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Flutterwave Acquires Payment Systems License in Uganda

Mohammed Mane 08/29/2024

Applications Now Open for the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) Africa Challenge 2024

Ester Adams 08/28/2024

Solarise Africa Secures $8.9m Investment to Expand Renewable Energy Projects in South Africa

Musa Suleiman 08/21/2024

Venture Platform’s Kola Aina Joins EFInA Board

Mohammed Mane 08/20/2024

APPLY: FCMB AgriTech Hackathon 2024

Adebayo Trevor 08/17/2024

How to Stay Ahead of Social Media Shopping Scams this Black Friday

By Musa Suleiman / 11/22/2024

South African shoppers are turning to their social media feeds to find the best Black Friday deals – unfortunately, cybercriminals...

How to Stay Ahead of Social Media Shopping Scams this Black Friday

Starlink Suspends New Orders Until NCC Approves Price Increment

By Musa Suleiman / 11/20/2024

Starlink, the internet company, has halted new orders for its residential kits in Nigeria until the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)...

Starlink Suspends New Orders Until NCC Approves Price Increment

TLP Advisory Marks 10 Years with New Report on Nigeria’s Startup Ecosystem

By Adebayo Trevor / 11/20/2024

TLP Advisory, the venture law firm headquartered in Lagos, marks ten years of operation with the launch of a new...

TLP Advisory Marks 10 Years with New Report on Nigeria’s Startup Ecosystem

Global Investors Call For Increased Investment in Africa At Ventures Platform Africa Prosperity Summit

By Oluwasegun / 11/20/2024

Ventures Platform, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in innovative startups across Africa, held the second edition of its Africa...

Global Investors Call For Increased Investment in Africa At Ventures Platform Africa Prosperity Summit

CNCF and Andela Announce Partnership to Train 20,000+ African Tech Professionals

By Mohammed Mane / 11/20/2024

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud-native software, along with Linux Foundation Education, the training and...

CNCF and Andela Announce Partnership to Train 20,000+ African Tech Professionals

Why Your Business Needs a Consultative Approach to Technology

By Ester Adams / 11/20/2024

In any business, while a one-size-fits-all approach may have cut it in the past, today, organisations need unique, customised solutions...

Why Your Business Needs a Consultative Approach to Technology

Yellow Card Secures Crypto Asset Service Provider Licence in South Africa

By Musa Suleiman / 11/20/2024

Yellow Card, the African stablecoin-based infrastructure provider, has been issued a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) licence by the Financial...

Yellow Card Secures Crypto Asset Service Provider Licence in South Africa

Don’t fear AI in Cybersecurity – Embrace it

By Ester Adams / 11/13/2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most talked about topics today, with sentiments running the gamut from concern to...

Don’t fear AI in Cybersecurity – Embrace it

Orange Announces Winners of 14th Edition of Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East

By Musa Suleiman / 11/13/2024

The winners of the 14th edition of the Orange Social Venture Prize (OSVP), which recognizes and supports startups whose technological solutions...

Orange Announces Winners of 14th Edition of Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East

Nigeria’s MDaas Expands to Cameroon

By Mohammed Mane / 11/12/2024

MDaaS Global, a Nigerian healthcare company, has launched in Cameroon opening its first diagnostic clinic. Founded in 2017, MDaaS provides...

TLP Advisory Marks 10 Years with New Report on Nigeria’s Startup Ecosystem

Adebayo Trevor 11/20/2024

Yellow Card Secures Crypto Asset Service Provider Licence in South Africa

Musa Suleiman 11/20/2024

Global Investors Call For Increased Investment in Africa At Ventures Platform Africa Prosperity Summit

Oluwasegun 11/20/2024

Starlink Suspends New Orders Until NCC Approves Price Increment

Musa Suleiman 11/20/2024

CNCF and Andela Announce Partnership to Train 20,000+ African Tech Professionals

Mohammed Mane 11/20/2024

How to Stay Ahead of Social Media Shopping Scams this Black Friday

Musa Suleiman 11/22/2024

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BUSINESS

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Janngo Capital Announces Final Close of its 2nd Fund at $78m

Mohammed Mane 10/30/2024

BasiGo Secures $42M in Funding to Scale Public Transport Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ester Adams 10/23/2024

