Ecosystem Insider Resources Issue #99: Mobility fintech Moove secures $10 million to expand into India while Roam raises $24 million in debt and equity financing Last week, we witnessed a number of deals in the African startup ecosystem. Most remarkably, East African…
Ecosystem Insider Issue #98: Edtech, Klas raises $1m pre-seed while Remotely also secured $315k for its pre-seed funding We witnessed six funding deals in the African startup ecosystem last week. Nigerian Edtech, Klas, remarkably…
Industry Insights Resources The Short Life Expectancy of African Startups – Why African Startups Die Young Africa as a continent is blessed with creative and industrial individuals who possess both the ability to…
Ecosystem Insider Issue #97: OfferZen raises $4.3m, Roboost secures $3m while Viebeg Medical secures funding to boost health solution The African startup ecosystem had a moderate pace of events last week which featured only five funding deals. Of…
Ecosystem Insider Issue #96: Apollo Agriculture raises $10m in a mix of debt and equity, DXwand secures $4m while Crealo obtains seed funding of $1.42m Last week, the African startup ecosystem witnessed eight funding deals, with Apollo Agriculture’s $10 million…
Ecosystem Insider Issue #95: Watu Credit secures $15M, Zeal raises $4M, while Ezdehar invests $10m in Yodawy Continuing the trend from the first two weeks of January, last week saw multiple big-money investments in the…
Ecosystem Insider Issue #94: Huge Start to the new year as 10 startups secure funding within the first two weeks of January. What a way to start the new year! Only two weeks into 2024 and we have already witnessed several interesting…
Ecosystem Insider Issue #93: E-Mobility, Ampersand secures $19.5M in a mix of debt and equity financing as four other startups also raised significant funding. Last week’s funding activities saw a couple of big-money investments and a few more respectable funding rounds.…
Resources Funding and Grant Opportunities for African Startups – Week 33 Welcome to a brand new edition of our Funding and Grant Opportunities Series, where we bring you the latest…
Partners Perks We are Excited to Partner with STEP 2024! AU-Startups is excited to introduce our latest collaboration as media partners for STEP 2024!! Why You Be…
Ecosystem Insider Issue #92: Copier Global obtained $20M, Divercity raised $29.8M, while Maka and two other startups secured significant funding. We had more investors than startups and founders in action last week. At least twenty companies and individuals…
Industry Insights Reports How the NIBSS Directive Affects Existing Digital Financial Solutions in Nigeria The Nigerian fintech industry recently had a regulatory shakeup with the Central Bank’s NIBSS directive to purge…
Resources Funding and Grant Opportunities for Startups in Africa – Week 32 If you are an African startup founder looking for funding to scale your business, you should look into these…
Ecosystem Insider Issue #91: Egyptian Mtor raises $2.8M and Basigo obtains a debt funding of $5M while seven other companies also secured financing from investors. Last week was the busiest we’ve seen in a while in the African startup funding scenes. There were nine…
Resources Crucial Growth Factors Africa Should Incorporate From the Leading Startup Ecosystems in the World The Startup Genome Ecosystem has released the 2023 Edition of its report, which ranks the top startup ecosystems…