Omidyar Network has announced the launch of PlaceFund, an independent nonprofit organization focused on solving…
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The momentum on ocean protection and restoration has rapidly accelerated particularly since the 2017 Ocean Conference.…
Samurai Incubate has launched Samurai Africa Fund II, a new $18.3 million fund to invest in…
German lender, KfW Development Bank has injected US$ 33 million into African Guarantee Fund (AGF).…
Tesla has reportedly secured more than $1.4 billion loan from multiple Chinese banks in order…
Festival Coins, a Nigerian event organisation and ticketing startup, has secured funding from early-stage Venture…
Kenya’s Taz Technologies has raised USD1.9 Million series A round. The company is best known…
AI startup, UTU, has raised US$ 500,000 from Japanese VC firms. Nairobi-based UTU was founded…
Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payment startup has secured $6 million investment led by Deciens Capital…
South African biotech startup SX4 Genetics has raised a US$ 2.5 million Series A round…
Jiji, an African-focused digital classifieds business has raised $21 million in Series C and C-1 funding…
Toyota Motors led Michigan-based startup, May Mobility’s US$ 50 million Series B round. May Mobility…
The Nigerian Government has awarded $75 Million to Dutch company, Lumos Global BV, to set…
Migo (formerly Mines.io), a startup reinventing the way people access and use credit in emerging…
Alibaba’s financial services subsidiary Ant Financial is set to spend US$ 1 Billion in a…
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) — Africa’s leading philanthropy dedicated to empowering African entrepreneurs —…
Kenyan e-commerce platform Copia Global which serves unbanked customers in rural parts of Kenya has…
Venture Capital firm, Janngo Capital is looking to invest US$ 60m in African women-led startups…
Nigerian edtech learning platform uLesson has closed a $3.1mn seed-level round led by TLcom Capital…
Samasource, an AI training data provider, has raised USD 14.8 million, from Ridge Ventures. The…