Africa’s Business Heroes
Startup

Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition 2023 Extends Application Deadline to May 17

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative sponsored by the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has extended

Qualcomm
Startup

Meet Teams Shortlisted For the Inaugural Qualcomm Make in Africa Mentorship Program

Qualcomm Technologies has announced the selection of 10 startups to participate in the inaugural Qualcomm Make in Africa startup mentorship

MEST Africa
Appointment

Eric Nsarkoh Joins MEST Africa as a Portfolio Advisor

MEST Africa, a pan-African training program, incubator, and seed fund for African entrepreneurs, has announced the appointment of Eric Nsarkoh

Vesicash
Fintech

Nigerian Fintech, Vesicash Expands to New African Markets

Vesicash, a Nigerian-based financial technology startup, has announced its expansion to key African markets and the launch of its Merchant

Bolt Entrepreneurship Ride-hailing Women

Bolt launches #WomeninTech Internship Program For 3rd Consecutive Year Across Africa

Bolt, an on-demand transport platform in Africa, has launched its #WomeninTech internship program for the third year running across Kenya,

AFEX
Africa

AFEX Emerges First in Financial Times’ Ranking of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies

AFEX, an African commodities market player, has secured first place in the Financial Times (FT) ranking of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies

Nomba
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nomba Raises $30m Pre-Series B to Deliver Bespoke Payment Solutions for African Businesses

Nomba, a payment service provider for African businesses, has raised a $30 million Pre-Series B funding round to support the

Partnership Venture Capital

GreenHouse Capital, EMURGO Partner to Boost Web3 in Africa

GreenHouse Capital and EMURGO Africa have partnered to build an investment plus advisory platform for fintech and web3 startups across

Smile Identity
Acquisition

Smile Identity Acquires Appruve Deepen Reach Across Africa

Smile Identity, the African provider of digital identity verification solutions, has acquired Appruve‘s parent company (Inclusive Innovations, Inc.). This acquisition

Ukheshe
Payment

Building Trust in Digital Payments in Africa 

While cash and mobile money remain the dominant payment methods in Africa, they come with significant challenges. Cash is inefficient,