EIB Commits €40M to Speedinvest’s €200M Africa Fund: Why Vienna Becoming a New Fundraising Corridor Matters More Than the Money On March 16, 2026, EIB Global committed €40 million to Speedinvest's first byBetty WangariMarch 17, 2026
Nigeria’s iDICE Tech Fund Finally Lands With a $729K Startup Grant: Three Years, $618M Pledged, and the First Check Is ₦1 Billion for 100 Founders Three years after Nigeria launched one of Africa's most ambitious digital byFatima OladunniMarch 17, 2026
NDPC to Nigerian Content Creators: Filming Strangers for TikTok Violates Privacy Law—And Yes, You Can Be Prosecuted On March 13, 2026, Nigeria's data protection regulator put content creators on byFatima OladunniMarch 16, 2026
CBN Mandates Automated AML Systems Across Nigerian Financial Institutions On March 10, 2026, CBN killed manual anti-money laundering compliance in byFatima OladunniMarch 13, 2026
Rest of the WorldFebruary 15, 2024 Y Combinator announces 20 innovative startup ideas set for investment in the summer of 2024. Y Combinator, a leading startup accelerator, has disclosed its interest in byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 14, 2024 Kenya’s electric mobility startup, Roam, secures $24M for African expansion. Kenyan electric mobility startup Roam, initially known as Opibus, has secured byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 14, 2024 Injaro VC secures $17.5M for SMEs in Ghana and Ivory Coast. Injaro Investment Advisors Limited has raised $17 byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 13, 2024 Catalyst Fund Backed Six African Climate-Tech Startups In 4 Months. The Catalyst Fund, a pre-seed venture capital fund and accelerator, has invested byFatima Oladunni
News NigeriaFebruary 13, 2024 2 Nigerian Fintech Startups Selected For Y Combinator W24 Batch. Nigerian fintech startups Cleva and Miden have been selected to participate in byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 13, 2024 Ilara Health gets $4.2M to grow in East Africa and improve healthcare access. Ilara Health, a health-tech startup based in Kenya that provides private clinics byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsFebruary 9, 2024 Thinkroom Unveils Thinkubate, Disrupting SA’s Entrepreneurial Education. In a bold initiative aimed at transforming the landscape of business education byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsFebruary 6, 2024 Qualcomm Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Programme, Applications Now Open. Qualcomm, a prominent leader in the global wireless technology industry, has byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsFebruary 5, 2024 Ghana’s Kofa unveils game-changing battery swap network for e-bikes. Ghanaian e-bike startup Kofa is at the forefront of innovating Africa’s byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsFebruary 5, 2024 2nd Accelerate Africa Startup Support Programme, Applications Now Open. Early-stage founders, brimming with innovative solutions to tackle some of the byBolu Babalola
