa and emerging markets-focused currency trading and payment startup has secured a $2.1 million investment led by Accelerated

SteamaCo
Africa Energy Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Social Entrepreneurship

Steamaco Completes $5m Series B Financing to Scale its Electricity Services to Underserved People in Africa and Asia

SteamaCo, a UK-based technology supplier to utilities in Africa and Asia has secured $5m Series B equity financing. This latest

Khalifa Fund
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Government Innovation SMEs Social Entrepreneurship Venture Capital

UAE’s Khalifa Fund Signs $100m Deal to Support Ethiopian Innovation & Entrepreneurs

Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED) has signed a partnership deal with the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance aimed at providing

Cryptyd
Africa Developer Entrepreneurship Funding Game Investment Technology Venture Capital

Egyptian Mobile Game Devt. Startup Cryptyd Secures Pre-Series A Funding Round

Cryptyd, a  mobile game development startup based in Alexandria, Egypt has raised an undisclosed pre-Series A funding round from Cairo