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Standard Chartered Unveils Second Wave of Digital-only Retail Banks Across Four African Markets

Standard Chartered today announced the start of the second phase of its digital-only retail bank across Africa. In response to

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Nigeria Received The Most Startup Funding in Africa in 2018-Disrupt Africa

African tech startups smashed funding records in 2018 as 210 startups secured US$334.5 million worth of investment, with Nigeria emerging

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South Africa, PropertyTech Startup, Flow Secures $1.47m Funding to Scale

South African property startup Flow, which has developed an app that rewards tenants for good behaviour, has raised US$1.47 million

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Kenyan SaaS Startup, SuperFluid Labs Secures Funding From GreenTec Capital

Kenyan startup, SuperFluid Labs, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, has raised funding from the

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South Africa’s Insurtech Startup Pineapple Accepted Into US-based Accelerator

South African startup, Pineapple, has been accepted into the Hartford Insurtech Hub accelerator programme as it prepares to launch its product

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Thank U Cash Raises Funds From  Microtraction 

Microtraction, an early stage fund provider, seems to be on the roll. In the past few weeks, it has funded CowryWise,

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Nominations are on for the MTN South Africa Women In ICT Awards “Partnering for Change”

Nominations are currently on for the MTN South Africa Women In ICT Awards “Partnering for Change” The Women In ICT

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Google Launches Free Wi-Fi Hotspots in Lagos, Targets 200 Other Locations Across Nigeria by end of 2019

Google has announced the launch of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Lagos, Nigeria. Tagged Google Station, it is a programme to provide high-quality,

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Nigeria and Kenyan Startups Named Winners of the Visa Everywhere Initiative in Subsaharan Africa 

Two Nigerian and 1 Kenyan startups have emerged winners of the Visa Everywhere Initiative in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). They

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Sterling Bank Apologises For Shading Competitors

Last week, Sterling bank stepped out of the social media rules and regulations for managing brands by shading top bank