Jumia
Business Ecommerce Travel

COVID-19: Was Jumia Right After All to Have Exited its Travel Business?

Monday, December 9, 2019, was an unforgettable day in the lives of many employees of the travel arm of Jumia,

Africori
Entertainment Music Partnership

Africori Secures Investment From Warner Music

Warner Music has announced an investment in African music company Africori. The deal sees Warner’s Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) division

uLesson
Edtech Funding Investment

uLesson Announces Seed Round Participation by Founder Collective

uLesson, a Nigerian-based education technology startup, has announced participation in its seed funding round by Founder Collective, a marquee seed-stage venture

PalmPay
Africa Fintech Funding

Nigeria Fintech Startup PalmPay Launches $260k COVID-19 Support Fund

PalmPay, a Nigerian fintech startup has announced the launch of PalmPay CARES, a $260,000 (N100 million) humanitarian response plan to

Technology Playmaker Awards 2020
People Technology Women

Ada Nduka Oyom and Funmi Adewunmi Get €5k Each in Booking.com’s Technology Playmaker Awards 2020

Ada Nduka Oyom and Funmi Adewunmi have been named among the 10 winners of Booking.com’s Technology Playmaker Awards 2020. They

54gene
Funding Health Investment

Nigerian Genomic Startup 54gene Scores $15m Led by Adjuvant Capital

54gene, a Nigerian genomic startup has raised a $15-million investment led by Adjuvant Capital to allow the company to scale

Entertainment People Social Media

From Ikorodu Lucky Dube to Abule Egba Kylie Jenner, Here Are Nigerian Celebrities Who Have Been Dragged on Twitter

Nigerian Twitter is replete with savages. Savages who are ready to ‘drag’ the life out of you if you mess

M-Pesa
Acquisition Business Fintech

Vodacom and Safaricom Buy Out Vodafone in M-Pesa Deal

Vodacom and Safaricom are now the 100% owners of M-Pesa after they bought the shares of Vodafone. Safaricom was a

mDOC
Accelerator Health SDGs

Nigeria’s mDoc Selected for Google for Startups Accelerator on SDGs

mDoc, a Nigerian healthtech startup has been selected for the maiden edition of Google for Startups Accelerator on the Sustainable

Africa Funding Logistics

GreenTec Invests in Kenya’s Logistics Platform Amitruck

GreenTec Capital has announced investment in Kenya’s Amitruck. Amitruck is an innovative mobile and web based trucking logistics platform that