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Yellow Card Closes US$33M Series C Funding Round to Drive Expansion

Mohammed Mane 10/17/2024

Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech Announces 10 Semifinalists

Musa Suleiman 10/16/2024

Rabbit Mobility nets $1.3m to Expand Across North Africa

Oluwasegun 10/16/2024

PAM Africa Hosted Inaugural PAMDAY Event Showcasing Innovations in Renewable Energy

Oluwasegun 10/15/2024

Mobile Network Startup Has Enabled Millions of Ethiopians to Access Internet

Ester Adams 10/15/2024

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...

Global Investors Call For Increased Investment in Africa At Ventures Platform Africa Prosperity Summit

Oluwasegun 11/20/2024

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

Mohammed Mane 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

Starlink Suspends New Orders Until NCC Approves Price Increment

Musa Suleiman 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

Startup

Pre-seed Investment Programme, Madica Announces First Set Of African Tech Portfolio Companies

Adebayo Trevor 04/24/2024

Funding

TLcom Closes Africa’s Largest Early-Stage VC Fund at $154 Million

Ester Adams 04/23/2024

Funding

Goodwell Invests in OmniRetail to Fuell Opportunities for Informal Retailers Across Africa

Adebayo Trevor 04/17/2024

Accelerator

SME Growth Lab Africa Announces Application for COHORT 2 of Its 2024 Digital Accelerator Program

Oluwasegun 04/17/2024

Funding

Pula Closes $20m Series B Funding Round to Finance Smallholder Farmers Across Africa

Adebayo Trevor 04/15/2024

Venture Capital

Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) Closes its first fund at $60m

Mohammed Mane 04/09/2024

Apps

Remedial Health Launches New App with Digital POS and Barcode Scanner

Oluwasegun 04/08/2024

News

Ghanaian Fintech Company, Zeepay Secures Equity to Support its Ongoing Expansion

Musa Suleiman 04/05/2024

Acquisition

Baobab Network Acquires Reflector Marketing

Ester Adams 04/02/2024

Funding

BURN Secures Over USD 12 Million Investment to Expand Clean Cooking Across Africa

Musa Suleiman 04/02/2024

Electric Vehicle

BasiGo Secures $3m from CFAO For Scale-up

Adebayo Trevor 03/31/2024

Venture Capital

IFC Invests in New 4DX Ventures Fund to Support Tech Startups in Africa

Oluwasegun 03/26/2024

Competition

StarNews, Global Black Economic Forum Launch Business Competition

Ester Adams 03/26/2024

AgricTech

Helping Smallholder Farmers Secure Malawi’s Food Future

Mohammed Mane 03/26/2024

Business

tappi Expands into Côte d’Ivoire in Partnership with MTN

Musa Suleiman 03/26/2024

Competition

Koa Academy Wins MEST Africa Challenge 2023, Secure $50,000 Investment

Adebayo Trevor 03/25/2024

Fintech

Moove Secures $100 Million Series B Round Led by Uber

Oluwasegun 03/19/2024

Funding

Zone Secures $8.5m in Seed Funding to Scale its Decentralized Payment Infrastructure

Ester Adams 03/19/2024

Funding

Youverify Secures $2.5 Funding to Strengthen Anti-money Laundering Compliance

Adebayo Trevor 03/14/2024

Competition

Launch of the 2024 Irish Tech Challenge South Africa

Ester Adams 03/14/2024

SMEs

Eight Tips For Choosing a Domain Name For Your Small Business

Musa Suleiman 03/13/2024

Startup

Moniepoint Opens Applications For 4th Edition of Women in Tech Programme to Celebrate IWD

Mohammed Mane 03/10/2024

Funding

Moroccan Fintech Startup, tookeez Raises $1.5m to Reshape Customer Loyalty Ecosystem

Mohammed Mane 03/07/2024

Funding

MDaaS Global Secures $3M to Transform Healthcare Access Across Nigeria

Mohammed Mane 03/06/2024

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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