Flutterwave
Africa Fintech Partnership Payment Startup Technology

Flutterwave Gives African Merchants Access to 1 Billion Potential Customers Via Partnership With Alipay

Africa-focused fintech company, Flutterwave has partnered with Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba through Alipay in order to give African merchants access

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

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

MechDirect
Accelerator Africa Business Entrepreneurship Innovation Social Entrepreneurship

Nigeria’s On-demand Auto Repair Service, MechDirect Accepted into Newchip Accelerator Pre-Seed Cohort

MechDirect, a Nigerian on-demand auto repair service has been accepted into the Newchip Accelerator Pre-Seed cohort for July 2019. MechDirect

Inclusive Innovation Challenge
Africa Entrepreneurship Innovation SMEs Social Entrepreneurship Startup

Meet 12 African Regional Finalists For MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge

MIT in partnership with Liquid Telecom has announced 12 African startups that will contest the regional finals of the Inclusive

Carbon
Africa Fintech Guest Post Payment People SMEs

Chijioke Dozie of Carbon: Exploring Africa’s Fintech Success Story

Chijioke Dozie is the CEO and co-founder, Carbon. Here, Dozie takes a look into the dynamic African fintech landscape, as well as

VertoFX
Africa Business Fintech Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s VertoFX Secures $2M Seed Round to Make Currency Trading Seamless in Africa

VertoFX, an Africa and emerging markets-focused currency trading and payment startup has secured a $2.1 million investment led by Accelerated

Wapi Pay
Africa Business Fintech Payment

Kenyan’s Wapi Pay Signs Deal to Provide Payment Solutions Between Africa & Asia

Wapi Pay, a Kenyan fintech startup has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore’s Fomo Pay to provide payment solutions

Francophone
Africa Entrepreneurship SMEs

A Look at Francophone Africa’s Tech Ecosystem

Francophone countries of Africa experienced an economic growth rate of 3.2 per cent in 2017 according to the World Bank’s