July 22, 2021
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TeamApt will use its new funding round to provide digital bank services for the unbanked
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July 22, 2021
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Ignitia closes USD 4.2M financing round to fuel expansion
Please follow this link to read about Ignitia’s financing round: https://feedit.agfunder.com/comments/2990 ...
February 4, 2021
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Kenyan insurtech startup Turaco raises $2m seed funding round
Kenyan micro-insurtech startup Turaco has announced the close of a US$2 million seed funding round to further grow the business and scale its operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Please read the article on Disrupt Africa ...
August 25, 2020
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Kenya-based tech-enabled forestry startup Komaza banks $28m Series B funding
Kenyan company Komaza, a tech-enabled, sustainable forestry company that is revolutionising the wood industry in Africa through its innovative smallholder platform, has secured US$28 million in Series B funding to help it grow its impact. Please read the article on Disrupt Africa ...
August 25, 2020
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African business steps up in global scramble for virus test kits
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August 25, 2020
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After two years of development, MAX deploys its electric motorbikes in Nigeria
Nigerian mobility company, MAX has finally launched its electric motorcycles for the Nigerian market. Called MAX E Series, the new vehicles have been under development for the last two years. After a pilot phase, the company has now launched the new vehicles in the Gbamu Gbamu...
August 25, 2020
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Meet The Entrepreneur Whose Kenyan ‘Airbnb For African Forests’ Just Raised $28 Million
In 2002, Bay Area native Tevis Howard, a high school grad at the time, took a gap year to work on malaria research in Kenya. Read the article on Forbes. ...
August 25, 2020
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Komaza Raises $28M Series B to Capture Africa’s $30B Wood Deficit While Restoring Degraded Lands
With this latest funding, Komaza is well on their way towards their goal of planting one billion trees by 2030 benefiting more than 2 million farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read the article on Businesswire. ...
July 23, 2019
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Cooling Technology Company Sure Chill Raises £4m from Novastar Ventures and The Garage Soho
(London, 16th July 2019) Cooling technology company Sure Chill has secured £4m Series A investment from Africa-focused VC Novastar Ventures and London-based VC The Garage Soho. Sure Chill has developed a unique cooling technology to protect lifesaving, temperature sensitive vaccines in emerging countries where access to consistent...
May 13, 2019
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Poa! Internet Announces the Completion of Kenya’s Largest Public Wi-Fi Network
TechInAfrica – poa! Internet has announced that Kenya’s largest public Wi-Fi network is completed. With over 3,000 hotspots in Nairobi and Kiambu counties, its subscribers will be able to experience seamless home broadband and street.http://www.techinafrica.com/poa-internet-announces-completion-kenyas-largest-public-wi-fi-network/ ...