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