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| 18.10.2022 | 50 African tech founders launch Pando DAO to drive developme... | In recent times, the African tech ecosystem has been on a steady upward trajectory. This year, ventu... | techcabal.... |
| 29.09.2022 | Africa’s tech ecosystem can’t PR its way out of weak ethics... | Laura Eboa Songue is a communication, digital marketing, and PR strategist. She is an advisor to hig... | techcabal.... |
| 29.08.2022 | African genomics startup 54gene lays off 95 as COVID testing... | African genomics startup 54gene has laid off 95 employees, or about 30% of its LinkedIn-sourced 290+... | techcrunch... |
| 22.08.2022 | Amidst global investment downturn, Microtraction announces a... | For most of 2022, founders globally have had one question: where are investors, and why aren’t they ... | techcabal.... |
| 31.01.2022 | Meet The Nigerian Tackling The Genetic Basis Of Cancer | Olufunmilayo I. Olopade at the School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China, on Sept. ... | forbes.com... |
| 21.01.2022 | Techpoint Build Spotlight: 54Gene is developing world class ... | Share this article:
In recent years, Africa has lagged behind the rest of the world in medical techn... | techpoint.... |
| 08.12.2021 | Techpoint Awards 2021: And the nominees are… | Share this article:
[Updated on December 15, 2021]: Payourse requested to be removed as a finalist i... | techpoint.... |
| 06.12.2021 | Cellular agriculture & emerging markets: Just because we... | Saron Berhane is an agrifoodtech entrepreneur based in Sydney, Australia.
The views expressed in thi... | agfunderne... |
| 04.10.2021 | Money Moves: Fintech startup Rize just raised $11.4M for its... | Arlington, Virginia-based Rize, a financial services firm, closed on $11.4 million in a Series A rou... | technical.... |
| 18.09.2021 | 54gene, an African genomics company, has raised $25 million ... | 54gene, an African genomics company, has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round to develop g... | techgistaf... |
| 17.09.2021 | Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene secures $25-million | Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene has secured $25-million in a Series B funding round led by Catha... | venturebur... |
| 17.09.2021 | Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene secures $25-million | Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene has secured $25-million in a Series B funding round led by Catha... | venturebur... |
| 16.09.2021 | 54gene Closes $25M Series B to Advance Global Drug Discovery... | Share this:
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| 16.09.2021 | African genomics startup 54gene raises $25M to expand precis... | Less than 3% of genetic material used in global pharmaceutical research is from Africa. The staggeri... | techcrunch... |
| 16.09.2021 | 54gene Raises $25M in Series B Funding | 54gene, a Washington, DC-based health technology company, raised $25M in Series B funding.
The round... | finsmes.co... |
| 16.09.2021 | 54gene Closes $25M Series B to Advance Global Drug Discovery... | | prnewswire... |
| 16.09.2021 | 54gene secures $25m funding to advance drug discovery in Afr... | 54gene, a Nigerian health tech company advancing African genomics research for improved global healt... | techcabal.... |
| 07.06.2021 | The best communications managers are empathetic storytellers... | I arrived at Moyosola’s home a few minutes after 9 am last Thursday. Our conversation took place ove... | techcabal.... |
| 01.02.2021 | Top African startups to watch out for in 2021 | With creative and revolutionary ideas across Africa, these startups are changing the technology spac... | techgistaf... |
| 22.01.2021 | 54gene unveils scientific research laboratory in Nigeria | Share this:
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| 15.12.2020 | AppsAfrica Awards 2020 -Winners Announced | Share this:
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| 09.12.2020 | AppsAfrica Awards 2020 – Shortlist Announced | Share this:
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| 29.10.2020 | Nigerian healthtech startup launches Clinical Program Servic... | Nigerian-based healthtech startup, 54gene, has launched a Clinical Program Services (CPS) division. ... | venturebur... |
| 29.10.2020 | Nigerian healthtech startup launches Clinical Program Servic... | Nigerian-based healthtech startup, 54gene, has launched a Clinical Program Services (CPS) division. ... | venturebur... |
| 28.10.2020 | African genomics venture 54gene launches clinical research p... | Share this:
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| 21.09.2020 | Nigerian healthtech startup joins prestigious entrepreneur o... | The founder of 54gene, a Nigeria-based healthtech startup, Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong has been selected as ... | venturebur... |
