Africa Roundup: Partech Ventures launches $70M fund, TPG Growth acquires TRACE, Rensource raises $3.5M

 Last month we characterized 2017 as the year Sub-Saharan Africa’s...


A look back at the year that the Sub-Saharan African startup scene found its stride

 African tech in 2017 was about the normalization of market events mostly...


Startup incubator Nailab invests $25K in East African startups

When Nailab (Nairobi Incubation Lab) opened its doors seven years ago in Kenya,...


Africa Roundup: Lori Systems wins BFX Africa, Andela raises $40M, Jumia lends to SMEs, Safaricom launches incubator

 Logistics transportation company Lori Systems won best of show at...


Watch every panel and session from Startup Battlefield Africa 2017

 On October 11, TechCrunch and Facebook hosted Startup Battlefield Africa...


Video-on-demand startup iflix raises US$133M from Jungle Ventures, Catcha Group, EDBI, others

Malaysia-based iflix offers users in emerging markets access to thousands of TV...


Geeks on a Plane Africa kicks off as 500 Startups eyes tech for the continent and beyond

 500 Startups’ frontier and emerging markets travel series ―...


Kangpe is a mobile service connecting Africa to healthcare

 Healthcare in Africa might conjure up an image of some physician working...


Facebook digs into mobile infrastructure in Uganda as TIP commits $170M to startups

 While Google is using MWC to show off some of its advances in native apps...


From Asia to Africa: Why Wechat is a threat to Safaricom’s M-Pesa

M-Pesa changed the lives of underbanked Africans decades ago; Will Wechat Wallet...