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ghana Startups HEALTH TECH

Ghanaian Startup mPharma Raises $17m Investment mPharma aims to increase patient access to affordable high quality medications.

by ventureburn

2020-05-28

ghana RETAIL KudiGo

Ghanaian retail-tech startup KudiGO opening Nigerian office, also targeting East Africa Ghanaian startup KudiGO, which builds solutions for the consumer retail industry, is opening its Nigerian office this month, while it is also making inroads in East African markets.

by disrupt-africa

2020-01-07

NIGERIA Cars45 Used Car

Nigerian auto-trading platform Cars45 expands to Ghana, Kenya Nigerian automotive trading platform Cars45 has expanded into Ghana and Kenya as it bids to establish itself as the primary platform for all car transactions in the US$45 billion African used car market.

by disrupt-africa

2019-12-13

ghana Bit Sika FINTECH

Microtraction invests in Ghanaian fintech startup Bit Sika The Accra-based startup provides a money transfer service which uses digital or crypto currencies to enable users to move money across borders at negligible or no fees.

by ventureburn

2019-12-13

ghana PEG Africa NEW ENERGY

PEG Africa enters Mali, its fourth market of operations Chief executive officer (CEO) Hugh Whalan said he anticipates that PEG will now be able to open markets every 12-18 months, with plans to launch in a fifth African country set early 2021.

by techmoran

2019-11-15

AFRICA ghana STARTUP

Ghana’s Complete Farmer opens smart farming platform to buyers globally Ghanaian agri-tech startup Complete Farmer has opened its smart farming platform to buyers who wish to purchase quality agricultural products at competitive prices, directly from the company’s tech-enabled farms.

by disrupt-africa

2019-09-23

AFRICA ghana Startups

Sesi Technologies & Maungo Craft win the $100K GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Sesi Technologies and Maungo Craft have been named winners of the inaugural $100,000 Generation Africa GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize, a new competition to select two innovative ventures.

by techmoran

2019-09-16

AFRICA ghana STARTUP

Ghanaian health monitoring startup Redbird launches patient mobile app Ghanaian e-health startup Redbird has released a consumer app for its health monitoring platform, designed to enable those with chronic illness to more easily and accurately test and monitor their symptoms.

by disrupt-africa

2019-09-12

AFRICA ghana INVESTMENT

PEG Africa raises $5m in debt funding from ElectriFI Accra-based pay-as-you-go solar company PEG Africa has raised $5-million in funding in the form of debt finance, from the EU-funded Electrification Financing Initiative (ElectriFI).

by ventureburn

2019-09-04

Startups INVESTMENT AFRICA

Global consultancy firm Palladium is raising $40m for off-grid solar & agribusiness startups in Africa Palladium, a global consultancy, is raising $40m for off-grid solar and agribusiness startups operating in Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria.

by techmoran

2019-08-26

STARTUP INVESTMENT FUNDING

Berlin-based ecoligo raises £2.5 million to expand its solar-as-a-service solution in Kenya & Ghana Berlin-based ecoligo, a solar crowdfunding platform founded in 2016, has received EUR 2.5 million of funding from Saxovent, an investor specializing in ecological investments to open up the solar market for commercial and industrial businesses in emerging markets.

by techmoran

2019-07-23

AFRICA ghana STARTUP

Ghanaian agri-tech startup Farmerline secures AfDB grant funding Ghanaian agri-tech startup Farmerline is set to receive grant funding from the African Development Bank’s $23 million Agriculture Fast Track Fund.

by disrupt-africa

2019-06-18

AFRICA KENYA SOUTH AFRICA

Kenya’s WayaWaya, Ghana’s Oze & SA’s Snode Technologies raise $225K from MEST Africa Challenge 2019 Pan-African entrepreneurial training program, seed fund, and incubator MEST Africa, has named Oze from Ghana, Snode Technologies from South Africa and WayaWaya from Kenya as this year’s winners of the MEST Africa Summit 2019.

by techmoran

2019-06-14

AFRICA ghana STARTUP

Ghanaian startup Trukrtech wins one million naira in TechCircle’s Pitch2Win Ghanaian startup Truckrtech has emerged as the winner of one-million naira ($2700) in equity-free funding at the 2019 edition of TechCircle’s Pitch2Win competition.

by ventureburn

2019-06-14

AFRICA KENYA ghana

Kenya’s Savanna Circuit, Ghana’s SAYeTECH & Sesi Technologies Win The $30,000 ASME Innovation Prize The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has named three social enterprise hardware inventors from Africa as regional grand prize winners of the prestigious 2019 ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW), held May 9 in Nairobi, Kenya.

by techmoran

2019-05-20

AFRICA FUNDING BUSINESS EXPANDED

Zipline raises $3m for expansion which launches in Ghana Zipline, a California-based automated logistics company has launched in Ghana to use drones to make on-demand, emergency deliveries of 148 high priority products including emergency and routine vaccines, blood products and life-saving medications.

by techmoran

2019-04-26

POLICY FINANCING AFRICA

Startups in Africa have already raised more money in 2018 than they did last year Startups in Africa have already raised more money in 2018 than they did last year.

by Rachel

2019-01-23