MVX
Partnership

MVX Partners PayHippo to Provide Trade Finance to SMEs in Nigeria

MVX, the Nigerian digital freight booking and trade finance technology startup, has partnered with a leading SME lending platform, PayHippo, to

Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship Startup

Women-led Kenyan Design House Wins Fashionomics Africa Sustainable Design Competition

The African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative has named a women-led Kenya shoe design house as the winner of its

CleanTech Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Clean Energy Startup, Havenhill Raises $4.6M From NIDF For Mini-grid Roll out Across Nigeria

Havenhill Synergy Limited under the Nigeria Electrification Project has raised $4.5 million from Chapel Hill Denham Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund

EchoVC
Renewable Energy

Kenyan-based SunCulture Secures $11m Debt Facility to Expand Solar Irrigation Across SSA

SunCulture, a solar irrigation company based in Nairobi has secured an $11 million debt facility from SunFunder, a fund manager

AWIEF
Entrepreneurship Event Women

Winners of the 2020 AWIEF Awards Announced

The 6th edition of the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) conference and awards held on December 2 and 3,

AfCFTA
Africa SMEs

Apply: AfCFTA Vision Challenge For African SMEs

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Secretariat, the Sankoree Institute of AfroChampions, and the AU Open Corridors Initiative invite

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Appointment Trade

This is Why There is a Delay in Confirmation of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as WTO DG

Nigerians were happy when news broke that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, ex-minister of finance, has been elected World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Digital Nigeria
Digital Government Technology

Federal Government Launches Digital Nigeria Portal, Mobile App

The Federal Government through the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has launched the

AgriPitch Competition
Africa AgricTech Competition Social Entrepreneurship

Apply: African Development Bank – AgriPitch Competition

The African Development Bank’s Youth Agripreneur AgriPitch Competition and DealRoom connect expansion-ready, youth-led African businesses with global investors (debt, equity and/or grant).

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