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Nigeria’s Kuda secures $25m Series A round to fund aggressive growth strategy @kudabank
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Nigeria’s GetEquity launches startup funding platform with GreenHouse Capital investment @getequity
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Zimbabwe agri-tech startup wins $100k grant funding from Hult Prize
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Nigerian B2B e-commerce startup TradeDepot raises $10m pre-Series B funding
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Andela, Flutterwave co-founder launches early-stage investment fund @iaboyeji
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Get your free copy of the African Tech Startups Funding Report 2020 here
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Rwandan government starts process of putting in place a Startup Act @Jonomist
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Kenya’s Usalama wins Nairobi Innovating Justice Boostcamp @InnoJusticeAfri @usalama_app
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Rwandan government starts process of putting in place a Startup Act
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Kenya’s Kibanda TopUp raises $460k pre-seed round to digitise food supply chain for restaurants @KibandaTopup
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Africa is home to 491 fintech startups, which are together building a new vision for the financial services industry. All the information in our latest report
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2 Kenyan startups make final 10 of Bulgarian blockchain incubator
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Nigeria’s CcHub launches syndicate to invest in early-stage African startups
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Nigeria’s Bitstake builds on bitcoin remittance services http://t.co/21oAIJSNwk @Bitstake #africa #startups #bitcoin
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Nigerian fintech startup Paystack acquired by Stripe in landmark moment for African tech ecosystem @paystack @stripe
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Ugandan fintech startup Eversend raises $706k in target-beating crowdfunding campaign @eversendapp
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Tanzania’s Kilimo Fresh wins $50k equity funding at MEST Africa Challenge @kilimo_fresh
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Ed-tech startup Semicolon Africa raises $1.2m in seed funding
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Rwandan government starts process of putting in place a Startup Act
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SA lending startup Akiba Digital raises $1.1m pre-seed funding for scale
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Kenyan startup Koa launches to digitise the asset management industry @withkoa
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Zambian fintech startup Zazu raises $1.4m funding to expand user base
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Meet Kilimo Fresh, the Tanzanian agri-tech startup that won this year’s MEST Africa Challenge
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African entrepreneurs should realise value of USSD
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Jack Ma launches $10m Netpreneur Prize for African entrepreneurs
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Kenyan startup WorkPay raises $2.1m seed funding to fuel its growth @WorkPayAfrica
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Kenyan insurtech startup Turaco raises $2m seed funding round @turaco_insure
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“Now is the time to invest in African tech startups”
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hearX, Colony Live winners at Accenture SA awards @hearX_Group @colony_live
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Why investors are backing logistics startups - the “third wave” of Africa’s tech revolution @AfricaTechSMT
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Tanzania’s Kilimo Fresh wins $50k equity funding at MEST Africa Challenge
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Nigerian ed-tech startup Klas raises $130k angel funding round
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Cameroonian e-health startup Healthlane raises $2.4m funding
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SA payments startup Yoco raises $83m Series C funding round @Yoco_ZA
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Delighted to host a successful Africa Startup Summit at @AfricaTechSMT Kigali last week, thanks for all who came, pitched and participated! Onwards to next year! #ATSKGL
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Get in touch for sponsorship and expo opportunities at the Africa Startup Summit in Kigali next February!
