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Venture
Pan-African ‘gender equal investor’ Janngo Capital hits first close of €60M fund
10:35 pm PDT • September 11, 2022
After stints at Jumia as its former managing director at its Nigerian office and founding CEO of its Ivorian office, Fatoumata Bâ, a veteran of the African tech space, announced…
Startups
TLcom Capital appoints Eloho Omame as partner to back more pre-seed and female-led startups
1:00 am PDT • June 27, 2022
Africa-focused venture capital firm TLcom Capital has appointed Eloho Omame as a partner six months after announcing the first close of TIDE Africa Fund II, its $150 million second fund…
Startups
These investors want to back ‘ridiculously early’ female-led African startups
10:59 am PST • January 26, 2021
In 2019, female-led companies received less than 5 percent of the global venture capital. Bringing it to Africa, only 10 percent of the West African startups that cumulatively raised $1…
