| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.07.2024 | Innovate Africa Launches with $2.5M Angel Fund for Early-Stage Africa-Focused Startups | Innovate Africa has embarked on a groundbreaking journey with the launch of a $2.5 million angel fund dedicated to supporting early-stage startups in Africa. Co-founded by the dynamic duo of Kristin Wilson and Christian Idiodi, this fund se... |
| 10.07.2024 | Innovate Africa launches with $2.5M angel fund for early-stage Africa-focused startups | Innovate Africa, an angel investment fund that supports early-stage founders in funding life-changing ideas, taking startups from conception to product, and financing innovative ventures, has launched with an initial $2.5 million rollout. C... |
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| 26.03.2024 | Early-stage startups, constant support: Oui Capital’s thinking behind investing in Africa | Launched in 2019, Oui Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund’s motto, is to be the first yes that founders hear. The fund has backed 21 African startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, some of its portfolio companies being Duplo, Mon... |
| 03.01.2024 | Funding reaches two-year decline as African startups raise $3.2 billion in 2023 | In 2023, African startups secured $3.191 million in funding. This marks a sharp decline compared to the previous years.
Per our friends at Africa: The Big Deal, a curated funding database, African startups raised $3.4 billion in 2023. At Te... |
| 24.10.2023 | In the wake of Dash’s closure due to fraud, 5 investors talk due diligence in Africa | It’s been a tough year for tech startups globally. These struggles have manifested in layoffs, down rounds and complete shutdowns caused by current market conditions, utter mismanagement or fraud.
This August, SoftBank sued one of its portf... |
| 13.06.2023 | How to pitch me: 10 investors discuss what they’re looking for in June 2023 | Let’s explode a few myths.
For starters: The tech industry is not a meritocracy. There’s a direct correlation between the size and strength of your network and your chances of success.
Second: It’s relatively easy to connect with reputable ... |
| 01.08.2022 | Oui Capital, a pan-African early-stage VC firm, hits first close of its $30M second fund | Oui Capital, an Africa-focused VC firm based in Lagos and Massachusetts, announced today that it has completed the first closing of its $30 million second fund, Oui Capital Mentors Fund II, as it seeks to strengthen its presence on the cont... |
| 25.02.2022 | Breaking down funding terms: what do equity, debt and hybrid financing mean? | Stop us if you’ve heard this before:
“[Insert startup name] has announced the close [insert millions of dollars in raise] of a pre-seed/seed/Series A round led by Venture Capital/Private Equity/Angel Investor firm…”
Startup funding across A... |
| 10.02.2022 | YC-backed Duplo raises $1.3M pre-seed to build financial OS for B2B companies in Nigeria | Startups have sought to use technology to digitize processes in Africa’s B2B e-commerce and retail space over the past couple of years. While many focus on moving products and providing credit, issues around cash overdependency haven’t been... |
| 02.02.2022 | Oui Capital’s 2021 deals: Quabbly, Clane, Aifluence, and more | Venture capital investments into startups in Africa hit a record high in 2021 as companies raised over $4.3 billion in venture capital (VC) investments – 2.5x the amount raised in 2020. Startups in Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya and South Africa (co... |
| 03.08.2021 | Meet the African female founders backed by Oui Capital | Africa has the highest rate of female entrepreneurship, with a funding gap of $42 billion. In 2019, female-led startups received 2.8% of VC funding and 2.3% the following year. These worrying numbers might lead to finger-pointing and never-... |
| 19.07.2021 | Fintech start-up raises R15m to lower barriers to SME funding | Tebogo Mokwena, co-founder and CEO of Akiba Digital.
Local fintech start-up Akiba Digitalhas raised $1.1 million (R15 million) in pre-seed funding, which will be used to connect small businesses to lenders.
The pre-seed funding round is led... |
| 19.07.2021 | Nigeria’s Electoral Act amendment, Who’s spying? Nigeria, WhatsApp’s multiple device capability, Akiba Digital’s $1.1M pre-seed | Share this article:
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Today, I’m discussing:
Nigeria’s Electoral Act amendment saga
Nigerian government’s plan to monitor WhatsApp messages
WhatsApp rolling out the beta version of multi-device capability
Akiba Digital’s $1.1M pre-s... |
| 15.07.2021 | Kenyan influencer marketing startup, AIfluence nets $1m in seed funding for regional expansion | Share this article:
Kenya-based influencer marketing platform, AIfluence has announced its seed funding round of $1 million. The round was led by Dubai-based EQ2 Ventures, Antler East Africa, Oui Capital, ArabyAds, and an unnamed European f... |
| 28.10.2020 | An insight into how venture capital firm, Oui Capital invests | Share this article:
After learning the ropes of financial due diligence and investments at Ingressive Capital, a Pan-African venture capital firm, Olu Oyinsan left his role as Vice President, Investments in 2018 to start his firm, Oui Capit... |
| 19.09.2019 | Raising funding in Africa? Here are 12 venture capitalists you should know about | If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a tech startup founder who is looking to raise venture capital (VC) funding.
