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Adenia Partners Acquires The Courier Guy to Enhance Last-mile Delivery Services in South Africa

Musa Suleiman 03/05/2024

Whogohost Rebrands as GO54

Ester Adams 03/04/2024

UMG Acquires Majority Stake in Mavin Global to Accelerate Expansion of Africa’s Creative Platform

Mohammed Mane 03/01/2024

APPLY: Dream VC 2024 Venture Capital Fellowship Program

Ester Adams 02/29/2024

MoneyHash Raises $4.5 Million To Fix Payment Failures & Fuel Revenue Growth In Middle East & Africa

Ester Adams 02/27/2024

Speed Will Define Technology Landscape in 2025

By Ester Adams / 01/16/2025

By Ravi Bindra, CISO at SoftwareOne and Martin Roskelly, Product Manager, Security at SoftwareOne 2024 will go down in history as the year...

Speed Will Define Technology Landscape in 2025

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round to Boost Africa’s Tourism Industry

By Adebayo Trevor / 01/16/2025

Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), a Nairobi-based venture studio, has raised $4.5 million in seed financing, marking one of the largest tourism-tech rounds in African...

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round to Boost Africa’s Tourism Industry

AWS Now Accepts Payments in Naira, 7 Other Currencies

By Mohammed Mane / 01/16/2025

In addition to the currencies already supported, Amazon Web Services customers can now choose to pay in Nigerian naira and...

AWS Now Accepts Payments in Naira, 7 Other Currencies

Sistema.bio Secures $3.5m Funding to Double down on Expansion

By Oluwasegun / 01/16/2025

Sistema.bio, a startup that delivers biogas technology, financing, and services for family farmers, has announced Novastar Ventures as its newest investor. Novastar...

Sistema.bio Secures $3.5m Funding to Double down on Expansion

LemFi Secures $53M in Series B Investment Led by Highland Europe

By Mohammed Mane / 01/15/2025

LemFi, the payment and remittance firm, has raised $53 million in Series B funding led by Highland Europe with participation...

LemFi Secures $53M in Series B Investment Led by Highland Europe

X Set to Add Label to Parody Accounts

By Ester Adams / 01/12/2025

X has unveiled its plans to label parody or satire accounts to reduce impersonation and improve content transparency. The ‘Parody...

AfricanStartups Raised $2.2b in 2024, 25% Less Than 2023

By Musa Suleiman / 01/12/2025

A new report by Africa: The Big Deal has found that African startups raised US$2.2 billion in equity, debt, and...

AfricanStartups Raised $2.2b in 2024, 25% Less Than 2023

How to Properly Use a Science-backed Digital Health Technology Software

By Musa Suleiman / 01/10/2025

In today's world, digital health technologies rapidly change how we approach personal health management. These platforms utilize data-driven strategies to...

How to Properly Use a Science-backed Digital Health Technology Software

8 Tech Innovations Transforming the Virtual Office Landscape

By Musa Suleiman / 01/03/2025

The traditional office landscape has undergone a remarkable transformation, especially in the wake of the global shift toward remote work....

8 Tech Innovations Transforming the Virtual Office Landscape

PalmPay and Jumia Launch Integration for Shoppers in Nigeria

By Mohammed Mane / 12/24/2024

PalmPay, a Nigerian fintech startup, and Jumia, the e-commerce firm, have announced a partnership to enhance the digital payment ecosystem on...

