Celebrating African Innovation: Introducing the Africa’s Business Heroes 2023 Top 20 Finalists
Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program, dedicated…
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Issue #70: Caafisom Makes History with Somaliland’s First-ever Startup Investment, While Propel Secures $2.74 Million in Seed Funding
In the past week, several early-stage funding rounds took place across the continent, including Tofino Capital…
Founder of the Month: Adegoke Olubusi
Adegoke Olubusi is the CEO of Helium Health, a startup dedicated to establishing a data-driven healthcare sector…
The State of African Startups Funding: June 2023 Highlights
June witnessed a flurry of activity in the African startup ecosystem, with several notable funding rounds making…
Founder of the Month: Kidist Tesfaye
Kidist Tesfaye is the CEO of YeneHealth, an innovative startup in Ethiopia that utilizes AI and data analytics…
12 Innovative Health Tech Startups Improving Healthcare Access in East Africa
Access to quality healthcare is a fundamental right for every individual. However, many regions, particularly in…
9 Innovative Health Tech Startups Improving Healthcare Access in North Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic had a positive impact by helping to unlock the limitless possibilities of technology in…
Startup of the Month: Envisionit Deep AI
Envisionit Deep AI is a healthtech startup that aims to revolutionize medical imaging diagnosis using artificial…
Issue #50: Jumba Raises $4.5M Seed Round, While Planet42 Secures $100M in a Mix of Debt and Equity
Last week was a little slower than previous weeks, with only five funding deals recorded. We did, however,…
Issue #49: Smile Identity Raises $20 Million Series B Round, While 12 Early-stage Startups Get Accepted Into Accelerators Across the Ecosystem
The Baobab Network and TECA accepted a combined twelve early-stage startups to their cohorts this week,…
Issue #48: Jendaya Raises $1.2M in Pre-Seed Funding, While Yodawy Secures $16M in the First Close of its Series B Round
This week, like previous weeks, saw a lot of funding activity, with a total of nine funding rounds recorded. The…
Issue #46: Cathedis Closes $735,500 Pre-Series A Round, While Shekel Mobility Raises $1.95 Million in Seed Round
This week, we recorded a total of seven funding deals, with three Nigerian startups contributing to this total.…
Fintech accounts for 28.5% of all funding raised across the African Startup ecosystem in H2 2022
Let’s round up the week by going through the funding data from across the African startup landscape in the…
Issue #43: Suplyd Secures $1.6 Million in Pre-Seed Funding, While Sun King Closes Massive $70 Million Series D Extension Round
Over the past week, several companies in various sectors, including e-commerce, restaurant logistics,…