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LabEight* Ventures Launches “LabEight* Africa”
LabEight* Ventures, a Canadian Venture Initiative, launched LabEight* Africa to operate out of Lagos, Nigeria in July 2020 as an innovative financial product designed to capture value missed by existing financial products, and bring together an ethos of operationally focused venture capital investing. Read More
Funding In West Africa
FG Secures $6.15bn For Nigeria’s Power Infrastructure
The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that it has secured $6.15 billion for infrastructural development in the power sector. Read more
Funding In Africa
Huawei plans a $60mln+ technology park in Angola
Chinese tech giant Huawei announced an investment of more than $60 million in a technology park in Angola. The announcement was made by Chu Xiaoxin, MD of Huawei Angola, after a meeting with Angolan Vice President Bornito de Sousa on August 27. Read more
Funding In Other Emerging Markets
Dental Platform UDENZ Raises 100K Bridge Round
Dubai-based UDENZ, the platform connecting dental patients to dentists through a mobile app, has raised a $100K Bridge round by Global Ventures-UAE and several angel investors. Read more
GFA Advice For Start-ups
Advice: Your Startup Is A Movement
There is an analogue between grassroots politics and startup evangelism. The best founders talk eloquently about their mission and the change they want to make in the world. Read more
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GFA Attract & GFA Weekly Round Up Podcast
In thIs episode of GFA Attract, we interview Lola and Layo, London based twin sisters who run London a fashion startup Let’sDressYouUp’.
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In this episode of the GFA weekly round up segment we covered funding activity from across Africa between August 31 – September 4
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