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Call for project proposals on “Climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) launches a new call for project proposals on “Climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: The impacts and responses for women and...
Calling African Women Change-makers
Is your organization an African feminist or women’s rights organization with cutting edge ideas for advancing women’s rights and creating systemic change? Is your...
African startups raised $500m in 2020
Total venture funding for African startups in 2020 so far has passed the $500m mark. This is according to Maxime Bayen, a company builder at GreenTec...
Covid-19: 3 African countries in the top 32 most innovative
The Coronavirus Innovation Map is a visual global directory of more than a thousand projects aimed at helping people cope and adapt to life...
Enygma Ventures invests $1m in Lupiya fintech startup
Enygma Ventures Ventures has made a $1 million investment in Zambian based microfinance startup, Lupiya. This investment will enable Lupiya to continue to scale...
Podcast: Inovação Adaptativa-E01
E01-Como Inovar e criar startups Através de Caos, Crise & Recessão
Durante épocas de crise, caos e recessão, Joseph Mata, Digital Marketing & Sales Lead...
Innovative desert-set lodges
The Shipwreck Lodge on the Namibian Coast Offers Solar-Powered Cabins
Built to resemble the crashed vessels that line the shore, Shipwreck Lodge is a remote...
The First Fintech Unicorn of the Middle East & North Africa
MenaPay SuperApp released a new feature: Influencer Marketplace. The first marketplace for influencers and social media celebrities from MenaPay
MenaPay the first blockchain-based SuperApp, released a new...
Covid-19: Why Delaying Africa’s free trade deal could be risky
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), launched in 2018, was supposed to be an exciting example of multilateral cooperation against a growing tide...
Forbes8 announces Nigeria’s First Resilience Digital Startup Accelerator program
Forbes8 announces Nigeria’s First Resilience Digital Startup Accelerator program. The free virtual accelerator will welcome 100 top companies from Nigeria. Founders selected for the...
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Rank Unveils New Community-Powered Zero-Interest Capital Products
Rank, an integrated financial services and wealth management platform, has launched three new community-powered financial services products - Money Circles, Tribe and Perks -...
Egyptian HealthTech Startup Reme-D Raises $1.45M to Scale Disease Diagnostics
Egyptian health technology startup Reme-D has secured US$1.45 million in pre-Series A funding to accelerate the production of locally manufactured molecular diagnostic tests and...
Top 20 African Startup Deals – July 2026
Africa's Most Significant Startup Investments, Partnerships and Acquisitions This Month
While billion-dollar funding rounds often dominate headlines, the real engine of Africa's innovation economy is...
Kenya Climate Ventures Shifts Focus to Back Africa’s Earliest Climate Startups
Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV) is reshaping its investment strategy once again, placing greater emphasis on supporting Africa's earliest-stage climate startups as it seeks to...
Nigeria Unveils $350,000 iDICE Startup Growth Lab to Support Innovation Across Six Regions
Nigeria's Bank of Industry (BOI) has launched the iDICE Startup Growth Lab, a new accelerator programme aimed at helping promising technology startups scale their...
