Investments
Africa Investment Newsletter

Last Week in Review (20th-26th): It Rained Investments in African Startups

Last week was a wonderful week for African startups as it rained dollars and equity investments from investors, fund managers

Africa Entrepreneurship Event

Meet 11 African Startups Pitching at Africa Startup Summit Next Month

The Africa Startup Summit is holding in Kigali, Rwanda in February (4-6) and 11 innovative African Startups have been selected

Seedstars
Africa AgricTech Entrepreneurship

Nigeria’s Crop2Cash, 9 Others Make Final of the Seedstars World Competition

Crop2Cash, a Nigerian agritech startup alongside 9 others from across Africa, have been selected for the global finals of Seedstars

Impulse Morocco Accelerator Program
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship

Four Nigerian Startups Selected For Impulse Morocco Accelerator Program

Impulse Morocco Accelerator Program, an international startup competition has announced four Nigerian startups that will participate in an intensive, 12

Migo
Fintech Investment Loans

Nigeria Cloud Based Credit Startup, Migo Raises $20m Investment, Expands to Brazil

Migo formerly known as Mines.io has expanded to Brazil after raising $20 million Series B investment led by Valor Group

Acquisition Fintech Health

Interswitch Acquires 60% Stake in Healthtech Firm, eClat

Interswitch Limited, a fintech firm in Lagos has announced the acquisition of eClat Healthcare Limited. According to a press release,

Lidya
Africa Fintech

Nigerian Digital Loan Startup Lidya Expands to Europe

Nigerian digital loan startup Lidya has expanded to Poland and the Czech Republic. Having opened an office in New York,

Ogbonnaya Onu
Government People Technology

Agenda For Nigeria’s Returning Minister of Science & Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally sworn-in members of his cabinet after months of delay. Of particular interest to Techawk is

Team Top Hill
Entrepreneurship Innovation Hub Insurtech

Team Top Hill Emerges Winner at Inlaks TheHatch Insurtech Hackathon

Team Top Hill has emerged winner of the maiden Insurtech Hackathon themed “Shaping the Future of Insurance” following the launch

54gene
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Health Interview

We’re Planning to Collect 40,000 Data Samples by End of 2019-CEO 54gene

The African genome is the most genetically diverse in the world. However, until now, the global scientific community has largely