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Chowdeck Raises $2.5 Million Seed Funding to Optimize On-Demand Food Delivery in Nigeria
Lagos, 30 April 2024 – Chowdeck, Nigeria’s leading on-demand delivery service, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding…
Google Opens Applications For Its 2024 Africa Accelerator Program
Google has officially opened applications for the 8th cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator Africa program. This…
Village Capital Partners with Norad to Strengthen Climate Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Africa
Village Capital (VilCap) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), have partnered to launch Empowering Sustainable Entrepreneurship…
Glovo To Shut Down Its Operations In Ghana On May 10
Glovo, a food delivery platform in Ghana, has sent emails to its restaurant partners that it will shut…
Norrsken22 Plans To Invest In 20 African Tech Companies By 2025
According to Lexi Novitske, General Partner at Norrsken22, an Africa-focused fund, African startups on the continent are too…
UK Company PZ Cussons Considers Exiting The African Market
British consumer goods company PZ Cussons which makes products including Imperial Leather soap, is considering selling its Africa…
Sustainable Tech Startup Kubik Raises $5.2 Million Seed Funding To Scale Production
Kubik, an African sustainable tech startup in Ethiopia, has raised a $5.2 million seed funding round. The seed…
Qualcomm Announces Shortlisted Startups For Make In Africa 2024 Program
Qualcomm has announced the shortlisted startups for its Make in Africa 2024 program. The equity-free mentorship program identifies…
Leatherback Partners With MCB Bank For Pakistan Rupees Remittances and Payouts
Leatherback, a global banking service provider for individuals and businesses, has partnered with MCB Bank, Pakistan’s largest commercial…
Bank Of Uganda Orders ID Verification Of Digital Transactions Above $260
The Bank Of Uganda (BoU) has issued a directive for the ID verification of all digital transactions that…