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March 31, 2025May 16, 2025

Startups

20 Top AI Startups in Africa and Their Funding

20 of Africa’s leading AI startups, their innovations, funding, and the impact they’re making in various industries.

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March 24, 2025March 24, 2025

Science & Health Startups

AISAP, A Startup Pioneering AI-Driven Diagnostics, Has Been Recognized as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies

Israeli medical startup AISAP has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the world's most innovative companies for 2025, securing fourth place globally in the healthcare category.

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Energy & Transport Startups

Expect More Electric Vehicles on African Roads in 2023

Kenyan e-mobility firm BasiGo recently secured $6.6 million in new funding to fast-track commercial delivery of locally-assembled electric buses.

by bird - African Stories Agency December 2, 2022December 2, 2022

Startups

Kenyan Law Student With a “Snack” for Ridding the Ocean of Plastics

A Kenyan environmental law student is seeking a patent for her healthy, edible cups and plates, designed to wage battle against the mountain of plastics that threatens marine life. She already has an airline customer lined up.

by bird - African Stories Agency September 25, 2022September 25, 2022

Startups

Telecel’s Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP) Accelerator Promises a Bigger Future

It’s a Wrap for Cohort 2 of the Telecel Group Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP) Accelerator powered by Startupbootcamp AfriTech

by Thandisizwe Mgudlwa July 8, 2022July 8, 2022

Startups Technology & Innovation

Africa’s “Alt” School Sees Enrollments From Africa & Beyond

As demand for top tech talent booms worldwide, AltSchool, which describes itself as a premier online academy, is attracting wannabee software engineers and coding mavens not only from across the continent but also from beyond Africa's shores.

by Seth Onyango - bird contributor February 21, 2022February 16, 2022

Amplify Startups Technology & Innovation

Rwanda Launches Africa’s First Public Bike-Share Transport System

The City of Kigali has partnered with Guraride — Africa’s first public bike-share system in Kigali Rwanda ¬— as part of a campaign to promote non-motorized transport, as a resource-efficient, environmentally-friendly, healthy and safe alternative for the people of Rwanda.

by Richard Oduor Oduku September 20, 2021March 10, 2025