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How Future Africa invested $1 million across 9 African startups in Q3 2020
When Future Africa rolled out its Fund in January, it had 14 startups in its portfolio. However, after introducing its Collective and Rolling Fund schemes, it now has 28; with 9 receiving $1m between …
Adewale Yusuf steps down as publisher of Techpoint Africa to launch tech talent startup, TalentQL in Ile-Ife
After stepping down as the Publisher of Techpoint Africa, Adewale Yusuf has turned his sights to TalentQL, an Ile-Ife-based talent startup he founded with Sultan Akintunde of DevCareers and Opeyemi Aw…
After raising $1.6m pre-seed last year, Nigerian digital bank, Kuda bags a $10m seed investment
Last year, Nigerian-based mobile challenger bank, Kuda, raised an impressive pre-seed round of $1.6m. Now armed with $10m in seed funding, Kuda wants to become Africa’s premier digital challenge…