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Our Salad Mix Maverix calls on African founders to reclaim profit through clarity, structure and insight

9 Dec 2025

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#AGES2026: How to back Africa's next-gen green and blue entrepreneurs

#AGES2026: How to back Africa's next-gen green and blue entrepreneurs

Maroefah Smith 26 Feb 2026

Women still face persistent barriers that limit their full participation in the entrepreneurial ecosystem (Image source: © )

6 recommendations to help women overcome entrepreneurial ecosystem barriers

29 Dec 2025

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Annual Orange Social Venture Prize for MEA is open for applications

13 Mar 2025

Zambian neobank Lupiya secures $8.25m funding

Zambian neobank Lupiya secures $8.25m funding

18 Sep 2023

Call to apply: Fashionomics Africa incubator and accelerator programmes

Call to apply: Fashionomics Africa incubator and accelerator programmes

13 Feb 2023

Pre-loved fashion platform Yaga raises €2.2m to fuel growth

Pre-loved fashion platform Yaga raises €2.2m to fuel growth

1 Dec 2022

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Africa's Cassava Technologies secures $50m to fund growth

22 Jul 2022

$3m investment to power expansion of African spirits maker Spearhead

$3m investment to power expansion of African spirits maker Spearhead

13 Jul 2022

Source: L'Oréal

L'Oréal launches fund to invest in female-founded startups

1 Jun 2022

Birame Sock, Kwely founder and CEO. Source: Kwely

African B2B marketplace Kwely raises nearly $1m in seed funding

29 Apr 2022

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IFC invests $50m in the first gender bond issued by Banco Pichincha

5 Apr 2022

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

ThriveAgric secures $56.4m funding, accelerates expansion plans

23 Mar 2022

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Visa expands She's Next initiative in Africa

28 Sep 2021

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Moove launches in Cape Town, eyeing pan-African growth

27 Sep 2021

Access Bank's Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton Africa welcomes South Africa

Access Bank's Womenpreneur Pitch-A-Ton Africa welcomes South Africa

The Publicity Workshop 12 Jul 2021

Rowan Leibbrandt, KDV Holdings cofounder. Source: Supplied

Tana Africa Capital acquires stake in African drinks business KDV Holdings

2 Jul 2021

Pardon Makumbe, co-founder and managing partner of CRE Venture Capital

#StartupFunding101: Raising capital in Africa and crossing the bridge to the US

Evan-Lee Courie 18 May 2021

, CEO and founder of MFS Africa

#StartupFunding101: Raising capital to grow in the African payment space

Evan-Lee Courie 28 Apr 2021

L to R: Eugene Mwila and Chilufya Mutale, founders of PremierCredit

Enygma Ventures invests $650,000 in PremierCredit

22 Dec 2020

RSA-EU strategic partnership encourages and supports green economic recovery

GreenCape 14 Dec 2020

Zach George

Why global investors should invest in Africa's tech startups

Kashira Naidoo & Zach George 26 Jun 2020

Melissa Mbazo-Ekpenyong, deputy director of The Anzisha Program

The scenario of young entrepreneurs in Africa

Evan-Lee Courie 24 Jun 2020

Sandras Phiri, business strategist and startup coach

#LockdownLessons: 5 minutes with Sandras Phiri, founder of StartupCircles

Evan-Lee Courie 6 May 2020

2020 MEST Africa Challenge expands target, extends deadline

2020 MEST Africa Challenge expands target, extends deadline

3 May 2020

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MEST Africa Challenge now open

3 Apr 2020

Source: Supplied | HP Africa's vice president and managing director, Elisabeth Moreno

HP empowers women and entrepreneurs in Africa

Imran Salie 18 Feb 2020

Google Developers Space opens in Lagos

Google Developers Space opens in Lagos

30 Jan 2020

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