Ghana Innovation Journal
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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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Rippledesk selected for the Baobab Accelerator programme.
The cloud phone and messaging platform Rippledesk has been selected for the Baobab Accelerator. Having launched their accelerator in 2019, Baobab has consistently been one of the most active investors across Africa. With a vision to streamline communication across Africa’s business landscape, Rippledesk helps corporates connect their phone numbers to call centres and customer service
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Kodu Technology selected for the 2024 Toilet Board Coalition Accelerator programme.
The Kosmos Innovation Center-backed female healthcare startup Kodu Technology has been selected for the Toilet Board Coalition Accelerator programme. The Toilet Board Coalition’s Accelerator is a year-long program designed to empower sanitation economy businesses with mentorship, partnerships, and enhanced visibility for growth. Participants receive 12 months of in-kind support, access to global and local mentorship
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£250,000 for Remoteli to provide on-demand remote talent to organisations.
Remoteli, the talent marketplace that connects global enterprises with top-tier African professionals, has secured £250,000 in pre-seed funding to scale its operations and presence across Africa. The funding will also help the company accelerate its 2030 vision of employing one million people in Africa. The round was led by Bayern Leverkusen’s right wing-back professional footballer,
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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,
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Growth Investment Partners Ghana makes its first investment to support eSAL’s expansion in Ghana.
The British International Investment-anchored fund, Growth Investment Partners Ghana (GIP), has made its first investment in the Ghanaian Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company E-Services Africa Limited (eSAL). The investment will support eSAL’s growth and its global delivery of cost-effective, high-quality outsourcing solutions for businesses. The investment will provide capital for eSAL to purchase new infrastructure
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Ghana’s Copianto AI secures €100,000 on Shark Tank Malta to expand to Europe.
Copianto AI, the conversational AI search platform for enterprises, hit a home run and secured a €100,000 investment on the entrepreneurial-themed reality show Shark Tank Malta. Four angel investors, Mark Bajada, Alex Fenech, Kirsy Kullman, and Dino Fino, participated in the deal. With the funding, the company plans to establish in Malta, acquire customers, and expand across