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Angola’S Startups are Winning Without the Hype

Angola’S Startups are Winning Without the Hype

Africa-Press - Angola. While African tech headlines focus on Nigerian fintechs raising $90 million and Kenyan unicorns, Angola quietly built the strongest startup ecosystem...
Mauritian Startup Black Swan Wins the MEST Africa Challenge 2025

Mauritian Startup Black Swan Wins the MEST Africa Challenge 2025

Africa-Press - Angola. Black Swan, a Mauritius-based FinTech startup, has been crowned the winner of the MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) 2025, following an electrifying...
Developpp Ventures Opens EUR 100K Funding for East African Startups

Developpp Ventures Opens EUR 100K Funding for East African Startups

Africa-Press - Angola. develoPPP Ventures has announced the opening of applications for its 10th cohort, offering EUR 100K (~USD 116K) in non-dilutive, matching funding...
Swiftvee Secures $10.1M Series A for Expansion

Swiftvee Secures $10.1M Series A for Expansion

Africa-Press - Angola. South African agritech startup SwiftVEE has secured R173m ($10.1m) in a Series A funding round to support its expansion into financial...
Immobazyme Secures R25M for Local Biopharma Growth

Immobazyme Secures R25M for Local Biopharma Growth

Africa-Press - Angola. South African biotech startup Immobazyme has secured an additional R25m ($1.45m) in growth funding, bringing its total capital raised to date...
Russia’S Technology Way in the Age of Sanctions

Russia’S Technology Way in the Age of Sanctions

Africa-Press - Angola. When Western governments set out to throttle Russia’s access to advanced technology, the expectation was clear enough: over time, the country...
Afreximbank Closes Second Samurai Bond Raising JPY 81.8 Billion

Afreximbank Closes Second Samurai Bond Raising JPY 81.8 Billion

Africa-Press - Angola. African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has successfully closed its second Samurai bond transaction, securing a total of JPY 81.8 billion (approx. USD...
Musk Says H-1B Visas being 'Gamed' by Outsourcing Firms

Musk Says H-1B Visas being ‘Gamed’ by Outsourcing Firms

Africa-Press - Angola. Tesla boss Elon Musk has said H-1B visas were being "gamed" by "some outsourcing companies", but the solution was stopping the...
U.S. Grants $150M to Zipline for AI Drone Expansion

U.S. Grants $150M to Zipline for AI Drone Expansion

Africa-Press - Angola. The U.S. Department of State is awarding $150 million to Zipline, the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, to support the expansion...
Afreximbank Urges Nigeria to Lead $1 Billion Transit Scheme

Afreximbank Urges Nigeria to Lead $1 Billion Transit Scheme

Africa-Press - Angola. African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has called on Nigeria to lead the implementation of an effective regional transit guarantee scheme under the...