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Walt Disney Seals $71 Billion Deal to Acquire 21st Century Fox

The Walt Disney Company has sealed its $71 billion deal to acquire businessman Rupert Murdoch’s mass media firm 21st Century

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Why You Should Apply For Itanna Accelerator Programme For Nigerian Startups

Itanna, the venture platform launched by Honeywell Group in 2018, has announced the commencement of the 2019 edition of its

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AgriTech Startup, Thrive Agric Selected For Y Combinator 2019 Winter Batch

Thrive Agric, an agritech startup that provides microloans to Nigerian farmers and a channel to sell produce to large buyers

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French President Announces €2.5bn Funding for African Startup Via Choose Africa Initiative

French President, Emmanuel Macron has announced The Choose Africa Initiative which is an initiative to provide €2.5bn to African startups.

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Kenya’s MumsVillage and Sierra Leone’s Mosabi make it to Gray Matters Capital’s GMC Calibrator

Gray Matters Capital, a US-based impact investor focused on the funding for-profit social enterprises in markets of Africa, India, Latin

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Apply For the Nairobi Innovation Week Startup Programme 2019

NIW.Startups is a platform for discovering and showcasing the new most promising startups in the region. It also seeks to

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Nigerian Fintech Startup OneFi Raises $5m Debt Funding

Nigerian fintech startup One Finance (OneFi), which runs lending platform Paylater, has secured a US$5 million debt facility from Nairobi

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Jumia files for IPO on the New York Stock Exchange

Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia has filed for an Initial Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange according to SEC

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AMPZ Wins Lagos Edition of the MEST Africa Pitch Challenge

AMPZ, an online sports community, has been named the winner of the Lagos edition of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of

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Nigeria’s NINE, Two Others Unveiled As Partners For Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize

NINE from Nigeria, Egypt’s RiseUp and 22 On Sloane in South Africa have been selected to help mobilize contestants in