Bolt
Funding Investment Mobility Ride-hailing Venture Capital

Bolt Raises $711m Investment in New Funding at a Valuation of Over $8b

Bolt, the delivery and mobility firm, has raised a $711 million (€628m) investment led by Sequoia and Fidelity Management. The

Standard Chartered Bank
Banking Digital

Standard Chartered Closes 50% of Nigerian Branches to Focus on Digital Banking

Standard Chartered Bank has disclosed that it will close 50 percent of its branches in Nigeria to focus on digital

SeamlessHR
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Nigerian HR Startup, SeamlessHR Secures $10m Series A Investment

SeamlessHR, a Nigerian startup that offers payroll and HR software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, has raised a $10 million Series A investment. The funding

Afrikrea
Ecommerce

Ivorian E-commerce Platform, Afrikrea Secures $6.2m in Pre-series A Round, Rebrands to “ANKA”

Afrikrea, an Ivorian e-commerce platform, has closed a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led by Investisseurs & Partenaires and has also

ThankUCash
Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

ThankUCash Bags $5.3m Funding to Build Infrastructure For Cashback

ThankUCash, a Nigerian rewards platform, has secured a $5.3 million seed round to expand its services across Africa and to

Amazon Prime Video
Video Streaming

Amazon Prime Video Signs Streaming Deal With Nigeria’s Anthill Studios

Weeks after signing a licensing deal with Inkblot Studios, Amazon Prime Video has entered into a multi-year licensing deal with

iHatch
Startup

APPLY: iHatch Powered by NCAIR and JICA

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), via the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR), has partnered with

JABU
Ecommerce Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

JABU, First Namibian Startup to Join YC Secures $3.2m Seed Round

JABU, a Namibian B2B e-commerce startup, has raised a $3.2 million seed financing round to expand into more countries in Southern

Facebook
Facebook Social Media

How Does The Facebook Ad Manager Work?

The Facebook Ad Manager has been a safe haven for many social media marketers. Through this tool, many companies and

BlackBerry
Smartphones

Adios BlackBerry! Once-popular Smartphone Ends Support For All its Classic Devices

BlackBerry, the once-popular smartphone, is winding down support for the classic BlackBerry smartphones that run BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10.