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This Week in Startup Ghana #7 & #8: |Warc Africa raises $7.5 million to improve farmer income | GIZ Ghana boosts Ghana Climate Innovation Centre’s green entrepreneurship mission with €1.2 million | SC Ventures-backed SOLV launches in Ghana
Welcome to the This Week in StartupGhana newsletter. We have been on a hiatus for a few weeks. Whiles we were away, these were the headline stories in the Ghanaian ecosystem Funding Talent moves Accelerator Product launch
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This Week in Startup Ghana Newsletter #6: |Complete Farmer hits $300,000 crowdfunding target | Viamo leverages AI to bridge digital divide | Farmerline expands to Togo and Benin
Hello friends, Welcome to the Ghana Innovation Journal newsletter. Blitz what happened in Ghana’s innovation landscape over the last week. Funding Partnership Product Launch and Expansion Accelerator
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This Week in Startup Ghana Newsletter #5: |Wahu Mobility opens its factory | Kofa Technologies journeys to the East | Access Bank backs female founders
Hello Friends, Welcome to the Ghana Innovation Journal newsletter. Blitz what happened in Ghana’s innovation landscape over the two weeks. Funding Product Launch & Expansion Partnership
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Fintech bro takes the reign of the Ghana Premier League club, Accra Hearts of Oak.
The Board of Directors of Accra Hearts of Oak has appointed Delali Anku-Adiamah, the founder and CEO of Waya Money, as the club’s new Managing Director. As the newly appointed Managing Director of the club, he will assume a pivotal leadership role within the organisation. His responsibilities will encompass various duties to drive the club’s
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Ghana’s Zuputo selected for tretton37’s Startup Boost programme.
The legal tech startup Zuputo has been selected among the ten companies for the Startup Boost programme launched by Sweden-based tech consulting company tretton37. Out of the ten selected companies, Five are based in Africa (Ahiyoyo, Aliments, Iguru Therapies, Iko Africa and Zuputo), four in Europe (Datatera, EarthCare, Plussa and Tablerone) and one in Asia (Ecocentric). Half of them have female
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Elucid secures funding from UBS Optimus Foundation to close its seed funding round.
Elucid, the sustainability tech firm, has closed its seed II funding round. Following the first closing of the round in August 2023, the investment from UBS Optimus Foundation marks the finalization of Elucid’s seed funding round. The funding will help the company expand its geographical reach in Africa and South America, strengthen the central team,
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Hubtel hits GHS 160 billion transaction value milestone in 2023.
Ghana’s supper app Hubtel hit a GHS 160 billion (~$13.2 billion) in transactions in 2023, as revealed by CEO Alex Bram in a New Year message to the public. In addition to the impressive total processed value, Bram said the company also nearly tripled staff strength, growing from about 200 at the beginning of the year to a vibrant
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2023 Archives.
MinoHealth AI, Aurum Institute, and Degas Ghana secure grants to catalyze equitable artificial Intelligence use. The Gates Foundation has awarded two Ghana-based startups and a healthcare research organization grants for the Grand Challenges on Catalyzing Equitable Artificial Intelligence Use initiative. The initiative will make three-month grants of $100,000 to support projects to build tools using
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SolarTaxi selected for the Google for Startups Climate Change Accelerator programme.
Google kicks off its first accelerator for the Middle East and Africa by introducing the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change cohort, which is focused on tech and climate-focused startups in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa region. The cohort is launching a week-long boot camp week for 11 climate change-focused startups, offering guidance,
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Zeepay and Sommalife shortlisted as Africa’s Business Heroes 2023 Top 20 finalists.
Two Ghanaian tech companies, Zeepay and Sommalife, have been shortlisted as Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Top 20 finalists. The top 50 finalists were selected based on their passion for establishing sustainable and impactful enterprises in their communities and beyond, businesses that are anchored on several SDG goals. Geographically, West Africa accounts for 35%, East Africa