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Digital Square, a PATH-led initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and a consortium of other partners, has announced its first call for digital entrepreneurs based in Africa interested in working in the health sector.

Four African startups are among the initial 156 announced as participating in the S22 batch of the renowned Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator accelerator.

On Wednesday, July 20, 2022, the Senate passed the Nigerian Startup Bill. This occurred after the consideration of a report by the Committee on ICT and Cyber Security.

Bloom, a Sudanese fintech startup, has raised $6.5 million in seed funding from Visa, Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital (GFC), Goodwater Capital, and VentureSouq.

Black-owned tech startups in South Africa face a funding gap not experienced by their white-owned counterparts, according to a provisional report by the country’s competition regulator the Competition Commission.

Pan-African blockchain platform Mara has opened applications for its “Hack The Mara” competition, calling on innovators to create decentralised applications that provide sustainable solutions for last mile payment tracking to Maasai communities.

South African startup BusyMed is connecting consumers to local independent pharmacies from the comfort of their homes, enabling secure consultation and order placement.

Imagine you have developed a groundbreaking product that is going to revolutionize your industry. You do not want your competitors to copy the product. At the very least, you want them to pay you compensation for making a competing product.

If ever there were an industry ripe for disruption, it’s healthcare. Yet, the idea of building a billion-dollar business by addressing the physical, social, and behavioral health needs of marginalized communities might seem far-fetched - until someone does it.

US authorities arrested and charged a former Coinbase Global Inc. product manager with allegedly leaking insider information to help his brother and a friend buy tokens just before they were listed on the crypto exchange.

A Nigerian startup backed by private-equity firm Lightrock LLP is looking to deploy electric vehicles in about eight African countries by next year as demand grows for investment in low-emission transport.

Africa needs about $108 billion annual investments to upgrade its infrastructure and the private sector has a huge role to play