| 21.09.2020 | Nigerian healthtech startup joins prestigious entrepreneur o... | The founder of 54gene, a Nigeria-based healthtech startup, Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong has been selected as ... | venturebur... |
| 04.09.2020 | Nigerian healthtech startup to create prestigious genomics f... | Nigeria-based healthtech startup, 54gene has partnered with Illumina, a US-based genomics company to... | venturebur... |
| 04.09.2020 | Nigerian healthtech startup to create prestigious genomics f... | Nigeria-based healthtech startup, 54gene has partnered with Illumina, a US-based genomics company to... | venturebur... |
| 30.08.2020 | Techpoint Awards 2020: Complete list of winners and Hall of ... | Share this article:
Editor’s note [Updated on September 18, 2020]: Following GIG Logistics’ request ... | techpoint.... |
| 02.08.2020 | How To Start A VC: Interview With Maya Horgan Famodu, Founde... | “I have an obligation to use my access to empower the next generation of | forbes.com... |
| 04.05.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [04/05/2020] | SA startup Trixta has launched a free web app that enables hospitals to get a leading indicator of h... | venturebur... |
| 04.05.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [04/05/2020] | SA startup Trixta has launched a free web app that enables hospitals to get a leading indicator of h... | venturebur... |
| 15.04.2020 | 54Gene Closes $15 million Series A Funding Round amid COVID-... | 54Gene, African biotech startup has closed $15m Series A funding round amid this COVID-19 outbreak. ... | techgistaf... |
| 14.04.2020 | 54Gene closes $15 million Series A round to scale its Africa... | Nigerian health company 54Gene has closed a $15 million round to scale its genome data bank operatio... | techcabal.... |
| 14.04.2020 | Nigerian biotech startup, 54gene, raises $15 million in Seri... | Nine months after securing $4.5 million in seed funding, Nigerian biotech startup, 54gene, has raise... | techpoint.... |
| 14.04.2020 | African genomics startup 54gene raises $15M led by Adjuvant ... | Greater availability of African genomic data could lead to medical breakthroughs for the continent’s... | techcrunch... |
| 14.04.2020 | 54gene raises $15M Series A to accelerate African genetics r... | Share this:
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| 14.04.2020 | 54gene Raises $15M in Series A Funding | 54gene, a Nigerian genomics research, services, and development company, closed a Series A round of ... | finsmes.co... |
| 14.04.2020 | 54gene Closes $15M Series A | 54gene, the African genomics research, services, and development company has closed a Series A round... | citybizlis... |
| 14.04.2020 | Nigerian healthtech 54gene closes $15m Series-A raise | Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene has closed a $15-million Series-A round.
The round was led by Ad... | venturebur... |
| 14.04.2020 | Nigerian biotech startup, 54gene, raises $15 million in Seri... | Share this article:
Nigerian biotech startup, 54gene, has secured a $15 million Series A funding led... | techpoint.... |
| 14.04.2020 | Nigerian healthtech 54gene closes $15m Series-A raise | Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene has closed a $15-million Series-A round.
The round was led by A... | venturebur... |
| 14.04.2020 | 54gene Secures $15M Series A Round |
WASHINGTON, D.C., 54gene, the African genomics research, services, and development company has clo... | vcnewsdail... |
| 27.03.2020 | 54Gene Secures $500,000 to Scale COVID-19 Testing in Nigeria | Nigerian biotech company, 54gene has secured $500,000 (N185 million) Covid-19 testing fund. It provi... | techgistaf... |
| 27.03.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [27/03/2020] | South Africans woke today to day one of a 21-day lockdown. To get through this period, SA startups c... | venturebur... |
| 27.03.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [27/03/2020] | South Africans woke today to day one of a 21-day lockdown. To get through this period, SA startups c... | venturebur... |
| 26.03.2020 | Biotech startup, 54Gene raises $500,000 to boost COVID-19 te... | Health and biotech company 54Gene has raised $500,000 for a fund aimed at improving Nigeria’s capaci... | techcabal.... |
| 18.03.2020 | Here are the nominees for Techpoint Nigerian Startup Awards ... | Share this article:
Editor’s note [Updated on September 18, 2020]: In accordance with GIG Logistics’... | techpoint.... |
| 06.02.2020 | 54Gene Launches African Centre for Translational Genomics | 54Gene, Pan-African genomics startup, has launched its African Centre for Translational Genomics (AC... | techgistaf... |
| 24.12.2019 | Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2... | Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year.
While not every startup wanted to... | venturebur... |
| 24.12.2019 | Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2... | Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year.
