Education
Edtech Education

How uLesson is Restoring Confidence in Nigeria’s Crippling Education System

Ramshackle primary and secondary schools, low-quality teachers, ill-equipped libraries, and laboratories dominate the education system in Nigeria today. Unfortunately, successive

Visa
Cryptocurrency

Visa Launches Crypto Advisory Services to Help Partners Advance Their Crypto Journey

Visa, the global leader in digital payments, has announced the launch of Visa’s Global Crypto Advisory Practice, an offering within Visa

African Blockchain Lab
Cryptocurrency Funding Investment Product Launch Venture Capital

African Blockchain Lab Bags $6m to Boost Crypto Adoption in Africa

African Blockchain Lab has raised $6 million in pre-Series-A funding to drive the mass adoption of digital assets in Africa

Fintech Funding Investment Payment

Francophone Africa Fintech, CinetPay Secures $2.4m co-led by 4DX Ventures and Flutterwave

CinetPay, a francophone Africa digital finance startup, has announced a $2.4 million seed fundraising round from 4DX Ventures and Flutterwave.

Bento
Startup

African Payroll and HR Management Startup, Bento Expands to Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda

Bento, a pan-African digital payroll and HR Management (HRM) platform, has launched into three new markets, establishing a presence in

Plstka
Investment

Egyptian Solid Waste Management Startup, Plstka Secures Seed Round For Expansion

Plstka, an Egyptian solid waste management startup, has raised an undisclosed Seed funding round from Alexandria Angels Network with a

beXel
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egypt’s beXel Secures Six-figure Funding Round For Expansion

beXel, an Egyptian cloud-based inspection management software, has raised six-figure in an investment round led by JH Investments Ltd, as well

Health

Gricd, NPHCDA Partner to Deliver 4.2m Doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines

Gricd, a cold chain technology startup, has partnered with Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to deliver 4.2

Tyme
Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

South African Neobank, TymeBank Raises $70m Series B Extension

Earlier this year,  South Africa Neobank, TymeBank secured a $110 million Series B funding from Apis Growth Fund II and the

Zoom
People

Without Empathy, CEO Fires 900 Workers Over Zoom

Vishal Garg, the founder and CEO of Better.com has fired 900 staff over a recent Zoom call. In his address to