Startups
In nearly a decade, hundreds of entrepreneurs have emerged with innovative startups across the African continent. We provide insights on their experiences and highlight the activities of investors who fund them.
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Ingressive Capital wants to invest betwee $50,000 to $100,000 in early stage African startups,
A quick guide to focusing on the right business metrics that truly matter to building a long-lasting startup
Union Bank launches ‘Tech Ventures’ to support tech businesses at various stages of their life cycle
Union Bank has launched Tech Ventures, an initiative designed to support emerging technology companies and help them nurture their ideas to fruition
The remarkable backstory of the founding of Pitch Storm 2019 winner, Estate Intel which metamorphosed from a mere blog into a bona fide technology company that provides data-driven insights for commercial real estate.
With its stainless steel, clean cooking, IoT-enabled stoves, PowerStove has an ambition to rid Nigeria of the old, traditional ways of cooking
Making More Health (MMH) is calling on late-stage health tech companies to apply for its accelerator program.
Natterbase has found an interesting way to properly organise developers from anywhere in the world, link them to clients and even track their projects progress seamlessly
Facebook says it is launching a new incubation programme, in partnership with its Nigerian satellite hubs to help local startups and budding entrepreneurs realise their business goals.
Utilising proprietary solar water pump inverters, Spunvertek provides surface water alternative for irrigation farming, public and community water supply, as well livestock water needs.
The funding round is led by Generation Investment Management, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s investment firm.
Nigeria and India accounted for over one-third of all maternal deaths worldwide in 2015. Here is how HelpMum is working to improve the situation using low-cost innovations and the power of mobile technology
Read how OniriQ is using innovative ‘solar and digital home systems’ to create employment and reduce the carbon footprint in Senegal
Keiwa is an application that allows traders in the informal sector of Cote d’ Ivoire to manage their accounting independently
Barely eight months into the game, HubbonNG is already making considerable headway in streamlining Nigeria’s highly segmented and disjointed logistics industry
iROKOtv founder Jason Njoku recently tweeted about his experience with running a venture-backed startup. His experience begs the question of whether African startups should keep chasing venture funding or not.
Following a move to Binance as director of Binance Labs, Yele Bademosi tells Techpoint that Microtraction is still on track
mPharma, a Ghanaian-based startup that streamlines last-mile delivery of prescription drugs in under-served markets, recently raised $9.7m in Series B funding.
Nigerian start-ups using technology to solve local issues, can apply to participate in the United Kingdom’s Go Global 2019 programme.
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has opened applications for the 2019 edition of its MEST Africa Challenge, where the top startup will win $50,000 in equity investment