The good news is as Africa’s VC sector continues to grow the amount of VC funding raised by startups this year is likel... |
| 19.09.2019 | Raising funding in Africa? Here are 12 venture capitalists you should know about | If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a tech startup founder who is looking to raise venture capital (VC) funding.
The good news is as Africa’s VC sector continues to grow the amount of VC funding raised by startups this year is likely... |
| 20.08.2019 | VC is growing in Africa, but sector still hobbled by lack of follow-on and seed funding | Ten years ago when Cape Town venture capitalist Justin Stanford and entrepreneur Vinny Lingham launched Cape Town’s startup initiative Silicon Cape there was hardly an angel or VC fund in sight in South Africa, local or foreign — and barely... |
| 20.08.2019 | VC is growing in Africa, but sector still hobbled by lack of follow-on and seed funding | Ten years ago when Cape Town venture capitalist Justin Stanford and entrepreneur Vinny Lingham launched Cape Town’s startup initiative Silicon Cape there was hardly an angel or VC fund in sight in South Africa, local or foreign — and barely... |
| 27.07.2019 | Africa Tech News Roundup | Welcome to another round of the Africa Tech News Roundup. We are pleased to usher you into an interesting weekend.
Will Huawei’s new Operating System Replace Android?
For those asking about the possibility of Huawei’s Hongmeng OS replacing ... |
| 24.07.2019 | Oui Capital partners IBM to provide 10 Startups With $120k Cloud Credits | Oui Capital, an Africa-focused early stage venture capital has partnered with IBM, a global IT giant to provide 10 startups affiliates with $120,000 IBM Cloud credits. The startups will receive the credit through the Startup with IBM progra... |
| 23.07.2019 | Oui Capital, IBM to provide 10 startups each with $120k in cloud credits | Africa-focused early stage venture capital (VC) fund Oui Capital has signed a two-year partnership with IT giant IBM to provide up 10 companies affiliated with the investor with $120 000 each in IBM Cloud credits.
The credits will be transf... |
| 23.07.2019 | Oui Capital, IBM to provide 10 startups each with $120k in cloud credits | Africa-focused early stage venture capital (VC) fund Oui Capital has signed a two-year partnership with IT giant IBM to provide up 10 companies affiliated with the investor with $120 000 each in IBM Cloud credits.
The credits will be trans... |
| 24.05.2019 | Oui Capital led deal involving maritime startup MVX was for $100k | Lagos-based on-demand B2B maritime service Motor Vessel Xchange (MVX) has announced that an investment round it closed some months ago — which was led by US venture capital (VC) firm Oui Capital — was for $100 000 in funding.
Neon Ventures... |
| 24.05.2019 | Oui Capital led deal involving maritime startup MVX was for $100k | Lagos-based on-demand B2B maritime service Motor Vessel Xchange (MVX) has announced that an investment round it closed some months ago — which was led by US venture capital (VC) firm Oui Capital — was for $100 000 in funding.
Neon Ventures,... |
| 11.01.2019 | Here’s all you need to know about Oui Capital’s $10m fund | Are you a pre-Series A tech company valued at or below $5-million that has a scalable solution with potential to impact Africa’s people? Then you might be the kind of startup that US-based venture capital (VC) firm Oui Capital is looking to... |
| 11.01.2019 | Here’s all you need to know about Oui Capital’s $10m fund | Are you a pre-Series A tech company valued at or below $5-million that has a scalable solution with potential to impact Africa’s people? Then you might be the kind of startup that US-based venture capital (VC) firm Oui Capital is looking to... |
| 08.01.2019 | Former Ingressive VP launches a $10m fund for African tech startups. Apply now | Share this article:
A former Investment Vice President at Ingressive Capital, Olu Oyinsan has launched Oui Capital to provide funding for high growth tech startups in Africa.
Oui Capital is a $10 million fund established by Oyinsan and othe... |
| - | Africa Tech News Roundup | Welcome to another round of the Africa Tech News Roundup. We are pleased to usher you into an interesting weekend.
Will Huawei’s new Operating System Replace Android?
For those asking about the possibility of Huawei’s Hongmeng OS replacing ... |
| - | Oui Capital partners IBM to provide 10 Startups With $120k Cloud Credits | Oui Capital, an Africa-focused early stage venture capital has partnered with IBM, a global IT giant to provide 10 startups affiliates with $120,000 IBM Cloud credits. The startups will receive the credit through the Startup with IBM progra... |
