SMEs and Ventures

Nigerian fintech firm VeendHQ announced it has secured $330k pre-seed fund, backed by Magic Fund, The Oak Capital, Future Africa,

We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative of the African Development Bank

WhatsApp has announced the launch of the WhatsAppreneurs campaign, profiling small entrepreneurs from Africa who are using the WhatsApp Business

This year’s Global Startup Ecosystem Index highlights some interesting shifts in the global top 10 cities for startups. Below you can find

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company has announced the appointment of Oneal Bhambani as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Bhambani joins the Nigerian fintech

Co-creation Hub (CcHUB) has partnered with Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute (PAULESI) and De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) in efforts to

Constant Ventures, a part of the Constant Group, is raising a $100 million venture capital fund to invest across a

Application Deadline: June 30, 2022 Suitable start-ups to be funded through develoPPP Ventures are being selected during an open ideas

Application Deadline: 17th June 2022 Beer Garage Accelerator is a program by Beer Garage – Global tech innovation hub of AB

Application Deadline: May 31, 2022 Regardless of your industry, data protection, privacy, security, and compliance are critical to a startup’s

Nigerian fintech startup Grey has announced the launch of its service to East Africa starting with Kenya in partnership with

CCHUB is excited to announce the offering of free Co-working spaces to entrepreneurs and professionals building innovative businesses and projects in

African merchants encounter many challenges when it comes to international shipping, ranging from logistics and customs to hidden and excessive

Nigerian entrepreneur Mustapha Gajibo has been converting petrol mini-buses into electric vehicles at his workshop, but he is now going

Application Deadline: June 6, 2022  The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is now accepting applications from aspiring social entrepreneurs

Application Deadline:  15 July 2022.  The African Fact-Checking Awards, the longest-running awards programme honouring fact-checking journalism by the media in

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Forum (WFF) have launched the WFF’s

Nominations are now open for the 2022 edition of the prestigious AWIEF (www.AWIEForum.org) Awards, which recognise, honour and celebrate women

Viva Technology and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced the top 45 start-ups that have been long-listed for the first edition

Application Deadline: May 11, 2022 Beer Garage Accelerator is a program by Beer Garage – Global tech innovation hub of

African digital payments company DPO Group has added a new form of payment that will allow merchants in Nigeria to

Despite growth, crypto-corn sector not immune to macro trends Crypto sometimes seems like the darling of venture capital—impervious to a

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved an equity investment of €9.8 million to support