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Entrepreneurship
Calling Africa’s scale-ups: Apply for the MEST Africa Challenge
Announcing the MEST Africa scale-up pitch competition: Accra, Lagos, Nairobi and Cape Town. For 10 years, MEST has trained aspiring entrepreneurs and …
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Entrepreneurship
These African startups will compete for 1M USD investment at Seedstars Global Summit
Now in its fifth year, the Seedstars Summit will bring together key stakeholders focused on driving technological change in emerging markets, and prov…
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Entrepreneurship
Ashoka’s Social Investment Accelerator: Scaling system-changing solutions
The Ashoka Social Investment Accelerator is designed to support 12 social enterprises from across Africa and aims to boost their fundraising efforts. …
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Case studies
Mentor-driven capital – Join Africa’s business angel movement and start your journey today!
Through mentoring, business angels offer more than just money. Mentor-driven capital is creating value for startups by sharing the knowledge, experien…
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Entrepreneurship
27 African digital startups to take part in iHub Traction Camp 2nd Cohort
iHub is pleased to announce the twenty seven digital startups who will participate in the iHub scale-up accelerator program, Traction Camp cohort 2. A…
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Entrepreneurship
Announcing the startups in Village Capital’s Fintech Africa 2018 program
Village Capital is excited to collaborate with PayPal to support twelve early-stage startups working to improve financial health in sub-Saharan Africa…
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Entrepreneurship
What do you need to get started as an Angel Investor?
Angel Investing may conjure images of people in business suits with wings and halos to match. However, it is far less supernatural and quite
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Case studies
Sendy closes Series A to grow its on-demand delivery services platform
Sendy Limited, East Africa’s on-demand delivery services platform closes Series A. The investment will be used to broaden Sendy’s service offeri…
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Entrepreneurship
Power-as-a-service leader Rensource raises $3.5M for expansion in Nigeria
Rensource Energy, a Lagos-based distributed energy provider, has raised $3.5 million USD in bridge financing to grow its power-as-a-service renewable …
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Entrepreneurship
African angel investors are moving to the heart of the continent’s future
Africa has developed from a continent once viewed as a lost cause to a land of vibrant opportunity, particularly when it comes to business