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Kenya’s MumsVillage and Sierra Leone’s Mosabi make it to Gray Matters Capital’s GMC Calibrator

Gray Matters Capital, a US-based impact investor focused on the funding for-profit social enterprises in markets of Africa, India, Latin

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Nigeria Travel Awards: Jumia Announces Nominees, Commences Public Online Voting

The online travel agency also disclosed that online voting for the awards has opened and will close on Wednesday, March

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Publiseer Wins The Startup World Cup Nigeria Regional Competition

Publiseer has emerged as the regional champion of the Startup World Cup Nigeria Regional Competition held in Lagos, Nigeria. Publiseer will join

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Kenya’s Shortlist Closes $2mn Series A Funding Led by Blue Haven Ventures

The Kenyan online platform, Shortlist, has closed its Series A funding round raising US$2mn. The funding round for the platform,

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Here Are The 10 Startups Pitching at Startup World Cup 2019 Regional Final

The Startup World Cup, a global startup pitch competition which is held by Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Fenox VC, with

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Nigerian Logistics Startup, Kobo360 Expands to Togo

Nigerian logistics startup, Kobo360, which raised $6m from the International Finance Corporation in December last year, has expanded its operations

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Publiseer Expands to South Africa, The Country It Borrowed Its Name From

Publiseer has announced its third expansion outside its home country Nigeria. This time, the digital publisher expands to South Africa,

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Kenya’s Twiga Foods Secures $10 Million Investment From The IFC & TLcom

Twiga Foods has announced a $10 million investment led by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global

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Google and Telkom Get Regulatory Approval to Launch Internet Powered Balloons

Google and Telkom have secured regulatory approval from the Communications Authority (CA) to launch internet powered balloons called Loon. The

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Kenya’s iHub is Africa’s First Tokenised Tech Accelerator

Kenyan hub and tech accelerator, iHub has announced plans to digitise all of its company assets using blockchain technology. iHub made the