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EdTech Startup Kukua Gets $2.5m Investment Led by EchoVC

EdTech startup Kukua has raised $2.5m in seed funding in a bid to solve child illiteracy. The company’s round was

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Video: Helping African Businesses Get Paid, Shola Akinlade of Paystack

Shola Akinlade is CEO and co-founder of Paystack. Paystack helps businesses in Africa get paid online and offline. They’re based in Lagos,

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GSMA Launches Innovation Fund For Rural Connectivity in Ghana & Uganda

The GSMA has launched a new Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity, aimed at expanding digital inclusion through innovative new technology

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African Startups Can Now Apply For the Global Digital Accelerator

Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE)  returns with the 3rd annual digital startup accelerator program to be hosted in 7 global regions. The

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L’Oréal Invest Undisclosed Amount into Partech Africa Fund

French cosmetics giant L’Oréal has made an undisclosed investment into Paris-based global venture capital firm Partech Africa fund. In a statement, L’Oréal executive vice-president for

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Microsoft joins forces with Lions@frica to empower African Startups at DEMO Africa

The engagement forms part of 4Afrika’s commitment to empowering local African technology start-ups, by providing them with access to venture

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Nigeria Fashion Luxury Brand, Fashpa Selected For Dream Assembly Programme Powered by Farfetch

Fashpa,  a Nigerian luxury brand for African fashion and design has been selected to take part in the Dream Assembly Programme

Africa Entrepreneurship Startup

Apply For the UNWTO Tourism Startup Competition 2018

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation is looking for disruptive startups that are changing the way people travel and experience

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Fintech Startup, Flutterwave Secures USSD Approval From CBN

Flutterwave has received approval from Nigeria’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to own and operate an Unstructured Supplementary

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There Will be Over 600m Mobile Subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2025 Says GSMA Mobile Report

More than half the population of Sub-Saharan Africa will be subscribed to a mobile service by 2025, according to the