Our Africa Tech Predictions For 2023
Egyptian startup raises $1.6 million and a new digital marketplace for Made In Africa products launches
What’s happened this Week:
Kwely Announces Digital Marketplace for Made In Africa products
Egyptian startup Suplyd raises $1.6 million in pre-seed round
and more!
The year 2023 is just around the corner and we’re gearing up for another year of tech in Africa. So what will next year look like and what trends should be looking forward to?
Will Artificially intelligence (AI) become a bigger deal? Will Fintech still be the biggest thing in Africa?
Well, we at Tech Nova are taking our best guesses and presenting our top five predictions for Tech in Africa in 2023
In The News This Week
MEST Africa Announces Recruitment For Their Class Of 2024
Applications are open for the 2024 cohort of the MEST Training Program; a twelve-month program hosted physically in Accra and designed to give young people around the continent commercial skills in technology and entrepreneurship.
Zimbabwean Startup, Mobility for Africa, Receives $2 Million Funding
Mobility for Africa, a Zimbabwean mobility startup has received a funding of US$2 million from a Zimbabwean investment firm known as InfraCo Africa. The funding is to support the startup deploy about 400 electric vehicles to the country’s rural areas
Kwely Launches “Made in Africa” Digital Marketplace
Kwely Inc. has announced the launch of its B2B e-marketplace to provide African producers and manufacturers with a global window to sell their products at scale. International buyers can now source high-quality, unique, and locally made products from across the continent.
Suplyd, Egypt’s Digital Restaurant Supply Chain Startup, Raises $1.6M In Pre-Seed Funding Round
Suplyd, an Egypt-based startup that digitizes supply chain operations for the MENA region’s hotels, restaurants, and catering (HORECA) industries, announced their $1.6M pre-seed round funded by Endure Capital, Seedstars, Camel Ventures, Falak Startups alongside other local and regional investors.
Features
Tix Africa Wants To Be The Best Online Platform For African Event Creators
“December in Ghana” is always a big event. There are loads of parties and events with most requiring purchase of tickets to attend.
So who are event organisers looking to for selling their tickets? Online ticket platforms. One ticket platform trying to capture more market share is Tix Africa.
We looked at what the platform does and what they want to achieve for next year.
Africa Ecosystem Funding Activity
SA’s Finclusion Group adds $2m funding, rebrands - Disrupt Africa
SA data automation startup Synatic raises $2.5m seed extension round- Disrupt Africa
Kenya’s BasiGo raises $6.6m funding to begin commercial delivery of electric buses - Disrupt Africa
Egyptian e-commerce startup SIDEUP raises $1.2m seed round for Saudi expansion - Disrupt Africa
TLG, Future Africa launch $25m venture debt fund programme for African startups - Disrupt Africa
Kenyan e-health startup MyHealth Africa raises $1m in seed funding - Disrupt Africa
Podcast: What’s Your Story
Nana Akosua Hanson is currently a Radio presenter at YFM in Ghana. She is also a feminist and an activist for women’s rights.She is also a writer and actor and has starred in various films in the Ghanaian industry.
In 2019, Akosua Hanson launched "Moon Girls", a graphic novel series that follows the adventures of four African women superheroes with varying superpowers who try to save Africa from a diverse range of forces.
Check out here comic here: moongirls.live/comics