Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship Startup Women

Four Women-led North African Startups Selected For Womentum Accelerator

Four women-led North African startups from Egypt and Tunisia have been selected for the Womentum AcceleratorAccelerator. 3 Startups from Egypt

54gene
Entrepreneurship Funding Health Investment Technology Venture Capital

Nigeria’s 54gene Secures $4.5 million to Establish World’s First African DNA Biobank

54gene, a Nigerian Genomic startup, has secured a $4.5 million from YCombinator, Fifty Years, Better Ventures, KdT Ventures, Hack VC

afriQloud
Africa Business Internet Startup Technology

afriQloud Launches in Uganda With The Aim of Keeping African Tech Industry Data on The Continent

Pan-African connectivity provider, BringCom, in partnership with science and technology investor, Imprimatur Capital, and European edge cloud software company, GIG

Google’s Educator Grant
Edtech Social Entrepreneurship Technology

Two Nigerian EdTech Startups Awarded Google’s Educator Grant

Two Nigerian EdTech startups have been named among the organizations that will receive Google’s Educator Grant. The startups are Young

Huawei ICT Competition
Africa Events Technology

ABU Students Shine at Finals of Huawei ICT Competition

Six students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria that represented Africa and Nigeria at the finals of the 2019 Huawei ICT

Startup
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Innovation Social Entrepreneurship Tech Tips

Nestlé Debuts R&D Innovation Challenge to Accelerate African Tech Startups

Nestlé has kicked off a Research and Development (R&D) innovation challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa as part of the company’s efforts

XPay
Africa Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egypt Fintech Startup XPay Secures $250k in Pre-seed Funding Round

XPay, a Cairo-based fintech startup has raised $250,000 in pre-seed funding from undisclosed angel investors. XPay which is part of Startupbootcamp Fintech

Microsoft
Africa

Microsoft Unveils First Africa Development Center in Kenya and Nigeria

Microsoft, the global tech giant has said that it will spend more than $100 million to establish development centers in

NG_Hub FbStart
Accelerator Entrepreneurship Startup

NG_Hub FbStart Accelerator Program 1.0 Concludes, 15 Startups Graduate  

NG_Hub FbStart Accelerator Program powered by a partnership between Co-creation Hub and Facebook has been concluded with 15 Nigerian startups

Kickstart Program
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Innovation Startup

Apply For the 2019 Kickstart Program in Zurich Switzerland

The application phase for the fourth Kickstart Program in Zurich has started today. Kickstart fosters innovation through partnerships between successful