SIP
Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship Startup

Apply: Social Innovators Programme (SIP) 2020/21 Fellowship

LEAP Africa in partnership with Union Bank has announced the call for applications for the 2020/ 2021 cohort of the Social Innovators Programme

54gene
Funding Health

54gene Fund to Increase Coronavirus Testing Hits $500,000

54gene, an African genomic startup; recently announced that it has launched a fund to boost coronavirus testing capacity of Nigeria

Social Innovators Program
Accelerator Social Entrepreneurship Tech Tips

Meet 20 Entrepreneurs Selected For Leap Africa’s 2019/2020 Social Innovators Program

Leap Africa in collaboration with Union Bank of Nigeria, has unveiled the 20 startups selected for the 2019/20 Social Innovators

Social Innovators Program
Events Social Entrepreneurship Startup

HelpMum, Ecobarter & Edupoint Shine at Leap Africa’s Social Innovators Program

HelpMum, Ecobarter, and Edupoint have all been rewarded with N1 million each at the just concluded Social Innovators Program which

Amethis
Funding

EIB Global Invests €25m in Amethis Fund III to Promote Sustainable Growth of African Businesses

The European Investment Bank’s EIB Global arm has invested €25 million in Amethis Fund III, a pan-African fund providing private equity growth

Flutterwave
Partnership Payment

Microsoft Collaborate With Flutterwave to Power Payment Innovation in Africa

Microsoft has announced a five-year strategic technology partnership with Flutterwave. Through the new collaboration, Flutterwave will build its next-generation platform

Fawry
Fintech Payment

Orange Egypt Partners With Fawry to Enhance Digital Payment Services

Orange Egypt has signed a partnership agreement with Fawry, the provider of e-payments and digital finance solutions in Egypt, to

Kwara
News

Kenyan Fintech Startup, Kwara Bags $3m Seed Extension

Kwara, a Kenyan fintech digitising credit unions, has secured a $3 million seed extension. The latest funding round had the

Startupbootcamp
Startup

Startupbootcamp AfriTech Launches Application For Cohort 3 of the Africa Startup Initiative (ASIP) Accelerator Program

Startupbootcamp AfriTech, an African tech Accelerator, is inviting applications for the most disruptive African tech startups from critical industry verticals to

African Women Impact Fund
Funding Investment

African Women Impact Fund Launches With $60m Commitment to Drive an Inclusive Investment Environment

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Standard Bank Group, with the support of the Arab Bank for Economic Development