Author: Tajudeen Adegbenro

A South African edtech startup, HyperionDev has sealed $3.5 million in Series A funding to expand its services beyond the African Continent. The startup’s headquarters is based in Cape Town’ and it offers online courses in computer science and this has allowed individuals irrespective of their location to take coding courses through…

LifeQ, a leading preeminent provider of biometrics and health information derived from wearable devices has collaborated with CONNEQT, Inc, a consumer health company that provides home vital signs monitors, consumer health apps, and wearables to provide industry-leading health insights for wearable device users. As part of the collaboration, LifeQ will…

In Togo, access to healthcare remains unreliable. Additionally, the majority of healthcare centers are remote, making the majority of patients always obtain new health records for each new consultation. With this, the majority of healthcare professionals do not have a continuous insight and follow-up into patients’ health history. To solve…

Airtel Nigeria, a leading telecommunication service provider, and AXA Mansard, a leading health care service provider have announced a strategic partnership to deepen access, enrollment, and participation in health insurance for more Nigerians. The collaboration between AXA Mansard and Airtel is in response to the goal of the Federal Government…

Their collective goal is to make the application of crop protection products more effective and efficient by reducing crop input costs while driving farm and environmental sustainability. With Global agriculture focusing on reducing herbicide use, US Machinery Company AGCO has collaborated with other specialists to develop new targeted sprayer technology.  Targeted sprayer…

Where to look for funding, and how to look for the funding depends on the type of company you operate and the kind of finance you need. There are a variety of funders in the Nigerian agritech sector which includes early-stage financiers such as accelerators, incubators, donors, and angel investors,…

As part of the Entrepreneur Support Program (ESP), launched in December 2020, Nourishing Africa in collaboration with United States African Development Foundation (USADF) and MasterCard Foundation trained 1,000 agripreneurs on models to develop and scale their business. The training themed ‘Agribusiness Entrepreneur Development’ comprises intensive daily training sessions to take…

University of Nottingham researchers have discovered a new 3D printing process to tailor-make artificial body parts and other medical devices with built-in functionality which provides better shape and durability while cutting risks of bacterial infection at the same time. Researchers have been able to use a computer-aided, multi-material 3D print…

A team of scientists and clinicians from the National University Cancer Institute Singapore (NCIS) at the university hospital and the N.1 Institute for Health at the National University of Singapore (NUS) collaborated with Paxman Coolers to develop a device that may reduce or prevent the pain and numbness caused by…

For many buyers in the diaspora, even before the COVID-19, it has been difficult to buy items in bulk online, and it is frustrating for many buyers. With a slow uptake by business in e-commerce, the majority of African suppliers remain inaccessible and difficult to reach from an e-commerce perspective.…

After securing a USD 3 million pre-Series A round, Webrock, an investing company that introduced a top digital health app from Brazil to South America, and a digital health company, Healthforce, owned by South Africa’s leading retail pharmacy chain Dis-Chem, will be taking the cutting edge technology behind the second most downloaded…

Startup loans are one of the main disruptive features Fintech introduced in the financial sector. Startup loans are the startups that provide loan services to entrepreneurs and businesses. A loan is any money borrowed to be paid back usually with added interest. Both businesses and individuals get financial aid through…

Farmer1st, an agtech startup platform aims to provide a simple tailored made solution to the banking, market access, and micro-lending challenges smallholder farmers face in Nigeria. Background The Farmer1st platform first started as TradexPress in 2017, as an agro trading and aggregation service providing farmers direct access to off-takers (agro-processors…

DSruptive Subdermals, a Jewish startup that specializes in implantable microelectronics has finalized a world-first study in the use of chip implants to track body temperature. The study sought to measure the feasibility of subcutaneous implants for measuring human body temperature. The result of the study reveals that digital implants were…

The Tech For Our planet challenge seeks innovators providing key digital and data technology solutions to combat vital climate changes. If you are one of those startups, this is an opportunity to pilot and pitch your solution. It is an exciting new opportunity for startups to establish innovative technologies. The best startups…

Vulnerable heart failure patients in Salford who have seen reduced hospital check-ups during the COVID-19 pandemic are now being monitored remotely, following the introduction of a digital care solution. Salford Care Organization health care teams are piloting the use of remote monitoring system which make use of smartphone and connected…

The National Agricultural Seed Advocacy Group (NASAG) said that the effective implementation of the plant Variety Bill (PVB) to boost research and development in the agribusiness sector. The agency stated that the law will allow farmers to have access to a variety of improved plant varieties derived from the breeding…

A wearable remote patient monitoring provider, Biobeat, has launched its new wearable and continuous ambulatory pressure monitoring (ABPM) chest monitoring device. A blood pressure (BP) measurement has shown to be useful for early prevention and detection of clinical disorders. ABPM can act decisively as an indicator of patient health, to…

More than 2,000 oil palm farmers in Akwa Ibom and Cross River states now have access to digitized financial services, thanks to the collaborations between a raw material procurement and logistics platform, Releaf which makes it easy for the movement of crops from farm to factory and a digital gateway enabling financial…

A local food app, FOMO that connects users with specials at restaurants or events has attained 50,000 downloads within 5 months proving that its business model and offering have gotten a lot of consumers. Fomo secures 50 000 user downloads Chairperson of the Federal Hospitality Association of South Africa, Rosemary Anderson attributes…