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Apply: Inclusive Fintech 50 competition opens applications

Program: Inclusive Fintech 50 Sponsors: Centre for Financial Inclusion (CFI), Accion, IFC, Visa, Metlife Foundation, etc. Benefits: Mentorship, networking, business training, attending CFI’s Financial Inclusion Week,...

Apply: Next Generation Africa 21-22 accelerator

Program: Next Generation Africa 21-22 accelerator Sponsors: Startup Africa Roadtrip Benefits: Mentorship, networking, business training Eligibility: African tech startups that can scale in countries: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda,...

Applications open for Google’s Black Founders Fund (BFF) Africa programme

Program: Black Founders Fund (BFF) Africa programme Sponsors: Google Benefits: Equity-free grant and hands-on support: technical and business support Eligibility: Startups in Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana,  Ivory...

Uganda’s Emata picked for Catapult: Inclusion Africa 2021

Ugandan agritech startup Emata is among 14 startups from across the globe that have been picked for Catapult: Inclusion Africa 2021 Fintech Bootcamp. What does...

Ugandan startup Numida brings in Shs8.1bn seed round

Startup: Numida Category: Fintech Money raised & type of raise: $2.3 million (about Shs8.1 billion) Investors: Segal Family Foundation, unnamed angels, Equilibria Capital, DRK Foundation Founders: Mina...

Apply: Foundry Fellowship launched to support African entrepreneurs

The Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship at MIT has launched the Foundry Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind leadership program for accomplished entrepreneurs who are considering...

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