Thrive Agric
AgricTech Awards

Nigeria’s Thrive Agric Named Global Winner of the Visa Everywhere Initiative 2022

Thrive Agric, a fintech providing smallholder farmers access to finance, insights and distribution, has been named the 2022 winner of

Partnership

SecondSTAX Partners With African Stock Exchanges to Enable Easier Access to Capital Markets

SecondSTAX, a technology company that is building solutions to enhance intra-Africa capital and investment flows, launched the SecondSTAX Portal – a technology-driven

Pitch AgriHack
AgricTech Competition

Meet Pitch AgriHack 2022 Announces Winners

African agritech innovators from all four corners of the continent claimed victory in the 8th edition of Pitch AgriHack. The 2022

GoGettaz
AgricTech

APPLY: GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition 2022

The application for the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition 2022 has opened. The programme aims to support agritech startups who are

SIM
Government

Nigeria’s Government Drops The Big Hammer on Unregistered Sim Cards

After several deadline postponements, the Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered telecommunications companies in the country to block all outgoing

Shamba Pride
AgricTech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Kenya’s Shamba Pride Bags $1.1m From Seedstars Africa Ventures and Gray Matters Capital

Shamba Pride, a Kenyan agritech startup, has raised a $1.1 million funding round led by Seedstars Africa Ventures and Gray Matters Capital‘s

Tony Elumelu Foundation
Entrepreneurship Funding News

5000 African SMEs Join Tony Elumelu Foundation 2021 Entrepreneurship Programme

Each Tony Elumelu Foundation entrepreneur receives non-refundable US$5,000; 68% of beneficiaries are women entrepreneurs The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has

AgricTech

Apply: UN Capital Development Fund Agritech Challenge 2021

The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), in partnership with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog (Govt. of India); Bill & Melinda

Pangea
Startup

Apply: Pangea Blue Economy Accelerator For Ocean-based Startups in Kenya

Pangea has unveiled Kenya’s first-ever Blue Economy accelerator program. It is aimed at advancing a sustainable blue economy ecosystem in

Tony Elumelu Foundation
Entrepreneurship

The Tony Elumelu Foundation and DEG Partner to Empower 200 Additional Entrepreneurs Across Africa

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, has partnered with