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Egypt’s Otida Raises $340k Pre-seed Funding to Alleviate Pains of Diabetes

Mohammed Mane 03/30/2022

YC-backed CredPal Bags $15m to Scale its BNPL Product Across Africa

Mohammed Mane 03/29/2022

Cameroon’s Waspito Bags $2.7m Seed Funding Round

Ester Adams 03/29/2022

Egyptian Fantasy Football Startup, Eksab Closes $3m Seed Round

Musa Suleiman 03/29/2022

9 Warning Signs You Aren’t Ready to Scale

Musa Suleiman 03/28/2022

Egyptian Fintech Super App Khazna Raises $16M in Funding

By Musa Suleiman / 02/04/2025

Egypt-based fintech company Khazna has raised $16 million in a pre-Series B funding round. The round included new and existing...

Egyptian Fintech Super App Khazna Raises $16M in Funding

5 Things to Know About Deepseek

By Ester Adams / 02/04/2025

DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that has recently garnered significant attention in the tech industry. Here are...

Deloitte and AFIS unveil the 4th edition of the African Financial Industry Barometer

By Ester Adams / 02/04/2025

The African financial industry stands at a pivotal moment in its history. Propelled by the digital revolution and confident in...

Deloitte and AFIS unveil the 4th edition of the African Financial Industry Barometer

Warner Music Group, Audiomack Expand Licensing Deal

By Adebayo Trevor / 02/04/2025

Warner Music Group, the music entertainment company, and Audiomack, the music streaming and discovery platform, today announced an expanded licensing...

Warner Music Group, Audiomack Expand Licensing Deal

i3 Shifts Focus to Growth-Stage African Healthtechs for its 3rd Cohort

By Ester Adams / 02/04/2025

Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative to support African healthtech startups to commercialise and scale their offerings has decided...

i3 Shifts Focus to Growth-Stage African Healthtechs for its 3rd Cohort

Foundation Ventures Launches Second VC Fund

By Musa Suleiman / 02/03/2025

Cairo-based venture capital firm Foundation Ventures has launched a new $25 million fund, FVFII, aimed at supporting startups in Egypt...

Foundation Ventures Launches Second VC Fund

Proparco Invests €10m in AfriInvest’s New SME Fund

By Musa Suleiman / 02/03/2025

Proparco has announced a €10 million investment in the latest fund dedicated to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from AfricInvest,...

Proparco Invests €10m in AfriInvest’s New SME Fund

Apply: Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship (TEF) Programme 2025

By Mohammed Mane / 01/31/2025

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced that applications for its 2025 Entrepreneurship Programmes are now open. Aspiring and existing...

Apply: Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship (TEF) Programme 2025

Moove Acquires Kovi

By Adebayo Trevor / 01/30/2025

Moove, a mobility solutions company, has announced the acquisition of Kovi, an urban mobility provider headquartered in São Paulo. This acquisition...

LemFi Acquires Bureau Buttercrane to Strengthen European Expansion

By Musa Suleiman / 01/30/2025

LemFi, a London-based fintech specialising in international payment services for immigrant communities, has acquired Irish payment firm Bureau Buttercrane. The...

LemFi Acquires Bureau Buttercrane to Strengthen European Expansion

Moove Acquires Kovi

Adebayo Trevor 01/30/2025

HOSTAFRICA Acquires of GO54

Oluwasegun 01/30/2025

Warner Music Group, Audiomack Expand Licensing Deal

Adebayo Trevor 02/04/2025

Foundation Ventures Launches Second VC Fund

Musa Suleiman 02/03/2025

LemFi Acquires Bureau Buttercrane to Strengthen European Expansion

Musa Suleiman 01/30/2025

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Proparco Invests €10m in AfriInvest’s New SME Fund

Musa Suleiman 02/03/2025

Moove Acquires Kovi

Adebayo Trevor 01/30/2025

LemFi Acquires Bureau Buttercrane to Strengthen European Expansion

Musa Suleiman 01/30/2025

Visa Invest in Moniepoint to Accelerate Financial Inclusion for African SMEs

Adebayo Trevor 01/23/2025

Naked Raises $38m to Accelerate its Mission of Transforming Insurance

Ester Adams 01/21/2025

Apps

Uber Has Completed Over 10 Billion Rides

Musa Suleiman 07/25/2018

Africa

Andela Opens Tech Hub in Rwanda

Musa Suleiman 07/25/2018

Accelerator

The Pros and Cons of Joining a Startup Accelerator

Musa Suleiman 07/24/2018

Business

Bitcoin Price Hits $8,000 For The First Time in Two Months

Musa Suleiman 07/24/2018

Africa

#MustRead: Tricks to Starting Your Own Small Business

Musa Suleiman 07/24/2018

Africa

Two Days Left To Apply For the Opportunity to Pitch at Afrolynk Conference in Berlin

Musa Suleiman 07/24/2018

Africa

Digital Identity Crucial to Access to Social Services – Engr. Aziz, DG NIMC

Mohammed Mane 07/24/2018

Entrepreneurship

Nigeria’s Fintech, CowryWise Accepted into YCombinator Summer 2018

Musa Suleiman 07/23/2018

Entrepreneurship

NITDA Partners Arewa Tech Society For Sustainable Development Through IT

Musa Suleiman 07/22/2018

Accelerator

Shortlisted Startups For Slush GlA 2018 Nigeria Local Accelerator Announced

Musa Suleiman 07/21/2018

Apps

Uber’s New call Back Line for Added Safety Now Available in Nigeria

Oluwasegun 07/20/2018

Cryptocurrency

Entries Open For the Global Aviation Blockchain Challenge Powered by Lufthansa Innovation Hub & SAP.iO

Oluwasegun 07/20/2018

Apps

Uber Drivers Can Now Sell You Goods During Rides

Musa Suleiman 07/20/2018

Apps

Nigeria’s ex-Finance Minister, Okonjo Iweala Appointed to the Board of Twitter👏👏👏

Musa Suleiman 07/20/2018

Africa

Four Nigerian Fintech Startups Named Among Finalists of Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in Subsaharan Africa

Musa Suleiman 07/20/2018

Accelerator

Nokia is Seeking Entries For its $175,000 Innovation Challenge

Musa Suleiman 07/20/2018

Accelerator

Apply to The Holt Fintech Accelerator 2018

Musa Suleiman 07/19/2018

Entrepreneurship

Cairo Team Chefaa Wins DEMO Africa Innovation Tour, Egypt

Mohammed Mane 07/19/2018

Business

Points To Check Before You Leave Your Current Job And Start Your Own Business

Oluwasegun 07/19/2018

Apps

DiDi Chuxing and Softbank Launch Ride-hailing Service in Japan

Oluwasegun 07/19/2018

Africa

Toufoula Kids Wins Tunis DEMO Africa Innovation Tour, Tunisia Edition

Oluwasegun 07/19/2018

Business

Google Fined $5Bn Over Android Antitrust Violations

Musa Suleiman 07/19/2018

Accelerator

Applications Are Now Open For the First Batch of 2019 Katapult Ocean Accelerator

Musa Suleiman 07/19/2018

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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