Funding Investment

CDC to Boost Digital Infrastructure Across sub-Saharan Africa With Over $50m Investment

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, has announced commitments totalling US$50.9 million to expand digital

Zowasel
AgricTech Funding Investment

Zowasel Receives $100k Financing From Guinness and Promasidor

Zowasel, Africa’s frontline sustainable marketplace for crops, has received $100,000 USD investment from Guinness Nigeria Plc (a subsidiary of Diageo)

YouTube
Music

YouTube Music Announces Global Foundry Class of Artists With Bella Shmurda Joining The Program

YouTube Music today announced the 2021 cohort for Foundry, its global artist development program with a mission to support independent

CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa
Fintech

AWABAH, Crop2Cash and 12 Other Fintech Startups Joining CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa 2021

The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) Foundation has selected 14 Fintech startups to take part in the 2021 edition

LASG
Agro-tech Social Entrepreneurship

LASG to train 450 entrepreneurs in coconut’s waste-to-wealth initiative

The Lagos State Government (LASG) says it will train no fewer than 450 young entrepreneurs on the use of coconut

Seedstars
Entrepreneurship Partnership Women

Seedstars Partners With GIZ to Support Women-led Startups in Sub-Saharan Africa

Seedstars is partnering with the Swiss Association for Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets (SAFEEM) and GIZ  in achieving its objectives in

Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge
Africa Funding Innovation

Meet 6 Winners Selected for Johnson & Johnson Africa Innovation Challenge

Johnson & Johnson today announced the winners of the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2, at the 28th World

Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Health Investment Startup Technology Venture Capital

Apply for the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge 2018

The Hello Tomorrow Challenge is a global startup competition for promising early-stage projects & startups harnessing science & technology to

Africa Entrepreneurship Startup Technology

Alibaba, UNCTAD Partner To Train African Entrepreneurs

Alibaba Business School and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) have joined hands again to promote global youth entrepreneurship