Twiga Foods, Africa Blockchain Report, MoMo End of Year Party in SA and Africa Tech Summit in London this November!

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Africa Tech Summit London is back at the London Stock Exchange on the 24th of November for the sixth edition. The leading event series focused on African tech and investment across the continent will once again provide unrivaled insight, exclusive networking, and business opportunities for tech leaders and investors. Register today

African tech startups raised $2.7bn in first 9 months of 2022

African tech startups raised US$2.7 billion in total funding in the first three quarters of 2022, almost 30 per cent more than the US$2.1 billion banked in the entirety of 2021. Via Disrupt Africa Read more

Twiga Foods Taps Google Cloud to Improve Food Security

Google Cloud announced a collaboration with Twiga Foods, an e-commerce platform that provides fresh local produce to shops of all sizes across Kenya, that will be a catalyst in enhancing food security in the country.?Via AppsAfrica Read More

36 startups shortlisted for MEST Africa Challenge

Thirty-six startups from across the continent have been shortlisted for the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge, the winner of which will secure US$50,000 in equity funding. Founded in Ghana in 2008 MEST is a pan-African software and entrepreneurship training programme, seed fund, and incubator helping to launch technology startups across the continent. Via MEST Read more

Angel Network Botswana is backing companies to help diversify Botswana’s economy

In 1967, a year after Botswana gained independence, diamond company De Beers discovered the Orapa kimberlite field located about 240km west of Francistown in north-central Botswana, in southern Africa. Via Techcabal Read more

New law in Uganda imposes restrictions on use of internet

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law legislation criminalizing some internet activity despite concerns the law could be used to silence legitimate criticism. Via Washington Post Read more

Geidea Partners with Visa to accelerate digital payments across Egypt

Geidea, one of the region’s largest Fintech companies by market share, has announced a strategic partnership with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, to bring Geidea’s sophisticated payment solutions to the Egyptian market. Via Africa Money & DeFi News?Read more

Hela.money, Africa’s Neo Crypto Banking Platform & DeFi Wallet

Hela Money, an African Crypto Neo Bank, and DeFi wallet, is bridging the gap in Africa between the traditional finance and decentralized finance ecosystem by developing an all-in-one blockchain platform that seamlessly handles financial needs such as payments, neobanking, tokenization, decentralized finance, wealth management and more. Via Africa Money & DeFi News Read more

NALA launches pay bills feature for the Kenyan diaspora

Tanzania-based fintech NALA has launched a feature that allows Kenyans in the diaspora to pay local bills in their home country. Via Paypers?Read more

South African Non-Profit Bitcoin Ekasi Opens Education Center

Bitcoin Ekasi, a nonprofit organization seeking to establish a bitcoin economy in Mossel Bay, South Africa, has opened the Bitcoin Ekasi Center. Via CoinDesk Read more

NFTs Fueling Affordable, Climate-Smart Housing in Mozambique

Open banking, the practice of sharing third-party access to financial data through the use of application programming interfaces (APIs) within data privacy rules is gradually gaining prominence in Africa, which still grapples with several pain points in payments. Via Mercy Corp Medium Read More

Africa Blockchain Report

This research has been conducted to study the trends of Blockchain activities in Africa and has resulted in the production of this practitioner report to enlighten the African public on Blockchain use cases, success stories, and future patterns of expectations on the technology. Read more

FlapKap Closes $3.6M Seed Round

FlapKap, a tech-enabled revenue-based financing platform in the MENA region, revolutionising e-commerce growth, announced the close of its $3.6M seed round. Via Africa Money & DeFi News Read more

Tugende closes pre-Series B funding raising a total USD 10 million

Tugende, the innovative fintech platform for MSME credit and asset-financing in East Africa, closed in Q2 pre-Series B equity funding from existing shareholders led by Partech and two new investors, including Women’s World Banking. Via Africa Money & DeFi News Read more

Nigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M

Stears has announced a $3.3 million seed round with MaC Venture Capital as the lead investor. Participating companies included Serena Ventures, Luminate Fund of Omidyar Group, Melo 7 Tech Partners, and Cascador (Empowering Economic Growth Foundation). Via AppsAfrica?Read More

Furniture Firm Moko Raises $6.5 Million To Expand Business Line

Moko Home + Living, a Kenyan furniture company has raised $6.5 million to grow its business line. Via AppsAfrica Read More

Mobile Monday Year End Event 2022

Since the 2 year pause on events, it makes things extra exciting to invite you to this years 9th MOMO Event taking place during AfricaCom in Cape Town, South Africa. Learn more about event

SESA Call for Entrepreneurs 2022

Siemens Stiftung on behalf of the Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) Consortium is launching its first “SESA Call for Entrepreneurs”, targeting small and medium-sized enterprises with a focus on sustainable energy solutions in Ghana, Malawi, Morocco and South Africa. Women-led enterprises are particularly encouraged to apply. Read more

UNICEF StartUp Lab

UNICEF StartUp Lab is an accelerator programme for impactful businesses working to advance the SDGs for children and young people. The programme is led by UNICEF in Ghana, supported by KOICA and implemented by MEST Africa.?Read more

The HealthTech Hub Africa Challenge

The HealthTech Hub Africa, founded by the Novartis Foundation at the Norrsken House Kigali, is pleased to announce the second Africa HealthTech Challenge! Read more

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