| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.12.2025 | Unlock Aid Launches Inaugural Solutions Index, Spotlights 33 Innovators Strengthening Global Health Supply Chains | New reference tool helps donors and policymakers identify evidence backed, financially sustainable, scalable solutions amid transitions in global development
In a period when traditional aid structures are shifting, we cannot afford to lose... |
| 07.10.2025 | Abiola Ayilara, Founder and CEO of MyQura, Driving Africa’s Digital Health Transformation | Abiola Ayilara, a nurse informaticist turned healthtech entrepreneur, is leading a new wave of innovation in African healthcare with MyQura, the continent’s first AI-enabled, culturally sensitive homecare ecosystem.
With more than 18 years ... |
| 04.08.2025 | ‘Ghana is open for business—if you have guts, insight, and a long-term mindset’ – Amma Gyampo | In April 2025, Ghana became the first African country to legally mandate a minimum allocation of private capital from local pension funds to domestic private equity and venture capital firms. While other African countries have caps, Ghana’s... |
| 01.07.2025 | Beyond the hype: How GenAI is solving real business challenges across Africa | By Benedicta Etafo
In 2022, Generative AI (GenAI) exploded into public consciousness, capturing imaginations with chatbots that could write poems, design logos, and explain quantum physics in plain English. For months, it felt like a Silico... |
| 16.05.2025 | Seven startups selected by Pan-African e-health initiative i3 for its third program | Seven startups have been chosen to participate in Investing in Innovation Africa’s (i3) third program, which offers up to US $225,000 in funding and impact support to startups creating the healthcare supply chains of the future.
i3 is commi... |
| 15.09.2024 | Funding the Future: The Landscape of Venture Capital in African Startups | In recent years, Africa has become an emerging hotspot for venture capital (VC) investment, driven by a combination of rapid technological innovation, a growing middle class, and increasing internet penetration. African startups are address... |
| 09.06.2024 | Solving Local Challenges: Startups Addressing Africa’s Unique Problems | Across Africa, startups are emerging as innovative solutions to address the continent’s unique challenges.
From access to healthcare and education to transportation and agriculture, these startups are leveraging technology, entrepreneurship... |
| 02.05.2023 | Unique tech solutions revolutionalising the African healthcare sector | Africa is estimated to have a population of 1.4 billion people, making it the second-largest continent in the world. With the youngest population currently, the continent is projected to be the future of the global workforce in the next cou... |
| 18.10.2022 | 50 African tech founders launch Pando DAO to drive development across Africa | In recent times, the African tech ecosystem has been on a steady upward trajectory. This year, venture funding on the continent is projected to cross the 7 billion mark with almost a thousand deals, establishing the continent as an outlier ... |
| 06.01.2022 | Early stage startups doubled their funding in 2021 | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
It’s a great time to get an idea off the ground, particularly if you need some cash to get things... |
| 06.01.2022 | Early stage startups doubled their funding in 2021 | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
It’s a great time to get an idea off the ground, particularly if you need some cash to get things... |
| 06.01.2022 | Africa’s $4.9bn funding, crypto predictions for 2022, and mPharma’s $35m Series D | Share this article:
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Towards the end of 2021, Twitter went agog with tweets of p... |
| 05.01.2022 | AI company Fractal scores $360M and other digital health fundings | Photo: Kwanchai Lerttanapunyaporn/EyeEm/Getty Images |
| 05.01.2022 | mPharma raises $35 million in round joined by Tinder co-founder’s JAM fund, Bharti executive | Ghanaian health tech startup mPharma is building a network of community pharmacies across Africa as it plans to be the go-to primary healthcare service provider for millions of people residing in the region.
MPharma plans to grow its commun... |
| 06.12.2021 | Cellular agriculture & emerging markets: Just because we can, does it mean we should? | Saron Berhane is an agrifoodtech entrepreneur based in Sydney, Australia.
The views expressed in this guest commentary are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of AFN.
Alt-protein is taking the food world by storm. Plant-ba... |
| 27.10.2021 | Ghanaian health startup mPharma buys Vine Pharmacy to expand into the Uganda market and make drug affordable for sick people in Africa | mPharma, a Ghanaian health startup, announced today it has taken a controlling stake in another African tech startup Uganda’s Vine Pharmacy for an undisclosed amount, according to the news first reported by TechCrunch. The acquisition also ... |
| 11.10.2021 | mPharma, a telehealth pioneer out of Ghana, gets physical with 100 virtual centers across Africa | The potential for telehealth across Africa is vast and promising as mobile connectivity deepens, and innovations that could potentially bridge the doctor-patient ratio gap increase according to a Deloitte report.
One company that is plannin... |
| 11.03.2021 | Ghana healthtech startup expands African footprint | Ghana healthtech company mPharma has partnered with Belayab Pharmaceuticals PLC to launch Haltons Pharmacies in Ethiopia, which will increase access to affordable and high-quality medication in the region.
mPharma is entering into its eigh... |
| 11.03.2021 | Ghanian health startup mPharma launches in Ethiopia | mPharma, the Ghanaian startup that manages prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers announced that it has entered Ethiopia through a franchise agreement. This move will see mPharma enter its eighth market in Sub-Sahara... |
| 11.03.2021 | Ghana healthtech startup expands African footprint | Ghana healthtech company mPharma has partnered with Belayab Pharmaceuticals PLC to launch Haltons Pharmacies in Ethiopia, which will increase access to affordable and high-quality medication in the region.
mPharma is entering into its eight... |
| 10.03.2021 | Ghana’s mPharma partners with Ethiopian conglomerate to enter its eighth market | mPharma, a Ghanaian health tech startup that manages prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers, today announced its expansion to Ethiopia.