Grid Africa Secures $2.8m Equity Investment

Mohammed Mane 10/22/2024

Sistema.bio Secures $15m in Additional Financing to Accelerate Global Expansion

Adebayo Trevor 10/17/2024

Yellow Card Closes US$33M Series C Funding Round to Drive Expansion

Mohammed Mane 10/17/2024

Funding

Egyptian Cashless Payment App, Flash Secures $6m Seed Round

Ester Adams 07/18/2023

Accelerator

Ayoba Partners Adanian Labs to Launch Nigeria Accelerator Programme

Mohammed Mane 07/08/2023

Ecommerce

Embedded Finance in the Age of e-commerce

Adebayo Trevor 07/08/2023

Messaging

Meta Set to Take on Twitter As it launches Threads

Adebayo Trevor 07/06/2023

Funding

Mobility Fintech, Moove Secures $8m Funding to Expand its Ghanaian Operations

Musa Suleiman 07/06/2023

Funding

Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures Invests $1.5M in Chari to Support its Growth Plans

Mohammed Mane 07/05/2023

Women

Access Bank Unveils Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Season 5

Adebayo Trevor 06/30/2023

Funding

Berry Health Raises $1.6m Pre-seed Funding Co-led by Lightspeed and General Catalyst

Mohammed Mane 06/30/2023

Event

DLM Asset Managerment Announces techniques To Grow Cash and Finish Strong

Musa Suleiman 06/30/2023

Funding

Shopzetu Raises $1.0m in Pre-seed Funding to Revolutionise Africa’s Fashion and Lifestyle ecommerce Landscape

Ester Adams 06/29/2023

News

Flutterwave Partners with Audiomack to Expand Access and Monetisation Opportunities for African Artists

Adebayo Trevor 06/28/2023

Partnership

African Securities Exchanges Association, SecondSTAX Partner to Accelerate Integration of Africa’s Capital Markets

Musa Suleiman 06/28/2023

Funding

Black Founders Fund Cohort III: Google Awards $4m to 25 African Startups

Oluwasegun 06/20/2023

Clean Energy

Yellow, an African PayGo Solar Startup Secures $14m to scale in Africa

Mohammed Mane 06/20/2023

Funding

Seedstars and Fondation Botnar Launch $20M Youth Wellbeing Fund

Ester Adams 06/20/2023

Funding

Kenyan Automotive Marketplace, Peach Cars Raises $5m Seed Round

Oluwasegun 06/16/2023

Fintech

APPLY: Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2023

Mohammed Mane 06/16/2023

Event

Norfund Strengthens Footprint in Nigeria to Drive Sustainable Economic Growth

Adebayo Trevor 06/16/2023

Funding

Eze Secures $3.7m Seed Funding to Build Marketplace for Electronics Wholesaling

Musa Suleiman 06/16/2023

Funding

Aruwa Capital Management Invests in OmniRetail

Adebayo Trevor 06/15/2023

Acquisition

Talstack Launches With $850k Pre-seed Funding to Upskill Africa’s Workforce

Ester Adams 06/15/2023

Venture Capital

Acasia Ventures Opens Office in Lagos

Mohammed Mane 06/15/2023

Accelerator

Visa Announces Launch of Africa Fintech Accelerator Program

Ester Adams 06/14/2023

Investment

Nigeria’s Messenger Raises Pre-Seed Funding Led by Nama Ventures

Adebayo Trevor 06/13/2023

Five Things To Do Before Selling Your Smartphone
Whether you are using an Android or iOS device, you may someday decide that you have enough of the phone
Taxify Joins #$1Billion Gang As It Secures $175M Investment From Daimler
Mercedes-Benz-owner Daimler has taken a stake in Taxify in a funding round that values the ride-booking group at more than
Meet The 10 Startups That Are Disrupting Agriculture In Africa
Gone are the days when you have to physically go to the farm before you can call yourself a farmer.
Piggybank.ng Secures $1.1M Capital Led by LeadPath
Funds has always been a huge problem when starting a business. However, you a business can only attract the attention
Jumia Nigeria to Reward Football Fans for Supporting the Super Eagles
Nigeria’s no.1 online shopping platform, Jumia has concluded plans to launch a series of exciting activities around the 2018 FIFA World
Scramble For African Startups By Venture Capitalists: Good or Bad?
Like the scramble for Africa that saw European powers invading, occupying and colonizing African territories without their consent, venture capitalists seem to
Nigeria’s Publiseer Selected For Startup Istanbul Challenge 2018
This year seem to be going well for Nigeria’s digital publishing startup, Publiseer. It recently declared a profit of 3
GitHub Is Now Own By Microsoft As Later Buys Former For $7.5B
Microsoft has acquired code sharing website, GitHub, for $7.5 billion. The all-stock deal is expected to be sealed by the end of
Biggest Announcements From Apple’s WWDC 2018
Apple’s big WWDC 2018 keynote is a wrap! Millions of Apple fans around the world tuned in to Apple’s live
Apply For The AppsAfrica Innovation Awards 2018
AppsAfrica has opened application for the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards set to be held on 12 November in Cape Town. Applications close 7

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