Must-watch Startups in Africa’s Fintech Space in 2021

Building a fintech startup is the trend in Africa, and there seems to be a new financial product every month. But after seeing clones after clones of savings apps, it’s refreshing to see people building in other areas. More than $1.07 billion flowed into Africa’s startups in 2020, with the fintech sector accounting for the […]

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Open Call For African Startups Addressing Access To Energy, Agriculture, Mobility Issues

The search is on for Sub-Saharan African startups with tech solutions aimed at impacting positively lower-income communities through those industries. Seedstars and Shell Foundation have joined forces to look for sustainable, scalable and innovative startups addressing universal access to energy-related challenges, as well as sustainable agriculture, mobility and transportation. With support from the UK Foreign, […]

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African Startups Pivot To Serve Health Industry During COVID-19 Pandemic

Female engineering entrepreneurs leading the way as first projects funded Five female entrepreneurs are combining their engineering and business skills in the fight against COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa thanks to funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering through its Project CARE (COVID Africa Rapid Entrepreneurs) initiative. Project CARE is an international collaboration of academic, health […]

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