| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.08.2024 | Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in African Industries | Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are revolutionizing industries across Africa, offering innovative solutions that drive efficiency, enhance decision-making, and foster economic growth. These technologies are being appl... |
| 09.06.2024 | Solving Local Challenges: Startups Addressing Africa’s Unique Problems | Across Africa, startups are emerging as innovative solutions to address the continent’s unique challenges.
From access to healthcare and education to transportation and agriculture, these startups are leveraging technology, entrepreneurship... |
| 07.04.2024 | Innovative Agritech Solutions: Modernizing Agriculture in Africa | Innovative agritech solutions are playing a crucial role in modernizing agriculture in Africa, addressing various challenges such as limited access to resources, climate change, and food security.
These technologies leverage digital tools, ... |
| 17.03.2022 | The race for B2B eCommerce in Africa heats up | Share this article:
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Wasoko’s $125m Series B
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Onyeka Akumah’s exit from Farmcrowdy Sokowatch, now Wasoko, raises $125m Series B
The race for B2B eCommerce in Africa heats up 1"... |
| 22.02.2022 | From celebrated platforms to fraud claims: Why Nigeria’s agric crowdfunding fintechs came crashing down | “It was all going fine until days before my scheduled payout,” says Biodun*, who in May 2020 and through reQuid had invested ₦250,000 in a joint venture for rice production in Kebbi and Sokoto states, Nigeria. The promise was to get a 28% r... |
| 02.03.2021 | Crowdyvest Attracts New Investors and Appoints Tope Omotolani as CEO | Launches New Savings Platform For All.
Lagos, Nigeria. Crowdyvest Limited, an impact-driven fintech platform, launched in 2019 by Onyeka Akumah and four other Co-Founders has today announced a big change in its leadership and additional inv... |
| 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 space. Keeping an eye on them is absolutely worth it.
The selection of the following startups is based on the achievements, impressive-positive ... |
| 30.11.2020 | Inside the agritech conglomerate Farmcrowdy is building | Share this article:
Founded by Onyeka Akumah, Akindele Phillips, Temitope Omotolani, Christopher Abiodun, and Ifeanyi Anazodo in 2016, Farmcrowdy started with a premise to finance small scale farmers across Nigeria.
To achieve this, it crow... |
| 30.08.2020 | Techpoint Awards 2020: Complete list of winners and Hall of Fame inductees | Share this article:
Editor’s note [Updated on September 18, 2020]: Following GIG Logistics’ request to exercise its legal rights, the company has been removed from the finalists in the Logistics Category of the Awards.
On January 1, 2020, T... |
| 04.08.2020 | Bus-booking platform, Plentywaka raises $300k pre-seed funding as it expands to Abuja | Share this article:
Nigerian bus-hailing startup, Plentywaka, has raised a pre-seed capital of $300,000. It is also expanding to Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja.
The pre-seed round investment was led by Niche Capital, Microtraction and EMFATO... |
| 18.03.2020 | Here are the nominees for Techpoint Nigerian Startup Awards 2020 | Share this article:
Editor’s note [Updated on September 18, 2020]: In accordance with GIG Logistics’ request following the decision to exercise its legal rights, the company has been removed from the finalists in the Logistics Category of t... |
| 07.02.2020 | Nigerian startup Farmcrowdy to roll out retail meat hubs with acquisition of Best Foods | Nigerian agritech startup Farmcrowdy plans to roll out retail meat hubs across Nigeria in the second quarter of this year, following the acquisition of the country’s Best Foods this week.
Farmcrowdy — which was founded in 2016 by Onyeka Ak... |
| 07.02.2020 | Nigerian startup Farmcrowdy to roll out retail meat hubs with acquisition of Best Foods | Nigerian agritech startup Farmcrowdy plans to roll out retail meat hubs across Nigeria in the second quarter of this year, following the acquisition of the country’s Best Foods this week.
Farmcrowdy — which was founded in 2016 by Onyeka Aku... |
| 24.12.2019 | Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2019? | Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year.
While not every startup wanted to disclose how much they raised, those that did made a ton of it — almost $290-million going on data from 88 venture capital (VC) disclosed de... |
| 24.12.2019 | Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2019? | Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year.
