African Start ups
African start-ups face challenges after record funding drive in 2022
African start-ups raised a record $5.3 billion last year, though that may be the high-water mark...
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Senegalese startup Kwely launches “Made in Africa” marketplace
Founded by Birame Sock, a tech entrepreneur who successfully exited two startups in the US, Kwely...
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African Community in Germany Awards 2022 awards Southern African Businessman
Zimbabwean born Entrepreneur and African - German business consultant Kumbirai Chipadza walked away with the main...
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Ghana’s Swoove says set to deliver growth after startup contest
As a pair of motor-cyclists from Ghanaian startup Swoove zipped along Accra's back streets with deliveries...
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Social commerce startup Kapu, by ex-Jumia executive, comes out of stealth with $8M funding
Kapu, a social commerce startup coming out of stealth today having raised $8 million seed funding,...
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Kenya Fintech Cellulant Starts Expansion to South Africa
Cellulant Ltd., a Kenyan payment-services provider, is starting a South African business after months of testing...
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Consumer finance app Djamo eyes Francophone Africa expansion
Last February, Djamo announced that it got accepted into Y Combinator, the first from Ivory Coast....
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54gene CEO steps down as the company looks to cut more jobs
54gene co-founder and chief executive officer Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong has stepped down from his executive role,...
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Nigerian retail automation platform Bumpa raises $4M, led by Base10 Partners
Millions of small and medium businesses still operate inefficiently due to dependency on manual processes, which...
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Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3Million
While studying at the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford, a group of...
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