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Egyptian Cashback App Lucky Gets $25m to Increase its Market Leadership in MENA

Mohammed Mane 03/21/2022

Meaningful Gigs Bags $6m to Connect Africans With Remote Gigs

Oluwasegun 03/19/2022

Rwanda’s Hence Technologies Secures $1.8M Funding

Ester Adams 03/19/2022

Astute Imaging Acquires Egyptian Deep Technology AI Startup DilenyTech

Mohammed Mane 03/18/2022

Mercy Corps Ventures Partners GreenHouse Capital For Female Focused Investment Readiness Bootcamp

Ester Adams 03/18/2022

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...

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

Mohammed Mane 11/20/2024

Yellow Card Secures Crypto Asset Service Provider Licence in South Africa

Musa Suleiman 11/20/2024

Starlink Suspends New Orders Until NCC Approves Price Increment

Musa Suleiman 11/20/2024

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

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

Musa Suleiman 11/22/2024

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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

Bitcoin

Six Ways Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Are Changing Entrepreneurship

Musa Suleiman 09/08/2018

Accelerator

12 Ventures Selected For Ashoka African Social Investment Accelerator

Musa Suleiman 09/07/2018

Accelerator

Apply to Pitch at Zone Tech Park Accelerator Programme Powered by WiTW Lagos

Musa Suleiman 09/07/2018

Africa

Meet the Startups Repping Africa at the 2018 MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge

Musa Suleiman 09/07/2018

Banking

South Africa Payment Start-up, Yoco, Secures $16m in Series B Funding

Musa Suleiman 09/06/2018

Entrepreneurship

Nigerian Digital Payments Startup, Paga Secures $10m Funding Led by Global Innovation Fund

Musa Suleiman 09/06/2018

Africa

Goodwell Investments Unveils New €20 Million Fund For Sub-saharan Africa

Musa Suleiman 09/06/2018

Banking

Tanzania’s Nala Named Winner of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Musa Suleiman 09/06/2018

Internet

Tizeti Eyes African Expansion as it Secures $3m Investment Led by 4DX Ventures

Musa Suleiman 09/05/2018

Africa

Kenyan Logistics Firm, Bwala Africa Secures 238k Investment

Musa Suleiman 09/05/2018

Accelerator

Two African Startups Selected For 2nd Cohort of Fintech Hive Accelerator

Musa Suleiman 09/05/2018

Accelerator

Nigeria Fashion Luxury Brand, Fashpa Selected For Dream Assembly Programme Powered by Farfetch

Musa Suleiman 09/05/2018

Entertainment

Ventures Platform Invest $100k in Health Tech Startup, MDaaS

Musa Suleiman 09/04/2018

Accelerator

Arone, Gerocare, and Afagreen Selected to Represent Nigeria at the Slush Global Impact Accelerator

Musa Suleiman 09/04/2018

Accelerator

See the Things an Effective Pitch Deck Must Feature

Musa Suleiman 09/04/2018

Accelerator

Apply For Batch 4 of the Katapult Accelerator in Norway

Musa Suleiman 09/04/2018

Accelerator

Facebook Partners With CcHub to Launch FbStart Accelerator programme in Nigeria

Musa Suleiman 09/04/2018

Internet

Nigeria’s Ex-ICT Minister, Omobola Johnson Appointed to the Board of Web Foundation

Mohammed Mane 09/03/2018

Artificial Intelligence

Eight Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence in ECommerce

Musa Suleiman 09/03/2018

Accelerator

Vinsighte, Ina Lite and Farmally Emerge Winners of the Union Bank Campus Innovation Challenge

Musa Suleiman 09/03/2018

Entrepreneurship

Tech4Her Africa to Represent Africa in Hackcelerator Program at Silicon Valley

Musa Suleiman 09/01/2018

Accelerator

3 Startups African Startups Selected For Katapult Accelerator

Musa Suleiman 08/31/2018

Business

Apple to Launch New iPhones in September

Musa Suleiman 08/31/2018

Entrepreneurship

Nigeria’s RecyclePoints Gets $30k at the 2018 Zambezi Prize for Innovation as SA’s Wala Wins Grand Prize

Musa Suleiman 08/31/2018

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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