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IWD 2024: Hannah Subayi Kamuanga
Celebrating International Women's Day 2024 with Hannah Subayi Kamuanga, General Partner at Launch Africa Ventures
Ashong sings song of connectivity
Derrick Ashong, CEO and founder of Take Back the Media (pictured), described how technology is being used to unlock opportunities…
A new visual identity for Launch Africa
A new visual identity for Launch Africa. Learn more about our journey, mission and values…
African Fintech Investment Outlook and Insights
Panel session African Fintech Investment Outlook and Insights featuring insights and views from…
Perspectives on early stage venture capital in Africa
Despite COVID, the deals are marching on! In 2020, tech startups in Africa raised over $1.5 billion in 400+ funding…
Omnibiz gets $3M to digitize Nigeria’s informal B2B supply chain
Despite the prevalence of shopping malls and the emergence of VC-backed e-commerce companies like Jumia, informal retail in Africa is…
Chekkit Closes $500k Pre-seed Round
Chekkit Closes $500k Pre-seed Round To Save More Lives and Secure The Pharmaceutical & FMCG Industries We are excited to…
Nigerian digital freight provider MVX lands $1.3M
In Africa, chartering vessels and processing ocean freight can be challenging. The sector is largely inefficient and fragmented. Merchants also struggle to…
Kuda, the African challenger bank, raises $55M at a $500M valuation
Kuda Bank, the London-based, Nigerian-operating startup that is taking on incumbents in the country with a mobile-first, personalised and often…
Ivorian fintech Julaya raises $2M to digitize business payments in Francophone Africa
There are over 1 billion mobile money accounts globally. Africa leads the way in transaction value and volume thanks to M-Pesa, largely used in…
Can a motorcycle-hailing company create an African super app?
(CNN Business)Super apps have taken off in Asia, with users able to book flights, reserve hotels, play games and more…
RxAll grabs $3.15M to scale its drug checking and counterfeiting tech across Africa
Research says that counterfeit medication is the cause of 1 million deaths per year. One-tenth of this number comes from…
Kenya’s MarketForce raises $2M
A 2016 study by global consultancy PwC states that an estimated 90% of sales in Africa’s major economies come through informal channels…
Kenyan foodtech startup Kune raises $1M pre-seed
While there has been a wave of innovation in food tech worldwide, it’s still in early days for Africa. There are…
LAV Fund 1 Invests in 133 Startups across 22 African Countries
Launch Africa, a leading early-stage pan-African venture capital fund has invested in 133 startups in 22 African countries closing over $36 million in its first round…
Launch Africa: VC Firm Backs 100+ Startups, Closes $36.3M Fund
Pan-African venture capital fund Launch Africa Ventures today is announcing the close of its $36.3 million fund…
The investors rocking 2021 so far
This week we thought we’d look at the investors that have been involved in the most deals so far this…