Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship

Nigeria’s ThinkBikes, 4 Other African Startups Win Innovation Award For E-mobility Solutions Powered by Siemens Stiftung

ThinkBikes, a Nigerian e-bike sharing service, and four other African social enterprises in the field of electric mobility, have been

M-KOPA
Appointment Business People

M-KOPA Expands to Nigeria, Appoints Ex-Safeboda Boss Babajide Duroshola as New Country General Manager

M-KOPA, the leading connected asset financing platform, has officially expanded to Nigeria. To lead the Nigeria team, M-KOPA has named

People Ride-hailing

Babajide Duroshola Quits As Safeboda Nigeria Country Manager

Babajide Duroshola, the pioneer CEO of Safeboda Nigeria, a motorcycle ride-hailing startup based in Ibadan, has stepped down. Duroshola who

Kune Food
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Kune, a Kenyan Foodtech Startup Secures $1m Funding Led by Launch Africa Ventures

Kune, a Kenyan foodtech startup, has closed a $1 million pre-seed round led by pan-African venture capital firm Launch Africa Ventures. Other

Ecobodaa
CleanTech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Ecobodaa, E-mobility Pioneer in Kenya Secures Undisclosed Funding From Persistent Energy

Ecobodaa, a pioneer e-mobility startup, leading the revolution of the electric motorbike taxi (bodaboda) in Kenya has raised undisclosed funding

Ampersand
Funding Investment Renewable Energy Venture Capital

Ampersand Secures $3.5m in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Largest Ever Private Investment In Electric Mobility

Ampersand Rwanda Ltd, Africa’s first electric motorcycle company, has just secured a $3.5 million investment from the Ecosystem Integrity Fund

Tugende
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Tugende Secures $3.6M Investment to Help Meet Intense Demand For Productive Asset Finance

Tugende, a technology-enabled asset finance company, in East Africa has closed $3.6M in additional equity financing.  The round was led

Cars45
Automobile Partnership

Cars45 And Asharami Synergy Partner To Increase Transparency And Customer Satisfaction In Auto Industry

Cars45, Nigeria’s leading tech-enabled automotive trading platform, and Asharami Synergy, a Sahara Group Downstream Company have announced a partnership to

AFD
Digital Entrepreneurship Startup

Meet 10 Winning African Startups Selected For AFD Digital Challenge

AFD has selected 10 innovative African startups building creative solutions to challenges linked to development for its AFD Digital Challenge.

Fintech
Africa Awards Fintech Startup

Meet 15 Africa-focused Startups Named Among Winners of Inclusive Fintech 50 Award For 2020

15 Africa-focused startups have been named among the winners of the Inclusive Fintech 50 Award for 2020. The awards recognises