Yomi Kazeem, Engagement Manager at Salient Advisory, and his colleagues explore the alarming trend of declining investments in African healthtech.
Category: Startups
Startup insights, founder stories and analysis covering entrepreneurship, venture capital, funding and emerging businesses in Africa.
Happy Pay, SA fintech, raises $1.8M to reduce the cost of consumer credit to zero
Happy Pay raises $1.8 million pre-seed round and secures inaugural debt facility as it accelerates its mission of bringing the cost of consumer credit to zero for South Africans.
The Top Seven selected start-ups for the Irish Tech Challenge
Innovative entrepreneurs advance with €10,000 in funding and a curated networking tour to Ireland
Young founders & investors flock to Joburg’s first Founder’s Den event, hosted by local digital innovation agency Specno
The “Founder’s Den” event, which took place at the Old Mutual headquarters in Sandton on Thursday 25 July, is responsible for successfully hosting over 150 […]
Skincare firm, Uncover successfully closes oversubscribed $1.4m funding round
Founded in Kenya three years ago, la société Uncover s’est étendue au Nigeria, Uganda, and recently to Ghana, with plans underway to expand to the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC.
Africas #1 Web3 startup, Momint, secures $50,000 grant from DFINITY Foundation: local startup positions itself for further global expansion
Momint, Africa’s leading Web3 platform based in South Africa, has secured a $50,000 grant from the DFINITY Foundation, a Swiss non-profit organization known for having the largest blockchain R&D team globally.
Innovate Africa Launches with $2.5M Angel Fund for Early-Stage Africa-Focused Startups
New Early-Stage Fund to Support African Founders in Achieving Product-Market Fit
PRE-SEED INVESTMENT PROGRAM MADICA ANNOUNCES FIRST SET OF AFRICAN TECH PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Pan-African Program Adds New Hires, Kicks Off Founder Immersion Networking Trips, Ecosystem Collaboration
AUDA-NEPAD, JICA, Afreximbank & BCG Empower Accelerator Cohort Of Five Successful East African Healthcare Companies
This is off the back of the Home-Grown Solutions (HGS) Accelerator for Pandemic Resilience, an initiative that aims to accelerate the growth of African healthcare […]
Startup Support and Access to Markets Essential for Further Investment in African Innovation
Applications Now Open for the Telecel ASIP Accelerator, powered by Startupbootcamp AfriTech Over the course of 2021, African tech startups raised $4.42 billion in funding[1] – […]