Funding
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Wami Agro secures funding from Mirepa Capital to scale its operations.
Accra-based agritech startup, Wami Agro, has secured additional funding from Mirepa Capital, an impact-focused investment firm. This investment will allow Wami Agro to scale its operations and further empower smallholder farmers across Africa. Providing solutions to the major bottlenecks in the agriculture supply chain. Despite boasting a vast agricultural workforce – over 50% of the…
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Zeepay closes its $14 million Series A.5 funding round to support its ongoing Africa expansion.
Zeepay has successfully closed its $14 million Series A.5 equity funding round. The round was led by the global cooperative and social impact investor Oikocredit. Other investors in the round include the infrastructure investment platform Africa50, the local pensions-anchored fund, Injaro Ghana Venture Capital Fund, and Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund with a follow-on investment from…
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Legendary Foods Africa scores additional funding from the Climate Resilient Africa Fund.
Legendary Foods, a Kumasi-based food tech company, has secured additional capital from the Climate Resilient Africa Fund, an impact-focused Africa venture capital fund. According to Shobhita Soor, the CEO of Legendary Foods, “The partnership amplifies our ability to scale with quality and aligns perfectly with our mission to introduce climate-resilient protein alternatives.” What is Legendary…
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Sommalife secures grant funding from GSMA Climate Resilience Innovation Fund.
Sommalife, the shea-focused agtech platform, has been selected as one of the eleven recipients from the GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation. The GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation supports digital startups to test innovative use-cases, partnerships and business models to improve the sustainability and scalability of solutions that positively impact…
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After providing GHS 1 million credit to agrovets in 2023, Ghana’s Cowtribe joins the SAIS Accelerator Programme.
Cowtribe, Ghana’s leading full-stack animal vaccine distribution platform, has been selected for the Scaling Digital Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups (SAIS) Accelerator Programme. Implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the SAIS Investment Readiness Programme provides tailored support to tech start-ups from the agriculture, food, and livestock sectors to position them to raise capital…
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Injaro successfully closes its GHS 216 million fund to invest in profitable Ghanaian SMEs.
The Ghana-headquartered multi-sector fund Injaro Investment has closed its venture fund at GHS 216 million to invest in “best-in-class” companies, mainly in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Founded in 2009 by Jerry Parkes and Dadie Tayoraud, Injaro Investments was established to provide the capital that enables SMEs to realise their potential as the drivers of…
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COMESO is empowering healthcare access in Ghana with support from Western Union Foundation.
On January 11th, 2024, at the University of Ghana, and on January 13th, 2024, at YOTA Accra, COMESO, in collaboration with the Western Union Foundation and the Watson Institute, hosted two pioneering Basecamps in Ghana. These two-day events brought together key healthcare stakeholders, local communities, and the diaspora to collaboratively explore innovative solutions and partnerships…
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Blossom Academy secures grant funding from the African Visionary Fund to further its mission of creating a pathway for untapped African talents.
Blossom Academy, the talent accelerator company, has been selected as one of the portfolio partners of the African Visionary Fund. The grant funding will enable Blossom Academy to accelerate its impact. Blossom Academy bridges Africa’s tech skills gap with tailored 12-week data science fellowships in data analytics, data science, data engineering and artificial intelligence. Blossom Academy brings…
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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,…