Tag: Africa Startups
Nigerian mental health technology startup Mytherapist is helping individuals and couples access professional therapy through online consultations, appointment bookings and digital wellbeing tools, as it seeks to make mental healthcare more accessible and affordable. Founded in 2021...
Nigerian healthcare technology startup Helium Health has secured a $2.5 million grant from Google.org to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) solutions aimed at improving maternal healthcare delivery and reducing preventable deaths in Nigeria.
The funding will support the...
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Kenya’s Watu Credit Strengthens Regional Growth with Rebounding Profitability, Eyes Further Expansion
Watu Credit, the Kenyan asset-financing startup known for funding motorcycles, three-wheelers, and smartphones across Africa, has reported a dramatic 14-fold increase in earnings for...
Sabou Capital Secures Mastercard Foundation-Backed Investment to Support SMEs Across Africa
Nigeria-based impact investment firm, Sabou Capital has secured an anchor investment from the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund, strengthening its mandate to finance tech-enabled...
Ethiopian Startup, Dodai Raises $13m to Scale Battery-Swapping Electric Motorbike Network Across Africa
Dodai, an Ethiopia-focused electric mobility start-up, has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round to expand its electric motorbike fleet and battery-swapping...
Kenya’s AT4D Launches $500,000 Fund to Back Assistive Technology Startups Across Africa
Kenya-based nonprofit, Assistive Technologies for Disability Trust (AT4D), has partnered with the Judith Neilson Foundation to launch a $500,000 investment fund designed to support...
Delta40 Secures $20m to Back Startups in Africa with Capital and Support
Delta40 has secured $20 million in funding to scale what it describes as Africa’s first institutional venture studio and fund model, a hybrid structure...
How Kenyan Startup MediaKits Is Helping Creators Own Their Data and Run Sustainable Businesses
As the creator economy matures, expectations on digital creators are rising. Brands now demand structured reporting, consistent performance metrics and professional workflows, yet many...
Why AfricAI and Micropolis Robotics Partnership Could Change How Autonomous Robotics Enter Africa
AfricAI has entered into a multi-year, exclusive distribution and deployment agreement with Micropolis Robotics. Under the terms of the deal, AfricAI becomes the sole...
Moroccan Startup, Enakl, Raises $2.3m to Redefine Urban Transportation Across North Africa
Moroccan mobility startup, Enakl, has secured $2.3 million in Seed funding, marking a significant milestone in the region’s evolving urban transport landscape. The round,...
Why Are African Startup Founders Struggling to Secure Early-Stage Funding? Here’s What We Found
African startup founders have firmly established the continent as one of the fastest-growing technology frontiers in the world. Across markets, founders are scaling products,...
How Alfred Ongere’s Ai Kenya is Helping SMEs and Corporates Understand and Adopt AI Across Africa
Ai Kenya, founded by Alfred Ongere, began in 2017 as a volunteer-led effort to demystify artificial intelligence for students and developers in Nairobi. What started...
Study Finds Africa’s Startup Future Lies Beyond the Big Four – With Ghana, Senegal, and Rwanda in Focus
For years, Africa’s startup narrative has been dominated by four markets: Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Egypt. Known as the “Big Four”, these ecosystems...
CurateLearn: How Daniel Ogunlolu Turned a Year-Long Learning Struggle Into an AI EduTech Startup
In 2015, Daniel Ogunlolu, then a first-year Computer Engineering student at the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, stumbled upon what would become his lifelong passion: embedded...
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