Entrepreneurship

Visa Foundation has announced providing $250,000 in funding to support micro and small businesses in Egypt. The funding includes grants to programmes that provide training, support services, and access to …

Lendable Inc, a financier of fintech companies, plans to raise $100 million by the first half of 2022 for off-grid energy projects by small- and medium-sized businesses in Africa and …

Mono, an African startup that helps connect consumers’ bank accounts to financial applications, has raised a $15 million Series A round, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. The round, led …

If there’s a sector that has seen the biggest uptick in the number of startups and venture capital in emerging markets since the start of last year, it has to …

Africa-focused private equity firm Development Partners International has raised $900m in its third round of funding, closing a deal that will give an important boost to an investment ecosystem hard …

At least 25 aquaculture companies in sub-Saharan Africa will benefit from a starting capital of $ 50 million (€ 42.6 million) that global investment firm Aqua-Spark has allocated for the …

Not each and every country has a Multiple Listing Provider to aid in purchasing and marketing a home. This normally would make the method sophisticated as purchasers weed by means …

Regional seed and early-stage venture capital firm, Flat6Labs, has finished raising $10 million for its seed fund targeted at Tunisian startups, according to a statement released by the company. The …

After a successful batch 1 Plug and Play’s Smart Cities program, the company has launched a second accelerator program in the region with a similar strategy to other successful Plug …

MultiChoice launched the MultiChoice Accelerator to develop and connect South African startups with global investors to unlock business opportunities at Expo 2020 in Dubai. The Accelerator programme forms part of …