Breadfast
Delivery Funding Investment Venture Capital

Breadfast, an Egyptian Grocery Delivery Startup, Closes $26m Series A Round

Breadfast, the Egyptian grocery delivery startup, has closed a $26 million Series A round co-led by Vostok New Ventures and

Vendease
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Online Food Marketplace For Restaurants, Vendease Secures $3.2m Funding Led by Global Founders Capital

Vendease, an online marketplace that allows restaurants and other food businesses to buy supplies from manufacturers and farms, has raised

Sendbox
Funding Investment Logistics

Nigeria’s Sendbox Raises $1.8m to Digitise Deliveries For African SMEs

Sendbox, the Nigeria-based e-commerce fulfillment platform, has today announced the completion of a $1.8 million seed round from investors including

LEO
Artificial Intelligence Technology

UBA’s LEO Continues to Evolve, Remains Smartest Banking Chatbot

 …Crosses 3 million user mark Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has in the last three

Partnership Payment SMEs

Untapped Global, Paga Collabo to Grow Digital Payments For SMEs

Untapped Global, an investment company focused on emerging markets, is partnering with Paga to finance point-of-sale devices (POS) for merchants

Gokada
Business Logistics Ride-hailing

Gokada Set to Take on Safeboda in Ibadan

After the unceremonious ban of motorcycle ride-hailing services in Lagos, startups in the business either shut down or pivoted. ORide

WhatsApp
Messaging Tech Tips Tips WhatsApp

How to Send Pictures as Documents on WhatsApp

Sharing pictures or image files directly on WhatsApp will compress them and reduce the resolution and its quality. The messaging

Paystack
Payment

Paystack adds Apple Pay as New Payment Gateway For Businesses to Receive Intern’l Payments

Paystack, the African payment firm acquired by Stripe, is adding Apple Pay as a new payment gateway. This means that

ZOLA ELectric
Funding Investment Renewable Energy Venture Capital

ZOLA Electric Secures $90m Funding to Expand into New Markets

ZOLA Electric, a renewable energy firm with operations in several African countries, has raised $90 million in debt and equity

Netflix
Video Streaming

Netflix Offers Free Plan in Kenya to Attract New Subscribers

Netflix has begun offering a free mobile plan in Kenya with about one-quarter of its TV shows and movies available