by Armele Togue | Dec 13, 2022 | Resources
As every successful thing has a powerful source of energy pushing it to reach the heights, similarly every startup business no matter the niche has a strong human force backing it to grow towards the successful future. The essence of growth of the organisation and...
by Armele Togue | Dec 12, 2022 | Fintech News, Resources
As the fastest-growing start-up industry in Africa, African fintech raised over US$1,3 billion in 2021 alone, the success of fintech companies is being fuelled by several trends, including increasing smartphone ownership, declining internet costs, expanded network...
by Armele Togue | Dec 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
No one would ever say that starting up a business is easy. Founders encounter the most crucial difficulties at the very start of their work, and startup equity allocation is one of them....
by Armele Togue | Dec 6, 2022 | Resources, opportunities
Investing in female founders and innovation enablers is important for every local ecosystem. Especially in times of change, female leaders have proven to be more resilient to crises. This is why Female Founders and Make-IT in Africa are partnering up...
by Armele Togue | Dec 6, 2022 | Resources, opportunities
The Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund (MFAGF) – a “fund of funds” that works through African investment vehicles to support early-stage, growth-oriented SMEs on the continent – launched today with a committed $200 million. The fund’s goal is to enable dignified...
by Armele Togue | Nov 30, 2022 | Fintech News, Resources
Ejara, a Cameroonian fintech offering an investment app that allows users to buy crypto and save through decentralized wallets, has raised $8 million in Series A investment. London-based venture capital firm Anthemis co-led the growth round alongside...
by Armele Togue | Nov 30, 2022 | Uncategorized, Fintech News, Resources
Millions of startups spring up yearly, but in 3 years, over 95% of these startups go out of business. Don’t look at this statistic and feel disheartened. Facebook, Microsoft, just to name a few were once just ideas waiting to be made a reality with their...
by Armele Togue | Nov 24, 2022 | Uncategorized, Fintech News, Resources
Great news! We’ve partnered with HubSpot to help your startup grow and scale better, and faster. The HubSpot Partner Program offers eligible startups: Up to 90% Discount on HubSpot Software Use one service or the entire suite of HubSpot Growth Platform with a...
by Armele Togue | Nov 22, 2022 | Uncategorized, Fintech News, Resources
As the leading grassroots entrepreneurship program in Silicon Mountain, Pitch Friday is an event powered by Mountain Hub that helps entrepreneurs and investors succeed. Founded in 2022 Pitch Friday began with three ideas – facilitating investments between...
by Armele Togue | Nov 17, 2022 | Fintech News, Resources
Mountain Hub recently won 4000 Euros from the AfriLabs Virtual Grant Series 8 amongst two other hubs in West and East Africa. This was an initiative of the AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme sponsored by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) through the...
