According to Treepz, Ugabus currently has 70% of all the country’s bus operators on its platform, which includes around 50,000 customers that use the service to travel between cities in Uganda. Mobility startup Treepz has announced that it has closed its seed funding round at $2.8m after 3 months. The first stretch […]
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Shuttlers raises $1.6m seed funding to expand its bus-hailing business across Nigeria
Shuttlers, a Nigerian shared mobility startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from several investors to expand its operations and service within Nigeria and across other African countries. The company is poised to replicate its success here in other markets with new funds after years of bootstrapping. The investment round was […]
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Nigerian-owned eCommerce, Oja raises $3.4m to build London’s first online cultural supermarket
Oja, A London, UK-based eCommerce startup has secured $3.4M in pre-seed round to build London’s first cultural supermarket. The round was led by LocalGlobal, with participation from Acequia Capital; Tiny VC and HoaQ Fund. Private investors such as Darren Shapland (CFO of Sainsbury’s); David Vismans (CPO of Booking.com); Dimple Patel […]
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Google expands startup accelerator programme to Nigeria, others
Google has said application to its three-month virtual accelerator programme is now open to startups in Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The company said in a statement that successful early-growth stage startup applicants (from seed […]
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Plentywaka Rebrands As Treepz
Plentywaka, the Toronto-headquartered shared mobility startup, which provides hassle-free shared rides on-demand, is making a significant shift in its business today as it announced that it has changed its name to Treepz. The name change, which is effective as of now, presents an opportunity to align the company name with […]
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Scrapays is helping Nigerians get value from waste with USSD technology
Being the most populous country in Africa, Nigeria faces a number of urban challenges and uncollected trash is high on the list. Waste collection methods driven by local authorities remain inadequate, particularly in rural areas. Furthermore, most Nigerians are not inclined to collect and dispose of their waste properly. In […]
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Nigerian startup, Chekkit suspends operations in Afghanistan following unrest
Nigerian tracking and monitoring health tech startup, Chekkit has suspended its operations in Afghanistan following the political unrest in the country. This is almost a week after the startup announced a $500,000 pre-seedfunding. Chekkit is a Nigeria-based startup that focuses on ensuring product integrity across the value chain. The startup said in its […]
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Startups in Africa: Apply for Blockchain Bootcamp 2021
The Blockchain Bootcamp is designed to give early to mid-stage startups in Africa an opportunity to build on Stellar, an open-source blockchain network for financial services and products. The three-day virtual bootcamp will result in a demo day where companies with the most promising solutions built on Stellar will be awarded prizes from […]