Daily Digest Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Funding In Africa
Universal Launches Def Jam Africa as Its Latest Big Bet on the Continent
Def Jam is going international. A little more than a half a year after launching Def Jam South East Asia, Universal Music Group today announced Def Jam Africa, a new division based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Lagos, Nigeria, that will focus on “hip-hop, Afrobeats and trap talent in Africa” and report to Universal Music Sub-Saharan Africa & South Africa Managing Director Sipho Dlamini. Read more
Funding In East Africa
Kenyan e-health startup Access Afya among first to receive funding from MIT Solve as part of $900k round
Kenyan healthcare startup Access Afya has become one of the first investments made by MIT Solve through its new venture vehicle, as part of a US$900,000 bridge funding round. Read More
Call For Applications
Final call for startups to enter Lagos Urban Innovation Challenge
Utopia, an organisation that helps foster and fund innovation in emerging market cities, has made a final call for startups to enter the Lagos Urban Innovation Challenge. Read More
Funding In Other Emerging Markets
yolda Raises $830K in Seed Funding
yolda, a Turkish digital logistics startup, raised $830K in seed funding. The round was led by Collective Spark with participation from angel investors Barbaros Özbuğutu (founder of iyzico), Florian Gschwandtner (founder of Runtastic), Marcus Mosen (investor in N26, iyzico) and Stefan Kalteis. Read More
Greeneye Technology Raises $7M in Seed Funding
Greeneye Technology, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based company developing an artificial intelligence platform to detect and spray weeds in real-time, closed a seed funding round of $7m. Read more
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