PalmPay and Jumia Launch Integration for Shoppers in Nigeria

LemFi Secures $53M in Series B Investment Led by Highland Europe

Mohammed Mane 01/15/2025

How to Properly Use a Science-backed Digital Health Technology Software

Musa Suleiman 01/10/2025

AWS Now Accepts Payments in Naira, 7 Other Currencies

Mohammed Mane 01/16/2025

Sistema.bio Secures $3.5m Funding to Double down on Expansion

Oluwasegun 01/16/2025

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TECHNOLOGY

BUSINESS

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Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round to Boost Africa’s Tourism Industry

Adebayo Trevor 01/16/2025

Sistema.bio Secures $3.5m Funding to Double down on Expansion

Oluwasegun 01/16/2025

LemFi Secures $53M in Series B Investment Led by Highland Europe

Mohammed Mane 01/15/2025

Z.Systems Raises $1.05M to Revolutionize Morocco’s FMCG Sector

Adebayo Trevor 12/17/2024

Juicyway Secures $3M to Revolutionise Cross-Border Payments in Africa

Ester Adams 12/17/2024

Acquisition

SA Mobile Payments Startup, FirePay Acquires Payroll Startup Radar

Musa Suleiman 05/10/2022

ROAM JOBS EVOLVES TO BECOME THE AFRICAN TALENT COMPANY

Human Resources

ROAMS Jobs Rebrands as The African Talent Company

Ester Adams 05/10/2022

Health

54gene Completes Initial Phase of the Nigerian 100K Genome Project

Musa Suleiman 05/09/2022

Appointment

TradeDepot Appoints Chidi Akubuiro as Managing Director for West Africa

Mohammed Mane 05/09/2022

Fintech

Egypt’s Paymob Secures $50m Series B Investment

Ester Adams 05/09/2022

Cryptocurrency

Luxury Fashion House, Gucci to Accept Crypto as Payment

Ester Adams 05/08/2022

Africa

Zambia’s Africa GreenCo Secures $15.5 Million To Scale Its Operations

Ester Adams 05/07/2022

Funding

South Africa’s Logistics Startup GoMetro Secures $1m Seed Extension

Musa Suleiman 05/07/2022

Funding

Nigerian Real Estate Agency, Kwaba Secures Pre-Seed Round

Ester Adams 05/06/2022

Business

Importance of Technical Analysis in the Forex Market

Oluwasegun 05/05/2022

Africa

African Streaming Platform Wi-flix hits 1 Million Paid Subscriptions

Ester Adams 05/05/2022

Venture Capital

HAVAÍC Announces Final Close of the HAVAÍC Universum Core African Fund

Musa Suleiman 05/04/2022

Funding

African Trade Technology Company Norebase Secures $1M Raise Boost its Operations in Africa

Ester Adams 05/04/2022

AgricTech

Heifer International Invest $1m in Tractor Booking Platform, Hello Tractor

Mohammed Mane 05/04/2022

ECOBANK LAUNCHES ITS ELLEVATE LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME TO SUPPORT WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES ACROSS AFRICA

News

Ecobank Launches its Ellevate Leadership Training Programme to Support Women-Owned Businesses in Africa

Ester Adams 05/03/2022

Awards

Viva Technology, IFC Announce 45 Emerging Start-ups in Africa to Compete for the 2022 AfricaTech Awards

Ester Adams 05/02/2022

Acquisition

Flour Mills Completes Acquisition of 71.69% Major Stake in Honeywell Flour Mills Following Regulatory Approval

Ester Adams 05/02/2022

Africa

Netflix is Celebrating Storytelling in Africa in Commemoration of Africa Day 2022

Ester Adams 04/29/2022

Africa

IFU Endows Spark+ Africa Fund with €4.5 million investment for Clean Cooking in Africa

Ester Adams 04/29/2022

Startup

ARM Names Winner of DAAYTA 2022

Musa Suleiman 04/29/2022

Acquisition

Swvl Acquires Zeelo to Expand its Footprint to USA, UK & South Africa

Ester Adams 04/29/2022

Innovation

MTN Nigeria And Pan-Atlantic University Launch Media Innovation Programme

Ester Adams 04/28/2022

Africa

Oneport 365 Secures $5m Seed Funding To Digitize Freight Management In Africa

Ester Adams 04/28/2022

Acquisition

Eden Life Expands to Kenya and Acquires Lynk

Ester Adams 04/28/2022

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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