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South African Parcel Shipping Platform, TUNL, Secures $1m Funding

Ester Adams 12/13/2023

Flutterwave Secures 13 New Money Transmission Licenses in the U.S.

Ester Adams 12/12/2023

Nigerian Fintech Startup, Pivo Shuts Down

Mohammed Mane 12/07/2023

Bujeti Secures $2m Funding to Support Growth & Increase Market Share

Oluwasegun 12/07/2023

Mtor, an Egyptian Online Autoparts Marketplace Secures $2.8m pre-Seed Round Led by Algebra Ventures

Adebayo Trevor 12/07/2023

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...

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

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

Adebayo Trevor 11/20/2024

Why Your Business Needs a Consultative Approach to Technology

Ester Adams 11/20/2024

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

Mohammed Mane 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

Ride-hailing

Chinese Ride-hailing Startup, DiDi Shuts Down South African Operations

Oluwasegun 04/11/2022

Edtech

Egypt’s Sprints Closes $1.2m Seed Round Led by Alexandria Angels Network

Mohammed Mane 04/11/2022

Social Media

Elon Musk Won’t Be Joining Twitter Board Afterall

Musa Suleiman 04/11/2022

Venture Capital

IFC Invests $15m in Algebra Ventures to Support Egyptian Tech Startups and Drive Innovation

Ester Adams 04/11/2022

Acquisition

CBN Approves DLM Capital Group’s Acquisition of Links Micro Finance Bank

Musa Suleiman 04/09/2022

Fintech

ImaliPay Closes $3m Seed Funding Round

Ester Adams 04/08/2022

Fintech

ZirooPay Secures $11.4m in Series A Funding For Mobile POS Solution in Nigeria

Oluwasegun 04/05/2022

Investment

Platform Capital Launches in South Africa to Invest in Local SMEs

Ester Adams 04/05/2022

Acquisition

Equinix Enters Africa, Closing the US$320 Million Acquisition of MainOne

Musa Suleiman 04/05/2022

Funding

South Africa’s Smartwage Raises $2m to Bridge Gap Between Businesses and Their Frontline Employees

Mohammed Mane 04/05/2022

Health

Egypt’s O7 Therapy Secures $2.1m Seed Round Led by Hikma Ventures

Ester Adams 04/04/2022

Government

Nigeria’s Government Drops The Big Hammer on Unregistered Sim Cards

Mohammed Mane 04/04/2022

Business

Egyptian Bus-hailing Firm Swvl Commences Trading on Nasdaq

Musa Suleiman 04/02/2022

Apple

Why Are iTunes Gift Cards Popular?

Musa Suleiman 04/01/2022

Financial Services

Egypt’s Khazna Closes $38m Series A in Equity and Debt Funding Round

Musa Suleiman 03/31/2022

Fintech

Flutterwave Leads $3.4m Investment in UK Contactless Payment Firm, Dapio

Ester Adams 03/31/2022

Acquisition

Verod Capital Acquires Minority Stake in Medplus to Support its Growth

Musa Suleiman 03/31/2022

News

Andela Launches New Platform to Power the Future of Customized Work

Ester Adams 03/30/2022

Funding

Egypt’s Xpovi Secures $300k Pre-seed Funding

Ester Adams 03/30/2022

Acquisition

MFS Africa Completes Acquisition of Baxi

Musa Suleiman 03/30/2022

Fintech

Kenyan Fintech Startup Churpy Gets $1m Backing From Global Investors

Musa Suleiman 03/30/2022

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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