While not every startup wanted to disclose how much they raised, those that did made a ton of it — almost $290-million going on data from 88 venture capital (VC) disclosed d... |
| 02.12.2019 | Impulse Morocco Accelerator Program Announces Top 16 Startups | BOSTON, MA – Impulse Morocco Accelerator Program, an international startup competition that identifies and accelerates the top agriculture tech, mining tech, biotech, and material science and nanotechnology startups in the world, announced ... |
| 18.10.2019 | Farmcrowdy Commits to Promote #ZeroHunger on World Food Day | On World Food Day -Wednesday 16th October 2019, Nigeria-based agritech company, Farmcrowdy showed commitments towards ensuring #ZeroHunger. The employees visited, educated and fed the students of Victoria Island Nursery and Primary School i... |
| 05.07.2019 | Five African startups selected for Dubai Chamber of Commerce programme | The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has selected five African tech startups to participate in its three-month Global Business Forum (GBF) mentorship programme.
The GBF Mentorship Programme aims to help dynamic startups in both Afric... |
| 05.07.2019 | Five African startups selected for Dubai Chamber of Commerce programme | The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has selected five African tech startups to participate in its three-month Global Business Forum (GBF) mentorship programme.
The GBF Mentorship Programme aims to help dynamic startups in both Africa... |
| 02.07.2019 | Nigeria’s Farmcrowdy refutes allegations on insurance cover, Ponzi scheme, sustainability | Lagos based agritech startup Farmcrowdy has refuted claims by several Twitter users made last week that the startup has no legitimate insurance cover, is running a Ponzi scheme and that the business is not sustainable.
Farmcrowdy connects f... |
| 02.07.2019 | Nigeria’s Farmcrowdy refutes allegations on insurance cover, Ponzi scheme, sustainability | Lagos based agritech startup Farmcrowdy has refuted claims by several Twitter users made last week that the startup has no legitimate insurance cover, is running a Ponzi scheme and that the business is not sustainable.
Farmcrowdy connects ... |
| 05.04.2019 | A closer look at the agrifood startup ecosystem in Ghana and West Africa | Editor’s Note: Maciej Bulanda is the partnerships & communications manager at SmartHectar Innovations, a German innovation hub focused on agrifood and water. Together with entrepreneurship mentoring organization enpact, SmartHectar laun... |
| 22.03.2019 | Nigerian agritech startup Farmcrowdy raises $1m in additional seed funding | Lagos based agritech startup Farmcrowdy has announced that it has raised $1-million in additional seed funding from Cox Enterprises, Techstars and local investor Ajayi Solutions.
Farmcrowdy connects farm sponsors to farmers in a bid to inc... |
| 22.03.2019 | Nigerian agritech startup Farmcrowdy raises $1m in additional seed funding | Lagos based agritech startup Farmcrowdy has announced that it has raised $1-million in additional seed funding from Cox Enterprises, Techstars and local investor Ajayi Solutions.
Farmcrowdy connects farm sponsors to farmers in a bid to incr... |
| 22.03.2019 | FarmCrowdy raises additional $1m seed investment | Share this article:
Following up on its last seed investment of $1m in December 2017, Nigerian digital crowd-funded agriculture platform, FarmCrowdy has reportedly raised additional seed round of $1m, to bring total seed investment to $2m.
... |
| 22.03.2019 | Farmcrowdy Lands Additional Seed Funding of $1 million | Farmcrowdy, one of Nigeria’s foremost agricultural platforms, just received $1 million seed funding from investors that included Techstars, Ajayi Solutions, Cox Ventures and Social Capital. This additional seed investment will enable Farmcr... |
| 22.03.2019 | Farmcrowdy raises US$ 1 Million funding round. | Frankfurt (Germany) and Lagos (Nigeria), March 2019. GreenTec Capital is pleased to report that Farmcrowdy has raised an additional $US 1 million in funding. The Nigerian agritech company empowers smallholder farmers by connecting them with... |
| 22.03.2019 | FarmCrowdy raises additional $1m seed investment | FarmCrowdy newly secures additional seed investment of $1 million from international investors Cox Enterprises and Techstars, along with local investor Ajayi Solutions |
| 07.03.2019 | GSMA reveals first speakers of 2019 Mobile 360 Series West Africa | The GSMA has announced the first speakers of the 2019 Mobile 360 Series West Africa conference which will take place on 16 and 17 April at the Radisson Blu Abidjan Airport Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
April’s event is part of a series of... |
| 07.03.2019 | GSMA reveals first speakers of 2019 Mobile 360 Series West Africa | The GSMA has announced the first speakers of the 2019 Mobile 360 Series West Africa conference which will take place on 16 and 17 April at the Radisson Blu Abidjan Airport Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
April’s event is part of a series of ... |
| 14.11.2018 | Here are the 14 winners of the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards | Tech advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the winners of the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards following its annual awards party held in Cape Town on Monday (12 November) evening.
