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Egyptian Healthcare Startup, Chefaa Secures $5.25m Funding to Solidify Presence in Saudi Arabia

Ester Adams 12/20/2023

Maka Bags $2.65m to Streamline Purchase of African Fashion Products

Oluwasegun 12/15/2023

Techstars Announces 12 New Investments Via its Africa-focused Program

Ester Adams 12/15/2023

Jumia Shuts Down Jumia Food

Mohammed Mane 12/15/2023

Copia Global Secures $20m Series C Funding

Ester Adams 12/13/2023

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...

TLP Advisory Marks 10 Years with New Report on Nigeria’s Startup Ecosystem

Adebayo Trevor 11/20/2024

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

Mohammed Mane 11/20/2024

Starlink Suspends New Orders Until NCC Approves Price Increment

Musa Suleiman 11/20/2024

Yellow Card Secures Crypto Asset Service Provider Licence in South Africa

Musa Suleiman 11/20/2024

Why Your Business Needs a Consultative Approach to Technology

Ester Adams 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

Edtech

Trace, Mastercard Foundation launch Free Learning App to Reach 26m Young Africans

Mohammed Mane 04/23/2022

Product Launch

DLM Capital Group Launches Sofri Digital Bank – Unveils BrodaShaggi as Brand Ambassador

Ester Adams 04/23/2022

Fintech

BFA Global and FSD Africa Create Pioneering $3.3m Fintech Venture Launcher for Climate Resilience in Africa

Musa Suleiman 04/22/2022

Africa

Unicorn Group Announces the Launch First Pan-African Incubation Program

Ester Adams 04/22/2022

Startup

How Building a Strong Network Can Sustain a Startup

Ester Adams 04/21/2022

Accelerator

2nd cohort of NINJA Accelerator Program in Nigeria Opens For Application

Musa Suleiman 04/21/2022

AgricTech

APPLY: GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition 2022

Mohammed Mane 04/21/2022

Health

mPharma, TytoCare Partner to Introduce Telehealth to Pharmacies Across Africa

Ester Adams 04/21/2022

Cryptocurrency

Best App To Sell Bitcoins in Ghana

Mohammed Mane 04/21/2022

Africa

Apply: Google Launches First Product Development Centre in Africa

Ester Adams 04/20/2022

Funding

The Food Lab, Egypt’s Cloud Kitchen Startup, Secures Pre-seed Round of $4.5m

Mohammed Mane 04/19/2022

Funding

ETAP Raises $1.5m Pre-seed Funding to Drive Car Insurance Penetration in Africa

Ester Adams 04/19/2022

Payment

How to Withdraw Money from Payoneer to Your Nigerian Bank Account

Musa Suleiman 04/19/2022

Fintech

Zambian Care-issuing Fintech, Union54 Secures $12m Seed Extension

Ester Adams 04/18/2022

Startup

Kenya’s Electric Vehicle Manufacturer, Opibus Rebrands to Roam

Ester Adams 04/15/2022

Product Launch

OPay Gets Initial Approval to Issue Prepaid Cards in Egypt

Oluwasegun 04/14/2022

Startup

Nigeria’s Kudi Changes Name to Nomba

Musa Suleiman 04/14/2022

Fintech

Nigerian Digital Bank Umba Secures $15m Led by Costanoa Ventures

Ester Adams 04/14/2022

Samsung

Five Mistakes Everybody Makes with Samsung Galaxy Smartphones

Musa Suleiman 04/13/2022

People

Google Celebrates Nigerian Playwright Ola Rotimi

Musa Suleiman 04/13/2022

Funding

Egypt’s Pylon Secures $19m Seed Funding Round

Musa Suleiman 04/12/2022

Fintech

MTN Gets Final Approval For MoMo Payment Service Bank

Musa Suleiman 04/11/2022

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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