Obama Foundation
Leadership News People

Obama Foundation Appoints Adewale Adeyemo As First president

Adewale Adeyemo has been appointed as the first president of the Obama Foundation. Obama Foundation, which is the nonprofit of

GONA
Business Investment Transport Venture Capital

GONA to Scale its Transport Business in Lagos After Completing Multi-million Dollar Pre-series A Funding Round

African travel service company GONA announced the completion of millions of dollars in pre-series A round of financing from investors

Jumia
Digital Ecommerce Government Internet People

Konga and Jumia Customers MAY Pay 5% VAT on Online Purchases

Customers of two of Nigeria’s biggest eCommerce platforms, Konga and Jumia may be charged 5% Value Added Tax as from

Ventures Platform Hub
Africa Appointment Leadership Venture Capital

Ventures Platform Hub Appoints New Executive Director and CEO

Ventures Platform Hub (VPHub) has named Mimshach Obioha Executive Director, Ventures Platform Foundation and Nkechi Oguchi Chief Executive Officer, Ventures

Migo
Africa Business Fintech Messaging Payment

Cassava Fintech to Launch Social Payments Platform Dubbed Sasai

Cassava Fintech International (CFI) has announced the launch of Africa’s first integrated Social Payments platform, Sasai. The platform, which will

F-Lane
Accelerator Startup

Nigeria’s Rubi Health and Ghana’s Developers in Vogue Selected For F-Lane Accelerator

Rubi Health from Nigeria and Developers in Vogue from Ghana have been selected for F-Lane accelerator, which is Europe’s first

54gene
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Health Interview

We’re Planning to Collect 40,000 Data Samples by End of 2019-CEO 54gene

The African genome is the most genetically diverse in the world. However, until now, the global scientific community has largely

World Remit
Africa Digital Fintech Partnership Payment

WorldRemit Partners MFS Africa to Launch New Mobile-to-Mobile Services in 5 African Countries

WorldRemit, a leading digital money transfer service, continues its rapid expansion in Africa, launching new international mobile money services through

Open Banking Nigeria
Banking Fintech Partnership Payment Technology

EY Partners Open Banking Nigeria to Develop a Standard API For Fintech Industry

Ernst & Young (EY),  a global multinational professional service firm has finalised arrangements with Open Banking Nigeria,  to develop a

Enko Education
Africa Edtech Entrepreneurship Funding Investment

Enko Education Raises 1.4 Million Dollars In Pre-Series B

African international schools network Enko Education has announced the closing of a 1.4 million dollars funding round from a pool