The awards — which are now in their fourth year — ... |
| 14.11.2018 | Here are the 14 winners of the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards | Tech advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the winners of the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards following its annual awards party held in Cape Town on Monday (12 November) evening.
The awards — which are now in their fourth year — a... |
| 11.11.2018 | AppsAfrica.com Awards Winners 2018 Announced | Share this:
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| 06.11.2018 | The Best African App 2018? | Share this:
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| 01.11.2018 | Five African AgriTech ventures driving the growth of agriculture | Share this:
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| 23.10.2018 | German-based VC GreenTec Capital Partners to open office in Lagos | Frankfurt-based venture capital (VC) firm GreenTec Capital Partners has announced that it will expand its footprint in West Africa by opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria.
In a post on its website last Wednesday (17 October), Greentec Capit... |
| 23.10.2018 | German-based VC GreenTec Capital Partners to open office in Lagos | Frankfurt-based venture capital (VC) firm GreenTec Capital Partners has announced that it will expand its footprint in West Africa by opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria.
In a post on its website last Wednesday (17 October), Greentec Capita... |
| 18.10.2018 | Five agritech startups that aim to take Africa into greener pastures | If Africa is to foster more efficient growth, agriculture technology (or agritech) is likely to have an increasing role to play. Already a number of startups across the continent are getting stuck in developing tech solutions to help boost ... |
| 18.10.2018 | Five agritech startups that aim to take Africa into greener pastures | If Africa is to foster more efficient growth, agriculture technology (or agritech) is likely to have an increasing role to play. Already a number of startups across the continent are getting stuck in developing tech solutions to help boost ... |
| 11.10.2018 | Here are the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards finalists | Tech portal and advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the finalists of the fourth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards.
The winners of this year’s awards will be announced in Cape Town on 12 November at the awards party which takes place o... |
| 11.10.2018 | Here are the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards finalists | Tech portal and advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the finalists of the fourth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards.
The winners of this year’s awards will be announced in Cape Town on 12 November at the awards party which takes place on... |
| 10.10.2018 | AppsAfrica Awards Finalists Announced | Share this:
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| 27.08.2018 | MTFC Media Launch and Press Briefing Set to Hold in Lagos Nigeria | After successfully hosting Meet The Farmers Conference in Ghana and holding the Media Launch in Nairobi Kenya, Crenov8 Consulting is set to host the Media Launch and Press Briefing in Lagos, Nigeria tomorrow. The media launch is to sensitiz... |
| 16.08.2018 | Nigerian online cake marketplace eyes expansion into Ghana, Kenya and SA | After having completed expansion into 23 of Nigeria’s 36 states earlier this week, WaraCake founder and CEO Ayilara Olatunde says he is now eyeing markets in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa.
The online cake marketplace, which has been opera... |
| 16.08.2018 | Nigerian online cake marketplace eyes expansion into Ghana, Kenya and SA | After having completed expansion into 23 of Nigeria’s 36 states earlier this week, WaraCake founder and CEO Ayilara Olatunde says he is now eyeing markets in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa.
The online cake marketplace, which has been operat... |
| 25.07.2018 | How football helped kick off Nigerian agritech startup Farmcrowdy | In just 18 months Nigerian agritech platform Farmcrowdy has grown to helping 7000 farmers on farm land across nine states in Nigeria to help fund the purchase of inputs such as seed, fertiliser and day-old chicks.
Farmcrowdy assists farmers... |
| 25.07.2018 | How football helped kick off Nigerian agritech startup Farmcrowdy | In just 18 months Nigerian agritech platform Farmcrowdy has grown to helping 7000 farmers on farm land across nine states in Nigeria to help fund the purchase of inputs such as seed, fertiliser and day-old chicks.
Farmcrowdy assists farmer... |
| 17.07.2018 | Why Africa Needs More Agritech Entrepreneurs | Agriculture is the biggest employer in Africa with about 70% of the population depending on it to make a living. It accounted for about 32% of Africa’s GDP as at 2016. Growth in the sector is said to be 11 times more effective in reducing p... |
| 28.06.2018 | BrightFarms Doubles Funding with $55m Series D | BrightFarms, the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company, has raised a $55 million Series D round, bringing the greenhouse grower’s total funding to more than $100 million.
