Global Beehive

Ila Dhond19/01/2023
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$3 M secured by Kenyan fintech startup Kwara in Seed extension round

Kwara, a FinTech firm in Kenya, has secured an additional US $3 million in a seed extension round, bringing its…
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Ila Dhond19/01/2023
215

Latest Westerwelle Young Founders Programme invites applications

The most recent Westerwelle Young Founders Programme, which provides exceptional young entrepreneurs from developing and emerging countries with six months…
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Ila Dhond19/01/2023
204

Microsoft to lay-off employees from its engineering departments

This week tech giant, Microsoft is poised to fire hundreds of workers from its engineering departments, according to Bloomberg, which…
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Ila Dhond17/01/2023
241

Microsoft to integrate ChatGPT to its Azure OpenAI Service

Microsoft will soon include ChatGPT, an intelligent chatbot developed by OpenAI that has sparked significant debate over both its advantages…
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Ila Dhond17/01/2023
353

YC W23 batch selected three Nigerian startups to provide $500k funding

Three firms from Nigeria have officially been accepted into the famed Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator’s W23 class. In addition…
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Ila Dhond16/01/2023
219

Third edition of healthcare-focused African startup accelerator accepting applications

For cohort three of the AUDA-NEPAD Home Grown Solutions Accelerator, which aims to offer emerging and mature-stage African healthcare enterprises…
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Ila Dhond16/01/2023
368

IRNET Coop Kenya acquired by Kenyan fintech startup Kwara

In a transaction that would allow it to quickly boost the expansion and profitability of SACCOs in Kenya, Kenyan FinTech…
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Ila Dhond16/01/2023
307

$1.2 M Earthshot Prize invites applications from African startups

The Earthshot Reward, a worldwide environmental prize to find, develop, and scale ground-breaking ideas to repair and renew the earth,…
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Ila Dhond14/01/2023
246

Pre-Series A funding secured by Ethiopian talent marketplace Gebeya

An undisclosed pre-Series A investment from a Japanese VC company will help the Ethiopia-based, SaaS-enabled talent marketplace Gebeya accelerate its…
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Ila Dhond12/01/2023
289

German biotech firm BioNTech SE acquired AI startup InstaDeep for $684 M

The German biotech business BioNTech SE has acquired Tunisian-based enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) startup InstaDeep in a deal that might…
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