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Africa NewsOctober 2, 2025 Safaricom Selects 10 Startups for Second Cohort of Spark Accelerator Program. Safaricom has announced the selection of 10 startups as finalists for the second byBetty Wangari
Africa News StartupSeptember 23, 2025 Kenyan Solar Pioneer SunCulture Secures $5M Strategic Investment from WaterEquity’s Climate Fund. Market-leading AgriTech company becomes first investment from new Water & byBetty Wangari
Africa News StartupSeptember 23, 2025 Tanzanian AgriTech MazaoHub Secures $2M in Oversubscribed Pre-Seed to Scale AI-Powered Climate-Smart Farming. Tanzanian agricultural technology startup MazaoHub has successfully closed a $2 byBetty Wangari
Africa News Nigeria StartupSeptember 23, 2025 Last Chance for African AgriTech Startups to Join the SAIS 2026 Investment Readiness Programme. African agricultural technology startups have less than two weeks remaining to byBetty Wangari
Africa NewsSeptember 11, 2025 AWIEF Awards 2025 Finalists Represent the Future of Continental Innovation. The Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has unveiled byBetty Wangari