Seedstars
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Apply For Seedstars Investment Readiness Program To Recieve Funding

Seedstars has launched a new investment program called the Investment Readiness Program targetted at entrepreneurs and startups from emerging markets.

Skye Bank
Banking Business Government Payment People

How Skye Bank Became Polaris Bank

Skye Bank, one of the banks that emerged after the N25 billion recapitalization ordered by the Central Bank of Nigeria

Disney
Business Entertainment Internet

Disney Reveals More Details About its Streaming Service Disney+

Details of Disney’s long-planned streaming service—Disney+—have finally been revealed. It will launch this November 12th and cost $6.99 per month

Jumia
Africa Business Ecommerce Funding

Jumia Becomes First African Startup To List Shares on NYSE

Jumia Technologies AG (“Jumia”) (NYSE: JMIA), the leading pan-African e-commerce platform, has officially announced its listing on the New York

Helios
Acquisition Business

Helios Buys Oando’s Stake in Axxela Assumes Full Ownership of Gas Firm

Helios Investment Partners has bought the remaining 25% owned by Oando to assume ownership of Africa’s Sub-Saharan gas and power

AfricInvest
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Innovation Startup Venture Capital

AfricInvest Partners Cathay Innovation to Unveil $168m Pan-African Fund

AfricInvest, a Tunisia-based private equity firm in Africa with USD1.5 billion in assets under management, and Cathay Innovation, a global

TeamApt
Banking Business Entrepreneurship Fintech Payment

Fintech Startup TeamApt Secures Switching Licence From CBN

TeamApt, a fintech startup, has announced that it has secured a switching licence from the Central Bank Nigeria (CBN). The

Carbon
Business Entrepreneurship Fintech Payment Startup

Nigeria Fintech Startup Paylater Rebrands as “Carbon”

Nigerian Fintech startup, Paylater has taken the first step to becoming a fully digital bank as it has rebranded to

MIDEM
Accelerator Africa Entertainment Music

Sauti Sol And Moonlight Sanelly Make Finals of MIDEM Artist Accelerator

Midem has announced the finalists selected for its 2019 Artist Accelerator competition and 2 African artists namely Sauti Sol and

Kobo360
Business Entrepreneurship Startup Transport

African Logistics Startup, Kobo360 Officially Launches in Ghana

Kobo360, an African logistics startup has officially launched in Ghana. The company recently launched in Togo and it is hoping