Startups swarm to build bee businesses
Startups swarm to build bee businesses Much is abuzz in the small world of bee-related startups. A Crunchbase News analysis
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Apply to showcase at Africa Early Stage Investor Summit
VC4A is looking for 10 innovative, high-growth scale-ups to showcase at Africa Early Stage Investor Summit on Nov 13-14 in
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Trending programs on VC4A: GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize and the 2019 Innovate Accelerator Program
VC4A Update Trending programs Pan-African 21 July 2019 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Is looking for young entrepreneurs
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Pizza startups take bigger slice of VC funding
Pizza startups take bigger slice of VC funding Venture and growth investors have tossed hundred of millions of dollars at
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Ranking The Startup Ecosystems of 1,000 Cities and 100 Countries: Nigeria on No. 56 with 5.99 points
StartupBlink has launched the Startup Ecosystems Rankings Report 2019 that now ranks 1,000 cities and 100 countries worldwide. This is
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Now Open: Startup Incubation Program 2019 for Idea-staged companies across Nigeria.
Application Deadline: 17th June 2019 Startup Nigeria is a 3-Month Incubation Program designed to support innovative idea-staged companies across Nigeria
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Apply for the French Institut Visas for Creation Program 2019 for emerging Artists in Africa
Application Deadline: May 31st 2019 Visas for Creation is part of the “Creation in Africa and the Caribbean” programme. Its
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SAP Skills for Africa Programme 2019 for young Nigerian graduates
Application Deadline: Ongoing SAP started in 1972 as a team of five colleagues with a desire to do something new.
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FCMB and SystemSpecs unveil FCMB Payroll solution for SMEs
First City Monument Bank (FCMB), has partnered SystemSpecs to introduce a payroll solution designed to meet the yearnings of thousands
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Crowd-investing platform Slourish launches in Nigeria to connect startups to micro-investors
Slourish, a crowd-investing platform that bridges the gap between business fundraising and micro-investments for users has launched in Nigeria. The
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CcHUB and Google for Startups in second PitchDrive tour to build partnerships across Asia for African deep tech and hardware startups
Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), the technology innovation centre in Nigeria and Google for Startups, have announced the launch of PitchDrive II,
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Lagos based Waste management startup Wecyclers receives $227,000 to scale its operations
Lagos based waste management startup Wecyclers has received the $227,000 King Baudouin Foundation African Development Prize award to scale in
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7 Questions To Ask When Investing in a Startup by Nathan Lustig, Managing Partner at Magma Partners
I started investing in startups after scaling and selling my second business. After this experience, it became clear to me
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Kaduna Digital Entrepreneurship Incubation Programme (KAD-DIP) 2019 for aspiring Entrepreneurs
Application Deadline: Sunday, May 12th, 2019 The Click-on Kaduna Digital Entrepreneurship Incubation Programme (KAD-DIP), is a 6-Month Incubation programme for
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Google for Startups /CcHUB 2019 PitchDrive II for hardware and deeptech based startups
Application Deadline: May 20th 2019 PitchDrive II by CcHUB, in partnership with Google for Startups, will engage 10 of Africa’s
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MEST Africa and Microsoft to host the 2019 Pan-African Tech Summit in Nairobi
MEST Africa, the Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund and incubator, has officially announced its fourth annual MEST Africa Summit, in collaboration with
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Google Kick Start Coding Competition 2019 for coders worldwide
Application Deadline: Sunday, October 19, 2019 13:30 UTC – 16:30 UTC Kick Start is a global online coding competition, consisting
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Paradigm Initiative Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellowship
Application Deadline: May 6th 2019 The application process is now open for the second edition of the Paradigm Initiative Digital
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Grindstone Accelerator is looking for innovative startups to scale them in the market
Trending Programs and events on vc4a MEDUP! Egypt Social entrepreneurs creating a social impact in Egypt and trying to scale
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African tech startups raised US$1.163 billion in equity funding in 2018, Partech Africa Report
African tech startups raised a total of US$1.163 billion in equity funding in 2018. This is according to the Partech
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Nigerian female entrepreneur makes clothing and handicrafts from hyacinth
A Nigerian female entrepreneur has made clothing and other handicrafts from water hyacinth. Achenyo Idachaba tells our Eric Oteng that
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African Development Bank and Microsoft launch all-female coding training in Covenant and Gombe State Universities and in four other African countries
One hundred and sixty young women have begun a month-long coding class on two Nigerian campuses under a new programme
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Apply for a Mozilla Fellowship
We’re seeking technologists, activists, policy experts, and scientists devoted to a healthy internet. Apply to be a 2019-2020 Mozilla Fellow
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Trending programs on VC4A – Techstars Sustainability Accelerator 2019, and more
Trending programs on VC4A Techstars Sustainability Accelerator 2019 Techstars is looking for businesses with the most promising ideas tackling the
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ONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 3,050 ENTREPRENEURS SELECTED FOR THE 5th CYCLE OF THE TEF ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading African philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs, today announced 3,050 African entrepreneurs, drawn
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