Top 10 investors still backing African startups despite funding slowdown
Africa’s startup ecosystem has experienced remarkable highs and challenging lows over the past seven years. After record-breaking funding…
Turkish ‘bug hunter’ startup set for global expansion after seed funding
Turkish artificial intelligence startup kayIQ.ai, which automates software testing and quality assurance using autonomous AI agents, has secured…
Nwaobia: My passion is to build people, create opportunities
Ezechimere Jesse Nwaobia, a Nigerian entrepreneur and leadership strategist, has said entrepreneurship should be driven by purpose, integrity…
Forty Under 40: Serafina Lalany
Serafina Lalany is the daughter of immigrants. As a child, she dreamed of being a lawyer, engineer and…
Josh Kushner’s Thrive Holdings raises $2B at a $12B valuation to turn AI into a private equity strategy — TFN
Thrive Holdings raised $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation, led by SoftBank, D1 Capital, and Altimeter The…
Funding and acquisitions in Indian startups this week [Aug 10
This week, 14 Indian startups raised $151.5 million across two growth-stage deals, 11 early-stage deals and one undisclosed…
Call For Applications: Africa Energy Innovation Competition 2026 | Up
WACOT Limited, a member of TGI Group, has launched its 2026 Sesame Outgrower Programme in Jigawa State, targeting…
MarginEdge raises $80M Series D for restaurant AI tech
This story was reported with support from our partner Arlington Economic Development, a launchpad for innovation and a…
Homegrown semiconductor startups raise $206 million since 2022: Report | Start Ups
A new report by venture capital (VC) firm Speciale Invest and startup association Startup Policy Forum finds…
Call For Applications: Digital Entrepreneurship Training and Business
The Federal Ministry of Youth Development (FMYD), through the Nigerian Youth Academy (NiYA), today announced a new partnership…
10 books that take you inside the ideas and people shaping Indian business
The Founder Manual is a brutally honest guide to the chaotic, lonely, unstructured and difficult reality of building…
What Canada can learn from the world’s leading nations on business formation
According to the latest Statistics Canada data, the number of active businesses across the country (now approximately 935,000)…