i4Policy, a pan-African community of over 160 innovation hubs in 45 countries across Africa, has launched a continental consultation to shape the next version of the Africa Innovation Policy Manifesto. i4Policy emerged from a gathering of innovation hubs from across Africa, organised in Kigali, Rwanda in October 2016, and in May 2018 a group of […]
Read MoreNigeria’s solar startup Daystar Power has gained access to a debt funding facility of up to US$4 million from SunFunder to help it scale further. Daystar Power specialises in providing solar power and energy efficiency solutions for businesses in the commercial, industrial, and agricultural sectors that result in at least a 20 per cent reduction […]
Read MoreNigerian Oluseun Oyinsan has credited Flutterwave’s seed round with being the inspiration for him returning home from the United States to launch VC firm Oui Capital. Having started his career in commercial banking with Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank, Oyinsan moved to Boston for business school and then worked as a consultant at Forrester and then […]
Read MoreAgri-tech startup Farmcrowdy has announced the acquisition of Best Foods (L&P) to offer a wider livestock production and processing solution to the meat market. The acquisition sees Farmcrowdy take a majority stake in Best Foods, an agribusiness group formed 16 years ago and focused on the processing of livestock and marketing of agricultural produce. It […]
Read MoreThe Uk Government invited African startups to apply for the second edition of the United Kingdom (UK) government’s Go Global Africa programme, which aims to help them take their businesses to the next level. The two-week Go Global Africa, run by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport through the International Tech Hub Network, […]
Read MoreGoogle launched its first Google Developers Space in Lagos, South Nigeria. Previously referred to as the Google Launchpad Space, the Google Developers Space is a hub for African developers, entrepreneurs and startups. The event which was witnessed by the Managing Director of Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, NigComSat Dr. Abimbola Alale who represented the Minister of […]
Read MoreThere are fears that Nigeria’s on-demand startups Max.ng, Gokada and SafeBoda as well as others in their class may close shop as from Februreay next month as the Lagos State Government officially banned motorcycles and tricycles in large parts of the state. The ban, which applies to six areas in Lagos, namely Apapa, Surulere, Lagos […]
Read MoreGhana’s Complete Farmer and Nigeria’s ReelFruit have secured US$50,000 each in funding after being peer-selected as winners of the Village Capital Agriculture Africa accelerator. Disrupt Africa reported in September nine startups from across the continent had been selected for the programme run by Village Capital, which runs a host of accelerators across Africa using its […]
Read MoreU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), and CITI Foundation team up to invest in Young African Social Entrepreneurs Goal of the public-private partnership is to increase the commercial know-how and access to seed capital of Africa’s next generation of business leaders and social entrepreneurs The U.S. Agency for International […]
Read MoreThe United Kingdom (UK)’s Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport launches scheme to develop next generation of African start-ups even as application process is underway for government ministers and business leaders to attend first ever UK-Africa Investment Summit; Africa has a fast-growing tech sector which is driving growth and creating jobs on the continent […]
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