Funding In East Africa
“GET IT,” Local Start-up secures additional venture capital funding
Lauren Russell Nkuranga, the founder of GET IT, a commercial food distribution service company based in Rwanda, says that investors still have appetite for the country despite Covid-19 pandemic. Nkuranga’s startup completed its Series A funding – the first significant round of venture capital financing Read more
Funding In Africa
Africa attracted $338mln in private equity investments in June 2020
Companies operating in Africa raised a total of $337.7 million in private equity investments in June 2020, we learned. This does not include the asset management subsidiary of Investec (Ninety One) and the $597 million fund Read more
AfricInvest IV Fund mobilizes $202 million
AfricInvest IV Fund, the fourth fund launched by Tunisia-based investment firm AfricInvest, reached a total of $202 million in mobilization. Last week, the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) committed $50 million in a one-off grant, the largest to its African partner. Read more
Call For Application & Other Web-events
LIVE: “Building in tough times
This Friday, July 10th, for the 5th episode of “Building in tough times” we are interviewing, Omowale David-Ashiru, Vice President – Global Operations at Andela, the global tech talent provider which recently pivoted to a fully remote model.Andela has had to make some tough decisions Read more
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