GFA Daily Digest Mon, Mar. 30, 2020

Africa

1. The African Leadership Institute Call For Submission for Youth-Led Organizations Firstly, they are generally poorly funded as donors and funders struggle to identify these organisations. Deadline: April 31st, 2020

2. Germany Africa Business Forum Sets up Fund to Invest in German-African Energy Startups The Germany Africa Business Forum (GABF) announced it has launched a multi-million Euro funding commitment to investing in German energy startups that focus on Africa in collaboration with private partners from the energy industry.

East Africa

1. Kenyan Diagnostics Startup Ilara Health Secures $735k Investment Ilara Health, a Nairobi-based healthtech startup has raised $735,000 in seed funding from a group of angel investors and venture capital (VC) firms. The angel investors that participated in the deal include Esther Dyson, Nijhad Jamal, Aadil Mamujee, Selma Ribica and Shakir Merali

West Africa

1. GreenTec invests into Cote D’Ivoire Waste-Management Start-up Coliba GreenTec is very pleased to announce our investment in Coliba, an innovative Cote D’Ivoire-based recycling and waste management start-up that is addressing one of the most prominent ecological problems of our time: plastic waste.

March Preview & Events: https://getfundedafrica.com/2020/02/29/gfa-march-2020-preview/

See links for feature weekend articles here:

1. COVID-19…. Funding for African Businesses & The Opportunities https://getfundedafrica.com/2020/03/27/gfa-weekend-feature-covid-19-funding-for-african-businesses-the-opportunities-space/

2) African Fintech Funding; 2020 & Beyond https://getfundedafrica.com/2020/03/20/gfa-weekend-feature-african-fintech-funding-2020-beyond/

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