Startups
Pula a Kenyan agritech startup raises $20 Million in a series B funding round
Pula has raised $20 million in a series B fundraising round which was led by BlueOrchard a global...
Visa is calling out for applications to its Visa Everywhere Initiative
Visa has announced the opening of applications for its 2024 edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI). The...
Suntrack, Umeme Sense & Mobilab emerge as winners of the Renewable Energy Innovation Challenge
Suntrack, Umeme Sense and Mobilab emerged as the winners of the Renewable Energy Innovation Challenge. The challenge is...
Village Capital is calling out for applications to its Greentech accelerator program
Village Capital is calling out for applications to its investment-readiness accelerator program for African startups focused on greentech....
Ndovu receives approval from the CMA to establish a money market fund
Ndovu has received approval from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to establish a money market fund. Ndovu is...
Shamba Records raises $135,000 in funding from CV Labs
Kenya’s Shamba Records has received $135,000 each from CV Labs, the global accelerator pillar of Switzerland’s blockchain venture...
Elizabeth Mwangi among 100 women startup owners selected for She Wins Africa program
Kenya’s Elizabeth Mwangi (Gwiji) emerged among 100 women-led startup owners selected to participate in the She Wins Africa...
Britam launches Beta Lab an acceleration programme for insurtech and fintech startups
Britam has launched Beta Lab, an insurance innovation and acceleration programme in a bid to nurture budding insurtech...
23 African startups pitch to investors at the Visa Accelerator Program demo day
Kenyan startups Duqha, Power and Workpay were among 23 startups who got a chance to pitch their innovations...
Flutterwave reclaims $3 million frozen by the Asset Recovery Agency
Flutterwave, a Nigerian fintech startup, has finally been able to reclaim over $3 million of its frozen funds....