Electric Vehicle Innovation Technology

Opibus Launches First-ever Electric Bus Designed and Developed in Africa

Opibus, the Kenyan-based electric vehicle manufacturer, has launched the first all-electric bus in Kenya as well as the first African

Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Finclusion Group Raises Additional $20m to Build Out Neobank Offering Across Africa

Finclusion Group has secured US$20million in debt & equity funding from various prominent investors in its latest capital raise. Investors

Poa Internet
Investment Venture Capital

Poa Internet Closes $28m Funding to Grow its Reach Across Africa

Poa Internet, a Kenyan internet service provider (ISP), has bagged a $28 million Series C funding round led by Africa50 and

Mobile
Apps News

3 Trends Set to Dominate African mobile Apps in 2022

In 2021, the mobile industry in sub-Saharan Africa continued to show incredible resilience against the impacts of Covid-19 and experienced

Orda
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Nigeria’s Orda Secures $1.1m Pre-seed Funding to Build Infrastructure For African Restaurants

Orda has raised $1.1 million in pre-seed funding to build the infrastructure that powers orders for African restaurants. The round was

Machine Learning
Africa News Technology

Machine Learning Can Solve Some of Africa’s Biggest Challenges

From better healthcare access to improved food security, machine learning could tackle a wide range of challenges in developing countries.

Partech
Accelerator

Partech Launches Acceleration Program For European Scaleups Looking to Expand to Africa

Partech, the global tech investment firm, has announced the launch of Chapter54, a first-of-its-kind acceleration program for European scaleups looking

Africori
Acquisition Music

Warner Music Group Acquires African Music Company Africori

Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Africori, an African digital music distribution,

Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency

3 Trends in Africa’s Crypto Sector to Expect in 2022

For the global crypto industry, 2021 is likely to be remembered as one of the many years bitcoin broke past

Teraco
Acquisition

Digital Realty to Acquire 55% Stake in South Africa’s Teraco

Digital Realty, the largest global provider of cloud and carrier-neutral data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions, has entered into a