SureSwipe
Acquisition Africa Fintech Payment Technology

South African Fintech Startup, Sureswipe Acquired For Undisclosed Amount

Sureswipe, a South African payments company has been acquired by a group of investors for an undisclosed amount. The investors

Seedstars World
Africa Entrepreneurship Events Funding Innovation Startup Venture Capital

Applications Are Now Open For Seedstars World Competition

Seedstars World, the largest early-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is coming back to the continent

Trep Labs
Accelerator Entrepreneurship Health Innovation Innovation Hub

Trep Labs Wins N10m at Heritage Bank Accelerator Program

Trep Labs, a healthtech startup focused on developing technology to address health-related problems, has emerged winner of the first edition

Heritage Bank Lab
Accelerator Africa Innovation Innovation Hub Technology

Meet the Startups That Are Pitching at Heritage Bank Lab Demo Day Today

Seven tech startups currently incubating at the Heritage Bank Lab will present their innovative solutions to a panel of judges,

Bamboo Capital Partners
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Technology Venture Capital

Bamboo Capital Partners & Smart Africa Join Forces For Blended Finance Technology Impact Fund

Bamboo Capital Partners, the impact investing platform, has signed a partnership with Smart Africa to support BLOC, the first-of-its-kind blended

Huawei
Business Government Smartphones

Huawei May Debut its Own OS “HongMeng” This Year

Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant has disclosed that it could roll out its own Operating System for smartphones and laptops

Lions Innovation Tour
Africa Entrepreneurship Event Innovation Startup Technology

DEMO Africa Winners Are Set to Storm Silicon Valley For Lions Innovation Tour

Five African startups have been selected from Nigeria; Morocco, Ghana, Tunisia and Egypt for the 2019 Lions Innovation Tour of

Eghosa Omoigui
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Interview Venture Capital

Nigerian Startups Lost $10m ICT Funds to Corruption Says EchoVC Partners Founder

Eghosa Omoigui is the Founder and Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners, an early-stage and growth-stage technology venture capital firm

NG_Hub
Digital Technology

Facebook Celebrates One Year of NG_Hub

NG_Hub is celebrating exactly a year to the day since it launched in Lagos, and Facebook further cemented its ambitions

Women
Africa Digital Entrepreneurship Event Funding Innovation Technology

Five Women-Focused Startups Emerge Winners in AFD Digital Challenge

Five women-focused startups that support and develop digital innovations to benefit African women have emerged winners in the third AFD