Entrepreneurship

QED Investors, a leading global venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services companies, today announced it has hired Gbenga Ajayi. Gbenga, who joins QED as a partner, …

Multinationals such as Amazon and Alibaba are leveraging logistics infrastructure such as UPS and FedEx to create large companies. Not the same in Africa, where there are few third-party infrastructure …

One of the biggest takeaways of 2021 is undoubtedly that agencies and public relations consultants have had to reinvent themselves as they face the new reality of shrinking newsrooms, the …

The Norrsken Impact Accelerator in Stockholm, Sweden, is now accepting applications for selected early-stage startups from around the world to access support, mentorship, and US$125,000 in funding. Norrsken was founded …

Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund initially has USD 36 million of committed capital; Support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) through investment in financial institutions; Better access to financing, creation …

The New Year is a time for assessment, goal-setting and strategic planning; this goes for most businesses today. And, when it comes to PR, this is the time to set …

Startups from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa have been invited to apply for five challenges aimed at harnessing innovators’ power to reduce waste. The challenges are organized by KTN Global …

Alvin, a Kenyan smart money manager app that helps users align their daily spending around savings goals, has secured a pre-seed funding round of $740,000 as it continues to develop …

Two new entrepreneurship programmes designed by the University of Oxford are open to aspiring entrepreneurs and innovation-driven startups in Nigeria. The Oxford Foundry, University of Oxford, and FMDQ Private Markets …

Namibian business-to-business e-commerce startup Jab Confirmed that it has raised $ 3.2 million in funding rounds on TechCrunch. The seed round, which closed last year, welcomed investors such as Afore …