MyMedicines
Entrepreneurship Health Interview Startup

Meet Abimbola Adebakin, Founder of MyMedicines, a Controlled Marketplace For Genuine Drugs

Despite being at the top echelon of her career as the COO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Abimbola Adebakin exited

MyMedicines
Africa Entrepreneurship Health Innovation Startup Technology

Meet the Woman Behind My-Medicines.com

We are focused on performance improvement for small and medium-sized enterprises in the health sector. Currently, our flagship health tech venture

Jumo
Fintech Funding Investment Startup Technology Venture Capital

South Africa Fintech Startup, Jumo, Raises Another $12.5 million

In September, South Africa-based financial technology firm JUMO secured $52M investment from led by Goldman Sachs in an equity funding

Logistics
Business Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Startup Transport

World Bank’s IFC Invest  $6m in Nigeria’s Logistics Startup, Kobo360 

The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced a $6-million equity investment in Nigerian tech startup Kobo360. The startup’s

Africa

14 Nigerian Startups Selected For the Next 100 African Startup Initiative in Egypt

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank, has announced the winners of  The Next 100 African Startup Initiative that will

Tony Elumelu Foundation
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship Startup Technology

Applications For TEF Entrepreneurship Programme 2019 Opens Jan. 1

The Tony Elumelu Foundation has announced that it will begin accepting applications for the fifth cycle of its entrepreneurship programme

Accelerator Fintech Funding

Apply For the Labs by ARM If You Have an Innovative Product Around FinTech

Labs by ARM is a 12-week intensive corporate accelerator designed to help idea and growth stage fintech companies commercialize and

Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Innovation Startup Technology

North Africa Startups Are Invited to Apply For the Misk 500 MENA Accelerator Program

US-based venture capital (VC) firm 500 Startups has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Misk Innovation to launch an early-stage accelerator programme

Agro-tech Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Startup

Ghana’s CowTribe Raises $300k From Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Ghanaian agritech startup CowTribe has secured a $300 000 investment from the US-based Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. In addition to the funding,

Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Social Entrepreneurship Startup Venture Capital

Nairobi’s Novastar Ventures Expands to Nigeria After Raising $72.5M 

Nairobi-based VC Fund Manager Novastar Ventures has raised $72.5 million for its second fund, with a target size of $120