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Twelve students from the Aburi Girls’ Senior High School in the Eastern region are representing Ghana this year in the 2021 FIRST Global Challenge — the fifth iteration of the global Olympics-style robotics event. This year’s theme, “Discover & Recover,” focuses on overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic by discovering opportunities... -
Nigerian mobility startup, Plentywaka has raised $1.2 million in seed funding after successfully completing the Techstars Toronto Accelerator Program in July 2021. Stabus, a Ghanaian mobility startup, was also fully acquired by the startup. Isidore Kpotufe founded PlentyWaka in 2019 as a bus-hailing solution that allows commuters to book... -
Eleven African startups have been selected for 2021 ‘s Y Combinator’s Summer Batch, with Nigeria leading the pack with four startups. An American seed funding accelerator, Y Combinator which invests $125k in selected startups in exchange for 7% equity every two years, has announced eleven African startups for the 2021... -
Ghana’s Yemaachi Biotechnology which focuses on immuno-genomics, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence selected for Y Combinator’s 2021 Summer Cohorts. American seed funding accelerator, Y Combinator which invests $125k in selected startups in exchange for 7% equity every two years, has selected Ghana’s Yemaachi Biotechnology for their 2021 Summer Batch of... -
SnooCODE provides users with a private, memorable 6-digit alphanumeric code (e.g. 3CF-K8D) for their location, democratising access to emergency and public health services, as well as other core services like Banking and eCommerce for people of all demographics, including marginalised populations like people living with disabilities and the underprivileged.... -
Ghana’s Jetstream lands $3M to build the digital infrastructure for Africa’s trade corridors Ghanaian logistics startup Jetstream, a platform that enables African businesses to see and control their own cross-border supply chains, has closed a funding round of US$3 million to expand its operations. Local and international investors participated in the... -
UNICEF is excited to welcome this new cohort of 22 startups from across Ghana to the UNICEF StartUp Lab for 2021. UNICEF has announced the launch of the 2021 cohort of the UNICEF StartUp Lab – a co-creation space and incubator, that engages young startups in the development of... -
BezoMoney, an Accra-based fintech startup, has secured US$200,000 in a seed funding round led by Goodsoil VC, a venture capital firm based in London. According to the fintech, the funding will be used to acquire the Payment and Financial Technology Service Providers (PFTSP) license in Ghana, build and deploy... -
BitSika, Ghana’s “Cash App” has expanded its services and app to customers in Cameroon, users can send and receive money from their friends and families. BitSika, a leading African crypto remittance service in Ghana, has opened up the service and app to customers in Cameroon. Users in Cameroon will...
