M-Pesa
Business Technology

Safaricom & Vodacom Set Aside $13m to Buy M-Pesa Rights From Vodafone

Kenya’s Safaricom is to establish a joint venture worth $13 million with South Africa’s Vodacom to acquire the intellectual property

Gokada
Business Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Transport Venture Capital

Gokada Raises $5.3m Series A Funding Led by Rise Capital

Gokada, a Nigerian motorcycle ride-hailing firm has raised $5.3 million Series A round to scale its business. The funding round

SpaceX
Innovation Internet Technology

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Begins March to Provide Internet From Space With Launch of First 60 Satellites

SpaceX has launched a rocket carrying the first 60 satellites of its “Starlink” constellation, which is intended to provide internet

Bamboo Capital Partners
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Technology Venture Capital

Bamboo Capital Partners & Smart Africa Join Forces For Blended Finance Technology Impact Fund

Bamboo Capital Partners, the impact investing platform, has signed a partnership with Smart Africa to support BLOC, the first-of-its-kind blended

Huawei
Business Government Smartphones

Huawei May Debut its Own OS “HongMeng” This Year

Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant has disclosed that it could roll out its own Operating System for smartphones and laptops

Lions Innovation Tour
Africa Entrepreneurship Event Innovation Startup Technology

DEMO Africa Winners Are Set to Storm Silicon Valley For Lions Innovation Tour

Five African startups have been selected from Nigeria; Morocco, Ghana, Tunisia and Egypt for the 2019 Lions Innovation Tour of

Maliyo Games
Africa Business Digital

Maliyo Games Inks Mobile Games Distribution Deal With Telecoming

Maliyo Games, a mobile gaming company in Nigeria has signed a games distribution deal with Telecoming, the European technology company

Tatisis
Entrepreneurship Interview Startup Technology

Meet Tatisis-A Location-Based Discussion Platform For Everything

In Nigeria today, there are myriads of issues to discuss ranging from health to the economy, technology, relationship, security and

TICAD
Africa Entrepreneurship Event Innovation Social Entrepreneurship Startup

Apply to Pitch at TICAD7 If You Have an Innovative SDG Solution

African Tech startups with innovative solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals have been invited to apply for an opportunity

AWIEF
Accelerator Africa Awards Entrepreneurship Event

Deadline For AWIEF Awards Nomination Has Been Extended to June 10

The closing date for the 2019 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards nominations has been extended to Monday, 10