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MMH is offering €50,000 to late-stage health tech startups

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Natterbase is building a single platform to harmonise Africa’s software developer needs

Programmers on the job

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One solar water pump at a time, Spunvertek is solving the water challenges in rural Nigeria

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Andela raises $100m in Series D round led by former US VP’s investment firm

Andela logo (Andela Uganda launch)

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How HelpMum is working to reduce maternal deaths in Nigeria

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Senegalese startup, OniriQ is building IoT devices in a way you’ve never seen before

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How Keiwa is including Cote d’Ivoire’s informal sector into the financial system

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HubbonNG wants to streamline Nigeria’s highly segmented and disjointed logistics industry

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How WellNewMe is working to reduce the incidence of premature deaths in Nigeria

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The sad reality of a venture-backed African startup

Startup funding

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“Microtraction will continue to thrive” — Yele Bademosi

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Ghanaian-based health logistics startup, mPharma just closed a $9.7m Series B round

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Nigerian startups can apply to join the UK’s Go Global 2019 programme

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Apply now for a shot at $50,000 in equity investment from MEST Africa Challenge 2019

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Why Terragon Group CEO, Elo Umeh waited 8 years before raising funding for his startup

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Nigerian startups can get up to $25,000 in the Baobab Network’s 2019 Accelerator

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Starting from Ghana, Codetrain is taking on Africa’s developer shortage problem square-on

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South African transportation data startup, WhereIsMyTransport raises $1.85m to expand globally

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Meet Aminata Fatmata Kandeh, a young lady using technology to standardise fish farming in Sierra Leone

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Nigerian online grocery startup, Gloo is shutting down eCommerce operations in what may be a pivot





















MMH is offering €50,000 to late-stage health tech startups

Making More Health (MMH) is calling on late-stage health tech companies to apply for its accelerator program.

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Natterbase is building a single platform to harmonise Africa’s software developer needs

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

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One solar water pump at a time, Spunvertek is solving the water challenges in rural Nigeria

Utilising proprietary solar water pump inverters, Spunvertek provides surface water alternative for irrigation farming, public and community water supply, as well livestock water needs.

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Andela raises $100m in Series D round led by former US VP’s investment firm

The funding round is led by Generation Investment Management, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s investment firm.

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How HelpMum is working to reduce maternal deaths in Nigeria

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

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Senegalese startup, OniriQ is building IoT devices in a way you’ve never seen before

Read how OniriQ is using innovative ‘solar and digital home systems’ to create employment and reduce the carbon footprint in Senegal

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How Keiwa is including Cote d’Ivoire’s informal sector into the financial system

Keiwa is an application that allows traders in the informal sector of Cote d’ Ivoire to manage their accounting independently

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HubbonNG wants to streamline Nigeria’s highly segmented and disjointed logistics industry

Barely eight months into the game, HubbonNG is already making considerable headway in streamlining Nigeria’s highly segmented and disjointed logistics industry

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How WellNewMe is working to reduce the incidence of premature deaths in Nigeria

WellNewMe is attempting to reduce the incidence of premature death in Nigeria

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The sad reality of a venture-backed African startup

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.

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“Microtraction will continue to thrive” — Yele Bademosi

Following a move to Binance as director of Binance Labs, Yele Bademosi tells Techpoint that Microtraction is still on track

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Ghanaian-based health logistics startup, mPharma just closed a $9.7m Series B round

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.

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Nigerian startups can apply to join the UK’s Go Global 2019 programme

Nigerian start-ups using technology to solve local issues, can apply to participate in the United Kingdom’s Go Global 2019 programme.

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Apply now for a shot at $50,000 in equity investment from MEST Africa Challenge 2019

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

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Why Terragon Group CEO, Elo Umeh waited 8 years before raising funding for his startup

Elo Umeh is the CEO and founder of Terragon Group, an enterprise software company with a range of data and marketing technology products that focus on the African market. He shares his entrepreneurial journey and philosophy with Techpoint

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Nigerian startups can get up to $25,000 in the Baobab Network’s 2019 Accelerator

Nigerian startups can apply to the Baobab Network’s 2019 Accelerator

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Starting from Ghana, Codetrain is taking on Africa’s developer shortage problem square-on

As a business, Codetrain is addressing the needs of two sets of markets; the young people interested in launching a career in coding, on one hand, the startups and tech companies looking for developer talent on the other

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South African transportation data startup, WhereIsMyTransport raises $1.85m to expand globally

South African public transport data and technology startup, WhereIsMyTransport recently secured $1.85m in a Series A funding led by Liil Ventures and supported by long-time Paga investor, Goodwell Investments.

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Meet Aminata Fatmata Kandeh, a young lady using technology to standardise fish farming in Sierra Leone

After observing a scourge caused by malnutrition, especially amongst children, in her country Sierra Leone, Aminata Fatmata Kandeh took it upon herself to make a change. The result was the founding of her startup, Agro Fish Farm.

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Nigerian online grocery startup, Gloo is shutting down eCommerce operations in what may be a pivot

One of Nigeria’s pioneering online grocery startups, Gloo this week announced they will be shutting down eCommerce operations in February. 

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