BrightFarms grows salad greens and herbs in hydroponic gre... |
| 22.06.2018 | Nigeria’s young squad could learn a thing or two from agritech startup Farmcrowdy | After Nigeria’s poor showing in their first Group D match with Croatia, The Super Eagles can ill-afford to lose this afternoon’s game with Iceland. The country has the youngest squad at the tournament, but that shouldn’t stop them from doin... |
| 22.06.2018 | Nigeria’s young squad could learn a thing or two from agritech startup Farmcrowdy | After Nigeria’s poor showing in their first Group D match with Croatia, The Super Eagles can ill-afford to lose this afternoon’s game with Iceland. The country has the youngest squad at the tournament, but that shouldn’t stop them from doin... |
| 25.05.2018 | 10 Agtech Startups for Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa | At a high level, North American farmers — with their thousands of acres of land — face similar challenges to smallholder farmers across Sub-saharan Africa with less than five acres to work with. They all must contend with unpredictable weat... |
| 17.05.2018 | Nigerian startups sceptical of state’s sudden interest in ecosystem [Opinion] | The Nigerian government may have moved to get stakeholders in the country’s tech ecosystem on its side, but those in the ecosystem remain sceptical.
It follows a tour last month by the vice president Yemi Osinbajo of Lagos’s tech ecosystem... |
| 17.05.2018 | Nigerian startups sceptical of state’s sudden interest in ecosystem [Opinion] | The Nigerian government may have moved to get stakeholders in the country’s tech ecosystem on its side, but those in the ecosystem remain sceptical.
It follows a tour last month by the vice president Yemi Osinbajo of Lagos’s tech ecosystem,... |
| 12.04.2018 | Before you invest in online farm crowdfunding platforms in Nigeria | Share this article:
Investment in farming is a risk, but there used to be a time when talking people into investing in farming was a lot scarier than what it is today.
With the crude nature of farming, coupled with the general lack of infor... |
| 05.04.2018 | Agritech startup Farmcrowdy continues growth in Nigeria | Share this:
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| 16.03.2018 | Farmcrowdy receives $325,000 GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator grant | Lagos (Nigeria), February 2018. GreenTec Capital Partners is very pleased to announce that Farmcrowdy has been selected as the recipients of a $325,000 (£250,000) GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator grant. The company will use the funds to further d... |
| 27.02.2018 | Meet the 8 African recipients of GSMA’s Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund | The GSM Association, through its Mobile for Development team and as part of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund, yesterday announced the 15 startups that it will award grants and add to its startup portfolio.
Max Cuvellier head ... |
| 27.02.2018 | Meet the 8 African recipients of GSMA’s Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund | The GSM Association, through its Mobile for Development team and as part of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund, yesterday announced the 15 startups that it will award grants and add to its startup portfolio.
Max Cuvellier head o... |
| 27.02.2018 | FarmCrowdy receives $325,000 grant from the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund | Share this article:
It is almost a year since the last winners of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund were announced. You may remember that as one of the winners, Nigerian online tutoring marketplace, PrepClass got a £250,000 gra... |
| 15.02.2018 | Techpoint hosted the biggest startup event in Nigeria; we couldn’t have done it without you | Share this article:
It has always been our dream at Techpoint to bring all startups in Nigeria together under one roof to discuss opportunities and challenges facing startups in Nigeria.
With Techpoint Build, we took a major step towards ma... |
| 02.01.2018 | 5 Nigerian startups you should pay attention to in 2018 | Share this article:
2017 wrapped up with several notable events surrounding the Nigerian tech scene. While some events provoked watery eyes, such as the passing on of young talents, there was also a lot to rejoice over. More local startups ... |
| 19.12.2017 | Farmcrowdy Raises $1M in Seed Funding | Farmcrowdy, a Lagos, Nigeria-based digital agriculture platform, secured $1m in seed funding.
Backers included Cox Enterprises, Techstars Ventures, Social Capital, Hallett Capital and Right-Side Capital, as well as angel investors Tyler Scr... |
| 19.12.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, December 19 | WHY NOT MORE?
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| 18.12.2017 | FarmCrowdy raises $1M round to bring Nigerian farmers online and to market | Jake Bright Contributor
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| 18.12.2017 | Agritech Platform Farmcrowdy Closes $1Million Seed Funding Round | Share this:
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| 18.12.2017 | FarmCrowdy raises $1m seed fund to expand into more states in Nigeria | Share this article:
Nigerian digital and crowd-funded agriculture platform, FarmCrowdy has announced raising $1m seed fund, barely a year after it launched, from Techstars and other international investors.
