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Africa’s Sasai Fintech’s Digital Wallet Secures GSMA Compliance, Increasing Digital Mobile Wallet Offering to its Customers

Ester Adams 05/11/2022

Liquid Partners PEACE Cable Company to Bring Additional Subsea Cable Capacity to Kenya

Ester Adams 05/11/2022

Egypt’s Mylerz Raises $9.6 Million in Funding Round Led by Lorax Capital Partners

Ester Adams 05/11/2022

Congolese Web3 Startup, Jambo Secures $30m to Fulfill Africa’s Web3 Potentials

Ester Adams 05/10/2022

SA Mobile Payments Startup, FirePay Acquires Payroll Startup Radar

Musa Suleiman 05/10/2022

Ariika secures $3m Series A Extension Led by Beltone VC

By Mohammed Mane / 11/24/2024

ariika, an Egyptian direct-to-consumer home furnishing brand, has secured $3 million in Series A extension led by Beltone Venture Capital...

Ariika secures $3m Series A Extension Led by Beltone VC

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

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

Musa Suleiman 11/22/2024

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

Oluwasegun 11/20/2024

Ariika secures $3m Series A Extension Led by Beltone VC

Mohammed Mane 11/24/2024

Why Your Business Needs a Consultative Approach to Technology

Ester Adams 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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Ariika secures $3m Series A Extension Led by Beltone VC

Mohammed Mane 11/24/2024

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

Accelerator

Deadline For AWIEF Awards Nomination Has Been Extended to June 10

Oluwasegun 05/18/2019

Agro-tech

Farmcrowdy Bags 2019 UNIDO Agribusiness Award

Musa Suleiman 05/17/2019

Entrepreneurship

Apply for TechCircle’s Pitch2Win Competition For a Chance to Win N1m

Mohammed Mane 05/17/2019

Accelerator

Twelve Startup Accelerators & Incubators From MENA Announce Partnership

Musa Suleiman 05/17/2019

Accelerator

Apply For the Indie Games Accelerator Powered by Google

Musa Suleiman 05/16/2019

Business

MTN Fixes Thursday For NSE Listing of Shares, Set Price at N90

Musa Suleiman 05/15/2019

Agro-tech

FedEx Small Business Competition: Nigeria’s Ez-Farming Makes Final 100

Musa Suleiman 05/15/2019

Africa

Artificial Intelligence Firm InstaDeep Secures $7m in Series A Funding

Musa Suleiman 05/14/2019

Africa

Here Are the 11 African Entrepreneurs Selected to Join Endeavor Network

Musa Suleiman 05/14/2019

Africa

Kenya’s CarePay Set to Expand to Nigeria, Tanzania After Raising $45m Series A Funding

Mohammed Mane 05/14/2019

Fintech

Zimbabwe Fintech Startup Payitup Has Raised $13m Series A Fund

Oluwasegun 05/14/2019

Africa

Microsoft Unveils First Africa Development Center in Kenya and Nigeria

Musa Suleiman 05/14/2019

Africa

Jumia Debunks Fraud Allegations that Sunk its Shares

Oluwasegun 05/13/2019

Entrepreneurship

Applications Open For AfricArena Lagos Ecosystem Challenge

Musa Suleiman 05/13/2019

Business

Jumia 1st Quarter 2019 Results: Revenue Increases by 102%, Profitability Not Yet in Sight

Oluwasegun 05/13/2019

Africa

WorldCover Secures $6M in Series A Funding Led by MS&AD Ventures

Musa Suleiman 05/13/2019

Entrepreneurship

PwC NG to Launch Innovation Experience Centre That Will Support Entrepreneurs

Musa Suleiman 05/13/2019

Accelerator

FbStart Accelerator Opens Applications for 2nd Cohort, Extends to Ghana

Musa Suleiman 05/11/2019

Africa

Jumia to Bring Forward the Date Announcing Q1 Report

Musa Suleiman 05/11/2019

Africa

Kenya HealthTech Startup MYDAWA Raises $3m Funding Round

Musa Suleiman 05/10/2019

Accelerator

She Leads Africa Opens Application For its N2m Accelerator Program

Musa Suleiman 05/10/2019

Africa

Apply to Pitch at SFAN’s Student Entrepreneurship Week in Ghana

Musa Suleiman 05/10/2019

Accelerator

Nigeria’s Publiseer Selected as a Finalist For The Halcyon Incubator Fellowship

Musa Suleiman 05/10/2019

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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