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A Meet up with Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank in Berlin

Berlin (Germany), June 2018. Earlier this week, GreenTec Capital CEO had the opportunity to attend a meet-up with Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The event was organized by Afrolynk and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in context…

AgroCenta receives US$250,000 GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Award.

Accra (Ghana), December 2018. GreenTec Capital is very proud to announce that AgroCenta has been selected as the recipient of a US$250,000 (£200,000) GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Grant funded by UK DFID, Australian AID, and the GSMA and its members. The company joins 10 other start-ups entering the GSMA’s Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund Portfolio third cohort….

ARED brings connectivity and jobs to Ugandan refugee camps with World Vision Uganda

Kampala (Uganda) and Frankfurt (Germany), May 2019. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that ARED has partnered with World Vision as a part of the company’s expansion into Uganda. The partnership with World Vision will help expand economic opportunities and connectivity options for refugees in Northern Uganda. In 2017, ARED began its international expansion…

Boreal Light GmbH European Food Startup of the Year European at FoodNexus Startup Challenge.

Wageningen, (Netherlands), December 2017. GreenTec Capital Partners is very pleased to announce that Boreal Light GmbH has been selected as European Food Startup of the Year at the European FoodNexus Startup Challenge. The European FoodNexus Startup Challenge is a food and agtech startup competition for companies from seven countries across the European Union that aims to offer growth opportunities…

Wazi Vision takes up the call to improve a billion lives globally.

Frankfurt (Germany), May 2018. This week we are happy to share some thoughts on an interesting article by Andrew Jacobs, published May 5th, in the New York Times’ Health Section: “A Simple Way to Improve a Billion Lives: Glasses.” The article presents a look at the global impact of visual impairment with examples from India….

Africa Leads the way in women entrepreneurs

Frankfurt (Germany), May 2018. African women’s entrepreneurship highest in the world, comprising 25.9 percent of the female adult population is engaged in early-stage entrepreneurial activity in the region according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2016-2017 Women’s Report African women’s workforce participation is also the highest worldwide, with an average of 40% in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite…

Boreal Light selected for top 30 at Seeds&Chips and in top 100 at the Start Up Energy Transition 2018

Berlin (Germany) and Milan (Italy), April-May 2018. GreenTec Capital is very pleased to report that Boreal Light GmbH has recently been recognized by both the Start-Up Energy Transition as well as the Seeds&Chips Food Innovation Summit as being among the top start-ups working to solve pressing world problems of food and water access. The Start-Up…

GreenTec expands African presence with East Africa office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Frankfurt (Germany) and Addis Ababa, (Ethiopia) April 2018. GreenTec Capital Partners is very pleased to announce the opening of our East Africa Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The office will be supported by three new team members, Eaman Mohamed, Teddy Worku, and Ibrahim Mamma. The opening of our East Africa Office represents the first major…

My Internship at GreenTec Capital Partners

Frankfurt (Germany), April 2018. When I applied for GreenTec I did not know what to expect at first. The firm is a specialized investment company focusing on developing African start-ups and impact investment. Although I am currently a business student, the whole idea seemed very abstract, linking together buzzwords I recognized from class, but I…

Nigerian VP visits Farmcrowdy

Lagos (Nigeria), April 2018. Earlier this month, His Excellency, The Vice President of Nigeria Prof. Oluyemi Osinbajo SAN, visited Farmcrowdy at their Office in Lekki, Lagos as a part of his tour to Start-ups and Tech Hubs across Nigeria. Prof. Oluyemi Osinbajo SAN is a vocal advocate for technology and developing youth employment opportunities for…