You will remember that FarmCrowdy... |
| 20.11.2017 | Nigeria’s Farmcrowdy launches agri-investments mobile app | Nigerian agri-tech startup Farmcrowdy has launched a mobile app that allows users to fund small scale farming from their phones.
Farmcrowdy matches small-scale farmers with farm sponsors for the purpose of expanding food production and gene... |
| 13.09.2017 | The rise of the internet farmers | Share this article:
When you think of farming, the image of a farmer in a remote village, working everyday under the sun, with basic farming tools comes to mind. Such image hardly inspires confidence in farming. Well, all of that is beginni... |
| 29.08.2017 | Michael Cohn, MD Techstars Atlanta, reveals intentions for African startups | Share this article:
Amongst many foreign accelerators that have recently taken a keen interest in African startups is Techstars Atlanta. Following FarmCrowdy’s selection as the first and only African startup to participate in the Techstars ... |
| 08.08.2017 | NIGERIAN STARTUP FARMCROWDY JOINS TECHSTARS ATLANTIS | The Nigerian agri-tech startup Farmcrowdy has been selected for the accelerator program known as Techstars Atlantis.
This program spans over three months with the goal to boost early entrepreneurs by helping them expand their business netwo... |
| 01.08.2017 | Techstars Atlanta gives Africa a single slot in its flagship accelerator programme | Share this article:
For over a decade, Techstars, a global accelerator that helps entrepreneurs succeed through different avenues and partnerships, has focused on helping startups based in the US.
However, earlier in the year, Techstars Atl... |
| 17.07.2017 | Meet the 114 New Techstars Startups Across the Globe | With more than 1,000 companies already in our accelerator portfolio, we are excited to announce an additional 114 cohorts joining the Techstars Worldwide Network.
Out of 30 global accelerator programs, 11 are kicking off this week, with fou... |
| 20.06.2017 | Innovation in agriculture: what Nigerian startups need to start considering | Share this article:
A recent agriculture innovation report, released by the Global Innovation Index, ranked Nigeria 119th on the 2017 Global Agricultural Innovation Index. This is a decline from the 114th position the nation ranked last yea... |
| 29.11.2016 | Interested in building Nigeria’s agric sector? Farmcrowdy’s got you | Agriculture contributed 28.6% to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the third quarter of this year 2016. That’s according to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics. Now, we all know that numbers by themselves are useless and 28% might not... |
| - | Farmcrowdy Commits to Promote #ZeroHunger on World Food Day | On World Food Day -Wednesday 16th October 2019, Nigeria-based agritech company, Farmcrowdy showed commitments towards ensuring #ZeroHunger. The employees visited, educated and fed the students of Victoria Island Nursery and Primary School i... |
| - | MTFC Media Launch and Press Briefing Set to Hold in Lagos Nigeria | After successfully hosting Meet The Farmers Conference in Ghana and holding the Media Launch in Nairobi Kenya, Crenov8 Consulting is set to host the Media Launch and Press Briefing in Lagos, Nigeria tomorrow. The media launch is to sensitiz... |
| - | Farmcrowdy Lands Additional Seed Funding of $1 million | Farmcrowdy, one of Nigeria’s foremost agricultural platforms, just received $1 million seed funding from investors that included Techstars, Ajayi Solutions, Cox Ventures and Social Capital. This additional seed investment will enable Farmcr... |
| - | Nigeria’s Farmcrowdy launches agri-investments mobile app | Nigerian agri-tech startup Farmcrowdy has launched a mobile app that allows users to fund small scale farming from their phones.
Farmcrowdy matches small-scale farmers with farm sponsors for the purpose of expanding food production and gene... |
| - | Top African startups to watch out for in 2021 | With creative and revolutionary ideas across Africa, these startups are changing the technology space. Keeping an eye on them is absolutely worth it.
The selection of the following startups is based on the achievements, impressive-positive ... |
| - | NIGERIAN STARTUP FARMCROWDY JOINS TECHSTARS ATLANTIS | The Nigerian agri-tech startup Farmcrowdy has been selected for the accelerator program known as Techstars Atlantis.
This program spans over three months with the goal to boost early entrepreneurs by helping them expand their business netwo... |
