Jumia
Business Ecommerce

Jumia To Raise $216 million From Upcoming IPO on NYSE

Jumia plans to raise  $216 million by offering 13.5 million American depository shares for purchase on the New York Stock

Jumia
Ecommerce Internet

Jumia Offers 80% Discount to Promote Easter Shopping

Jumia, Nigeria’s number one online shopping destination has announced that it will offer up to 80% discount during its Easter

Mastercard
Africa Business Ecommerce Funding Investment Payment Press Release

Why Mastercard is Investing in ‘Africa’s Alibaba’, Jumia

Jumia, the leading pan-African e-commerce platform has announced that Mastercard has agreed, subject to certain conditions, to become an investor

Toyota
Apps Business Technology Transport

Shares of Ride hailing Company Lyft Debuts on Nasdaq

Shares of ride hailing company, Lyft, the first big initial public offering of the gig economy era, started trading on

Uber
Acquisition Apps Business Transport

Uber To Acquire Middle East RideSharing Company, Careem for $3.1B

Uber is set to announce $3.1 billion acquisition of its Middle East rival, Careem in a cash and stock deal

Agro-tech Entrepreneurship Funding Investment SMEs Social Entrepreneurship Startup Technology

AgriTech Startup, Thrive Agric Selected For Y Combinator 2019 Winter Batch

Thrive Agric, an agritech startup that provides microloans to Nigerian farmers and a channel to sell produce to large buyers

Accelerator Africa Business Entrepreneurship Innovation Innovation Hub Startup

The World Food Programme Calls For Solutions to End Hunger

The World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator and Cargill announce a call for applications for the Global Innovation Challenge for

Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Startup Technology Venture Capital

Kenya’s Shortlist Closes $2mn Series A Funding Led by Blue Haven Ventures

The Kenyan online platform, Shortlist, has closed its Series A funding round raising US$2mn. The funding round for the platform,

Entrepreneurship Funding

Apply For the MEST Africa Challenge 2019

MEST Africa has launched application for the second annual MEST Africa Challenge, a Pan-African pitch competition for startups based in

MyMedicines
Entrepreneurship Health Interview Startup

Meet Abimbola Adebakin, Founder of MyMedicines, a Controlled Marketplace For Genuine Drugs

Despite being at the top echelon of her career as the COO of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Abimbola Adebakin exited