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Nigerian cleantech startup, Havenhill Synergy Limited, has raised $4.6m from Chapel Hill Denham Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NDIF) to aid the construction of 22 smart solar mini-grids in Nigeria. Founded in 2010 by CEO Olusegun Odunaiya, Havenhill focuses on improving access to electricity in rural areas using mini-grids. The company also offers renewable energy services …

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By Tom Jackson on February 16, 2021 News, West Africa Ghanaian startup Stars From All  Nations (SFAN) has raised a US$250,000 pre-seed funding round as it prepares to launch its career accelerator platform ReadyForWork. Founded in 2016 by Tom-Chris Emewulu, SFAN is an education company that aims to unlock the potential of African youth through …

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It was another strong year for the Nigerian startup ecosystem, with its startups and incubators expanding overseas, and getting acquired, and more funding flooding into various sectors. Here, we take a look at what we think were the five biggest moments from within the Nigerian tech startup ecosystem over the course of the last year. …

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Senegalese startup Yobante Express, which has developed an innovative way of making last mile deliveries quicker and cheaper, has expanded to South Africa as the first stop on what it plans will be a pan-African journey. Founded in November 2018, Yobante Express is an online marketplace that connects local couriers with local commerce to optimise …

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Nigerian startup Beat Drone, which uses drones to spray agricultural land, has been contracted by a Nigerian state government to help in the fight against the COVID-19. Nigerian startup Beat Drone uses drones to execute spraying on farms, engage in crop supervision, and map farmland to improve agricultural yields. Its platform allows a farmer to …

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Lagos has been named as one of 12 “challenger” startup ecosystems in a global report that otherwise neglects the African continent entirely. The annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) released last week by Startup Genome, which researches startup ecosystems across the world and claims to have data on over one million companies across 150 cities, …

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The United Nations hosted its 73rd General Assembly. Over this week, various heads of State, ministers, heads of governance organizations, civil society and the private sector set foot in New York, the home of the United Nations to discuss various critical issues affecting sustainable development. These were largely centred around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals …

Driving Innovation 3.0 To Advance The Sustainable Development Goals Read More »

Last week, barely a month after reports of its impending IPO intensified, Jumia made things official by filing to list on the New York Stock Exchange. According to the FORM F-1 filed by Jumia with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the eCommerce giant’s principal executive office is based in Germany. This begs the …

Jumia, Africa’s first Internet startup to file for listing on the NYSE, might not be truly African Read More »

Today, Nigerian API fintech startup, Mono announced that it has been accepted into Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 batch. It will join 39 other African startups already in the accelerator’s portfolio.  Co-founded in August 2020 by serial entrepreneur — ex-Product Manager, Paystack; CEO, OyaPay; Co-founder, Voyance — Abdulhamid Hassan as CEO and Prakhar Singh as CTO, …

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Kampala-based hub and incubator Innovation Village has launched a startup fund focused on investing in companies thus far locked out by existing fundraising mechanisms. Innovation Village is a launchpad for innovators and entrepreneurs, assisting the launch and growth of high-impact ventures. The hub and incubator is now expanding its horizons with the launch of the …

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