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Nigerian fintech startup Kudi raises $5m Series A funding @Kudidotai
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Kenyan data analytics company Gro Intelligence raises $85m Series B funding round
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This Japanese VC has invested in 20 early-stage African tech startups so far this year
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Nigeria’s Bumpa raises $200k pre-seed to build e-commerce solutions for retail businesses @getBumpa
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Nigerian prop-tech startup Spleet raises $625k pre-seed funding round @spleetafrica
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2018 was a record year for African tech startups as funding hit $334.5m
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We have just released the 5th edition of the African Tech Startups Funding Report, details here
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Nigerian fintech startup CredPal raises $1.5m funding round @CredPal
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Kenyan energy company Solarise raises $10m Series B funding round
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What it takes to scale your African tech startup internationally @AfricArena2019 @iaboyeji
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Nigeria’s TalentQL launches new initiative to help youth kickstart careers in software engineering @TalentQL
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Zambian fintech startup Zazu raises $1.4m to expand user base @ZazuAfricaHQ
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Kenyan trucking logistics marketplace Amitruck reports 300% revenue growth in 12 months
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Nigerian ed-tech startup AltSchool Africa raises $1m to build an alternative school for Africans @AltSchoolAfrica
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SA delivery startup Bottles acquired by retailer Pick n Pay @bottlesapp @PicknPay
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Nigerian fintech startups Cowrywise, Scale My Hustle partner to help SMEs grow @scalemyhustle
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African entrepreneurs invited to apply for for Obama Foundation Fellowship programme
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Why African startups are now on the acquisition trail
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Africa's female entrepreneurship rates highest in world
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Not all African startups need VC money @AfricaTechSMT
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[SPONSORED] JICA has launched NINJA (Next Innovation with Japan) Business Plan Competition in response to COVID-19. Up to $30k will be awarded to 3-5 startups in each of 19 countries, including Nigeria. Deadline is August 5 2020. Apply here
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Too many African startups are looking at funding as a measure of success #AESIS2019 @MESTAfrica
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Silicon Valley-based VC firm Plug and Play launches in Africa with Johannesburg office
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71% of African startups are generating revenue @VC4Africa
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Meet the Libyan startup teaching women to code @Shecodes2018
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Is South Africa establishing itself as a global crypto hotspot? @MichaelJordaan @VALRdotcom
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CcHub’s Growth Capital fund raising $60m to invest across Africa @Cc_HUB
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World Bank launches Francophone Africa-focused accelerator @WorldBank #AESIS2018
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Zambia’s Zazu launches pan-African correspondent fintech network @ZazuAfricaHQ
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Why African tech startups can be the engine room of the world @iaboyeji @AfricArena2019
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$1m fund to back African entrepreneurs with post-pandemic solutions @EnygmaVentures
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We've just released the African Tech Startups Funding Report 2021, which tracks an extraordinary 2021 where more startups raised more money than ever before, and total funding went past $2bn. Details here -
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11 startups selected to take part in Africa Artificial Intelligence Accelerator in Ghana
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Kenyan ed-tech startup Kidato accepted into Y Combinator accelerator @kidatorian
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Nigeria’s Farmcrowdy raises $1m in additional seed funding @farmcrowdy
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Africa’s tech startup scene is growing, but who is benefiting? #AESIS2019 @ABANAngels @africatechie
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African startups invited to apply for Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme
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The Disrupt Africa African Tech Startups Report 2016 is now available for purchase here -
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Kenya’s TopUp Mama raises $1.7m seed round to support African restaurants @TopUpMama
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Kenyan startup WorkPay raises $2.1m seed funding to fuel its growth
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Nigerian micro-investments startup Trove raises funding from 3 angel networks @trovefinance @EkoNetwork
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Zambian microfinance startup Lupiya raises $1m funding round @Lupiyaloans
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Fintech startup Cowrywise now helps Nigerians invest in mutual funds @cowrywise
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Tanzanian fintech Mipango joins NVIDIA Inception programme @nvidia
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Nigerian logistics startup Eden Life raises funding round
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10 African entrepreneurs named finalists of Jack Ma’s Netpreneur Prize @AFNetpreneurs @AlibabaGroup
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Tanzanian fintech startup launches AI-based personal finance app @Mipango_App
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Kenyan digital addressing startup OkHi raises $1.78m funding from UK angel network
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Mara Mentor launches in SA to assist young entrepreneurs http://t.co/uyQVQtQ08I
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Africa’s high net worth individuals are a huge pool of untapped funding
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Nigeria’s CodeLn launches marketplace for African engineering talent @Codeln_spaces
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Mastercard Foundation launches $2m fund for Africa-focused social ventures
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Kenyan food-tech startup Kune raises $1m pre-seed funding
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Pre-seed African startups invited to apply for funding from DFS Lab
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Alibaba founder Jack Ma launches US$10m African Young Entrepreneurs Fund on first visit to continent
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African startups can apply for $1.5m MIT Solve initiative
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Kenyan recruitment startup Fuzu bags $3.86m Series A investment @fuzu
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Nigerian developer-tooling startup Frain Technologies raises $473k pre-seed funding @FrainTech
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How to get your hands on the Finnovating for Africa: Exploring the African Fintech Ecosystem Report 2017
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Kenya looks set to get its own “Startup Act” - what exactly does the proposed bill entail?
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CcHub’s Growth Capital fund raising $60m to invest across Africa @bosuntijani
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