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Meet the Nine African Selected For the Catapult: Inclusion Africa

The LHoFT Foundation has announced 14 startups that will take part in the Catapult: Inclusion Africa. Among the 14 startups

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SA Fintech Startup, JUMO Secures $52M Investment Led by Goldman

South Africa-based financial technology firm JUMO plans to expand in high-growth Asian markets after securing $52M investment from led by

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Meet the Startups Repping Africa at the 2018 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge

The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy has announced the four regional winners for their 2018 global economic prize, the MIT

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Nigeria’s RecyclePoints Gets $30k at the 2018 Zambezi Prize for Innovation as SA’s Wala Wins Grand Prize

Nigeria’s RecyclePoints has won $30k at the 2018 Zambezi Prize for innovation in financial inclusion while South Africa’s Wala was

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Apply For the Visa Cashless Lagos Hackathon Taking Place in September

As part of its efforts to educate and enable Nigerians to reduce their reliance on cash, Visa, the global leader

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Lagos Startup Week Set to Hold in September

Lagos Startup Week, the annual week-long celebration of startups in Lagos, now in its fourth year, will take place from

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Paylater App Has reached 1 Million Downloads

In Nigeria, a country of nearly 200 million people, 61% of the adult population is un- or underbanked. Fintech companies

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Kenya’s Sokowatch Raises $2 Million Seed Funding Led by 4DX Ventures

Sokowatch, the Kenyan B2B e-commerce startup has raised $2 million seed funding led by 4DX Ventures. Others to join the round were

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Kenyan Agro-tech Startup, Apollo Agriculture Raises $500,000 From Dutch Bank

Apollo Agriculture, an Agro-tech startup based in Kenya has raised US$500,000 in funding from Dutch Development Bank FMO and the

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Three Nigerian Startups Among Ten Selected to Participate in Startupbootcamp AfriTech

Three Nigerian startups Bankly Technologies, CredPal and  Kudimoney Bank are among the 10 startups that will participate in Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech. The Nigerian startups