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Investable.africa Launches Platform to Connect African Startups With Investors
The platform allows founders to build a profile covering their problem, solution, traction, team and current round, with every profile checked by the Investable.Africa team before going live.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Madica Secures $6 Million from Flourish Ventures to Extend African Pre-Seed Investment Pilot
Madica is an Africa-focused pre-seed investment programme affiliated with Flourish Ventures. It aims to empower underrepresented and underfunded mission-driven founders on the continent by providing funding and democratising access to company-building support.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Spiro and ESP Launch Rwanda Pilot to Support 5,000 Women Entrepreneurs in Africa’s Electric Mobility Sector
Announced in Kigali on 28 October, the Women in E-Mobility programme seeks to help women become professional electric motorcycle riders, establish transport-related businesses and generate sustainable incomes.
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- Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fresh Effort to Bring Clean Cooking to Food Vendors in Kenya and Uganda
Food businesses are one of the largest microenterprise groups in Africa. Clean cooking will boost their productivity and incomes.
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- Energy, Environment, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Spiro Expands to Ghana with 100 Electric Motorcycles
Announced on October 20, 2026, the launch marks the company’s entry into another African market as it looks to make electric mobility more accessible to commercial riders and delivery businesses.
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- Transportation
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Cascador and Sterling Bank Announce $200 Million SME Credit Backstop Fund
Sterling Bank is an innovation-led financial institution guided by a belief in impact capitalism, deploying capital to deliver commercial returns while improving lives and expanding opportunity.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Ghana Secures $270 Million Poultry Investment Agreement to Cut Chicken Imports
The initiative aims to strengthen food security and reduce Ghana’s annual $400 million chicken and poultry products import bill.
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- Agriculture, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa Allocates Additional $9 Million to MyMzansi Digital Government Platform
New funding supports DPI development as national digital ID plans advance and central bank explores separate payments credential.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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