Itana
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Iyin’s Itana Secures $2m Pre-seed Funding to Launch Africa’s First Digital Free Zone

Itana (formerly Talent City) has raised $2 million in a pre-seed round led by global venture capitalists LocalGlobe, Amplo, Pronomos

Acquisition Bitcoin Cryptocurrency

₿trust Acquires Qala Africa To Build the Next Generation of Open-Source Bitcoin Developers

₿trust, a non-profit organisation which exists to decentralise development of Bitcoin software, has announced its acquisition of Qala, the organisation training the

MEST Africa
Competition

APPLY: 2023 MEST Africa Challenge

MEST Africa has launched the 5th edition of the MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) startup pitch competition. The Challenge is targeted

Talent Arena
Funding Human Resources Investment Venture Capital

Egypt’s Talents Arena Raises $750k Pre-Seed Investment

Talents Arena, an Egyptian artificial intelligence company, has raised $750,000 funding in pre-seed funding from UI Investments alongside a number

Payment
Report

New Report Reveals That Nigeria Trails South Africa and Kenya in Africa’s B2B Payment Revolution

A new report from Duplo, a business payment platform for African businesses,  has revealed that Nigeria trails South Africa and Kenya

Peach Cars
Funding Investment Mobility

Kenyan Automotive Marketplace, Peach Cars Raises $5m Seed Round

Peach Cars, the Kenyan automotive marketplace, has raised a $5 million seed round led by Japan-based The University of Tokyo

OmniRetail
Funding Investment Retail Venture Capital

Aruwa Capital Management Invests in OmniRetail

Aruwa Capital Management, an early-stage growth equity and gender lens fund investing in Nigeria and Ghana, has announced an investment

ThriveAgric
AgricTech

ThriveAgric Supports 500,000 Smallholder Farmers to Boost Food Production in Africa

ThriveAgric, an agritech company in Nigeria, has today released its 2022 Impact Report reiterating its mission to build the largest

Cybersecurity
Feature

A Better Way to Prioritise Vulnerability Management

Digital transformation offers enormous benefits, but equally increases the security threats faced. Continuous Threat Exposure Management, first coined by Gartner,

WhatsApp
Feature

Staying Safe on WhatsApp

With more than 2 billion users globally and 23 million users in South Africa, WhatsApp continues to dominate as one