While not every startup wanted to ... | venturebur... |
| 23.12.2019 | Insight: Microtraction’s strategy for investing in ‘remarkab... | Venture capital firms desire merry returns on investment. Placing good bets in a business environmen... | techcabal.... |
| 29.11.2019 | Fourth cohort of Launchpad Africa raised $4.3m, created over... | Google this week hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos and demo day for the fourth class of ... | venturebur... |
| 29.11.2019 | Fourth cohort of Launchpad Africa raised $4.3m, created over... | Google this week hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos and demo day for the fourth class of ... | venturebur... |
| 12.11.2019 | Here’s who won at the 2019 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards | The 2019 edition of the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards were held last night in Cape Town with 14 winne... | venturebur... |
| 12.11.2019 | Here’s who won at the 2019 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards | The 2019 edition of the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards were held last night in Cape Town with 14 winne... | venturebur... |
| 11.11.2019 | AppsAfrica Award Winners announced in Cape Town | Share this:
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| 09.10.2019 | AppsAfrica Innovation Awards Finalists Announced | Share this:
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| 12.09.2019 | Nigerian startups focusing on deep technology need to be tak... | Share this article:
According to an online report by DW.com, most deep tech companies are found in t... | techpoint.... |
| 09.07.2019 | Nigeria’s Microtraction launches Scout Initiative to search ... | Lagos-based early-stage investment platform Microtraction has launched a bid to source more deals an... | venturebur... |
| 09.07.2019 | Nigeria’s Microtraction launches Scout Initiative to search ... | Lagos-based early-stage investment platform Microtraction has launched a bid to source more deals an... | venturebur... |
| 04.07.2019 | World’s first African DNA biobank start-up – 54gene raises $... | Share this:
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| 03.07.2019 | Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene secures $4.5m | Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene has secured a $4.5-million seed round from several investors — i... | venturebur... |
| 03.07.2019 | 54gene Plans to Build Africa’s First Biobank with Acquired $... | Africa-focused healthcare and Artificial Intelligence startup, 54gene has raised $4.5 million seed r... | techgistaf... |
| 03.07.2019 | Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene secures $4.5m | Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene has secured a $4.5-million seed round from several investors — i... | venturebur... |
| 03.07.2019 | 54gene Plans to Build Africa’s First Biobank with Acquired $... | Hello Guys,
Welcome to a brand new edition of the Big 5 Daily. It’s already the middle of the week a... | techgistaf... |
| 02.07.2019 | 54gene Raises $4.5 million to Create the World’s First Afric... | Nigerian medical startup 54gene has secured a $4.5 million seed funding barely 7 months after it lau... | techcabal.... |
| 02.07.2019 | Only 2% of genomic material available for research comes fro... | New advances in genetic mapping and manipulation hold the promise of reshaping medical treatments in... | techcrunch... |
| 21.03.2019 | Google announces third cohort of Launchpad Accelerator Afric... | Share this article:
Google last week announced the startups that will be participating in its third ... | techpoint.... |
| 20.03.2019 | Seven Africa-focused startups present at Y Combinator’s Demo... | The seven Africa-focused companies that presented as part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 class of 200... | techcrunch... |
| 18.03.2019 | Here are the 12 startups selected for Google Launchpad Afric... | Google has revealed the names of the 12 startups selected for the third cohort of its Launchpad Afri... | venturebur... |
| 18.03.2019 | Here are the 12 startups selected for Google Launchpad Afric... | Google has revealed the names of the 12 startups selected for the third cohort of its Launchpad Afri... | venturebur... |
| - | 54Gene Closes $15 million Series A Funding Round amid COVID-... | 54Gene, African biotech startup has closed $15m Series A funding round amid this COVID-19 outbreak. ... | techgistaf... |
| - | 54Gene Launches African Centre for Translational Genomics | 54Gene, Pan-African genomics startup, has launched its African Centre for Translational Genomics (AC... | techgistaf... |
| - | Top African startups to watch out for in 2021 | With creative and revolutionary ideas across Africa, these startups are changing the technology spac... | techgistaf... |
| - | 54gene, an African genomics company, has raised $25 million ... | 54gene, an African genomics company, has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round to develop g... | techgistaf... |
| - | 54gene | “54Gene” | fastfounde... |
| - | 54Gene Secures $500,000 to Scale COVID-19 Testing in Nigeria | Nigerian biotech company, 54gene has secured $500,000 (N185 million) Covid-19 testing fund. It provi... | techgistaf... |
| - | 54gene Plans to Build Africa’s First Biobank with Acquired $... | Africa-focused healthcare and Artificial Intelligence startup, 54gene has raised $4.5 million seed r... | techgistaf... |
| - | 54gene Plans to Build Africa’s First Biobank with Acquired $... | Hello Guys,
Welcome to a brand new edition of the Big 5 Daily. It’s already the middle of the week a... | techgistaf... |
