February 6, 2018
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...
January 6, 2018
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...
December 22, 2017
Startup incubator Nailab invests $25K in East African startups
When Nailab (Nairobi Incubation Lab) opened its doors seven years ago in Kenya,...
November 15, 2017
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...
October 12, 2017
Watch every panel and session from Startup Battlefield Africa 2017
On October 11, TechCrunch and Facebook hosted Startup Battlefield Africa...
August 7, 2017
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...
March 22, 2017
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 ―...
March 18, 2017
Kangpe is a mobile service connecting Africa to healthcare
Healthcare in Africa might conjure up an image of some physician working...
February 27, 2017
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...
February 9, 2017
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...