The company was founded by Daniel Shoukimas, Gregory Rockson and James Finucane ... |
| 01.02.2021 | Top African startups to watch out for in 2021 | With creative and revolutionary ideas across Africa, these startups are changing the technology space. Keeping an eye on them is absolutely worth it.
The selection of the following startups is based on the achievements, impressive-positive ... |
| 14.12.2020 | TechCabal Daily – Disney in Africa | 14 DEC, 2020
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| 27.05.2020 | Ghanaian startup mPharma raises $17m investment | Ghanaian healthtech startup mPharma has reportedly raised a $17-million investment.
The Accra based medicine benefits and inventory manager, which was founded in 2013 by Gregory Rockson (pictured above), Daniel Shoukimas and James Finucane,... |
| 27.05.2020 | Ghanaian startup mPharma raises $17m investment | Ghanaian healthtech startup mPharma has reportedly raised a $17-million investment.
The Accra based medicine benefits and inventory manager, which was founded in 2013 by Gregory Rockson (pictured above), Daniel Shoukimas and James Finucane... |
| 26.05.2020 | Ghanaian healthtech startup, mPharma, raises $17m in new funding round | Share this article:
mPharma, a Ghanaian startup that streamlines last-mile delivery of prescription drugs and makes them affordable, in under-served markets, has reportedly raised $17 million.
The healthtech startup was founded in 2013 by G... |
| 14.05.2020 | Novastar Ventures closes capital raise for $108m fund two | Novastar Ventures has closed the capital raise of a $108-million Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II.
The fund will target businesses in East and West Africa from its offices in Nairobi and Lagos.
Tech publication Techmoran reported in an ar... |
| 14.05.2020 | Novastar Ventures closes capital raise for $108m fund two | Novastar Ventures has closed the capital raise of a $108-million Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II.
The fund will target businesses in East and West Africa from its offices in Nairobi and Lagos.
Tech publication Techmoran reported in an arti... |
| 14.05.2020 | Novastar raises $108M to invest in startups in Africa | Share this:
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| 09.04.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [09/04/2020] | Ghanaian healthtech mPharma plans to equip and re-purpose private labs into Covid-19 testing centres. The startups is one of many on the continent that aims to tackle the pandemic.
This, as a group of businesses, led by Willowton Group and ... |
| 09.04.2020 | Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [09/04/2020] | Ghanaian healthtech mPharma plans to equip and re-purpose private labs into Covid-19 testing centres. The startups is one of many on the continent that aims to tackle the pandemic.
This, as a group of businesses, led by Willowton Group and... |
| 24.12.2019 | Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2019? | Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year.
While not every startup wanted to disclose how much they raised, those that did made a ton of it — almost $290-million going on data from 88 venture capital (VC) disclosed d... |
| 24.12.2019 | Are these the 10 biggest deals by African tech startups in 2019? | Big money. That’s what African 86 tech startups raised this year.
While not every startup wanted to disclose how much they raised, those that did made a ton of it — almost $290-million going on data from 88 venture capital (VC) disclosed de... |
| 02.04.2019 | Ghanaian healthtech startup mPharma wins $1.5m at 2019 Skoll Awards | Ghanaian healthtech startup mPharma has been named as one of five winners of the 2019 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship.
The awards comes after the startup, which provides hospitals, pharmacies and patients with financing and invent... |
| 02.04.2019 | Ghanaian healthtech startup mPharma wins $1.5m at 2019 Skoll Awards | Ghanaian healthtech startup mPharma has been named as one of five winners of the 2019 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship.
The awards comes after the startup, which provides hospitals, pharmacies and patients with financing and invento... |
| 17.01.2019 | Ghanaian healthtech company mPharma secures over $9m in Series-B funding | Accra based medicine benefits and inventory manager mPharma has raised over $9-million in a Series-B funding round from as yet undisclosed investors.
Uganda-based tech publication Digest Africa reported on Tuesday (15 January) that the $9 7... |
| 17.01.2019 | Ghanaian healthtech company mPharma secures over $9m in Series-B funding | Accra based medicine benefits and inventory manager mPharma has raised over $9-million in a Series-B funding round from as yet undisclosed investors.
Uganda-based tech publication Digest Africa reported on Tuesday (15 January) that the $9 ... |
| 16.01.2019 | Ghanaian-based health logistics startup, mPharma just closed a $9.7m Series B round | Share this article:
mPharma, a Ghanaian-based startup that streamlines last-mile delivery of prescription drugs, and makes them affordable, in under-served markets, recently raised $9.7m in Series B funding.
This round, which Digest Africa ... |
| 04.09.2018 | Expanding its internet service to more countries in Africa, Tizeti raises $3 million | Tizeti, the Nigerian internet service provider behind the brand Wifi.com.ng, has raised $3 million in a new round of funding as it expands its unlimited internet service into Ghana.
The new financing was led by 4DX Ventures, a new, Africa-f... |
| 03.10.2016 | 6 African startups win $500,000 from Facebook’s Internet.org Innovation Challenge | Share this article:
Internet.org has announced the winners of the Innovation Challenge in Africa awards in the categories of education and economic empowerment. The six winners all present solutions that will help create a more connected wo... |
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