Startups from around Africa have one week left to apply to Pitch Live at the Africa Startup Summit in Kigali in February, with 10 startups to be given the chance to take to the stage before an audience of over 400 investors, corporate partners, accelerators and media. The Africa Startup Summit will bring together stakeholders …
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A recent look at the startups that have raised more than a million dollars in Africa this year shows an increasingly diverse picture: $499 million raised in 11 countries from 111 different investors. It seems that over the last few years there has been a real maturation of the venture capital scene supporting startups across …
Struggling businesses, rising unemployment and contracting GDP’s are the natural consequences of global economic crisis. Collectively, the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000’s, and the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 led to a decline of about $84.4 billion in global VC Investments, and the devastating failure of many tech startups. Within the startup ecosystem, …
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Nigerian ed-tech startup ScholarX has raised US$100,000 towards an intended US$200,000 pre-seed funding round to launch new products and grow its team. Launched in Nigeria in July 2016, the ScholarX app allows users to select parameters and scroll through lists of available scholarships that match their requirements. The startups has proven popular with a variety …
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Mutually beneficial partnerships between corporates and startups are becoming more common in Africa, even to the point of becoming a key aspect of many events and accelerator programmes. The AfricArena event in Cape Town last November saw 11 startups secure corporate deals, while encouraging collaboration is also at the heart of the Africa Startup Summit, …
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Nigerian fintech startup, Blueloop, has been accepted into the Winter 2021 batch of US-based accelerator, Y Combinator. The startup will be joining 10 other African startups in the 2021 batch and will get access to a $125k seed fund. Founded in 2020 by two students from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ben Eluan co-founder and CEO, and …
A coronavirus outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, has killed over 2,700 people and infected more than 80,000. The disease has spread to at least 37 other countries. The coronavirus family is a large group of viruses that typically affect the respiratory tract. They can cause the common cold, pneumonia, and severe acute respiratory syndrome …
This is in continuation with our previous blog post, adding some more interview experiences from the batch of 2016-18. Adhikari Vushesh Babu – Dual Degree ( B. Tech. + M. Tech.) in Information Technology, ABV IIITM Gwalior, 2016 Duration: 40 mins HR question about the following scenario- Let’s assume many companies are willing to visit… …
The Ekiti State government has partnered with on-demand mobility startup, Metro Africa Xpress (MAX) to digitise operations of commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke). The startup will deploy a new technology solution to effect this reform. Considering the peculiarities of African roads, and the prevalence of traffic in its major cities, the Okada has become …
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