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Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Chaka Raises $1.5m Pre-seed Funding to Drive Digital Investments in Africa

Chaka Technologies, a SEC-licensed digital broker and digital investment platform, has raised $1.5m in a pre-seed funding round led by

Awards Entrepreneurship Events Women

Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Announces Call for Nominations for AWIEF Awards 2021

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) opens the nominations for the 2021 annual AWIEF Awards. Currently in its

Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

South African Fintech Startup, Akiba Digital Secures $1.1m Pre-seed Funding

Akiba Digital, a South African fintech startup, has raised more than $1.1 million in pre-seed funding co-led by Expert DOJO

Innovation Product Launch Technology

Africa Prudential Develops Cloud-Based Solution for Africa’s Hospitality Industry

Africa Prudential has demonstrated its digital capabilities, with the launch of “Aura by Transcorp Hotels”, an innovative commercial cloud-based product launched in the Nigerian market. “Aura

GNI
News

22 media innovators selected for the second GNI Innovation Challenge in Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey

Google has announced the names of 22 media innovators set to receive $2.1 million in funding through the second Google News

Fintech Technology

Klasha Launches Payment Links – a no-code Option to Accept Payments From Africa

Klasha, a fintech startup building borderless payments for e-commerce in Africa, has announced a new no-code option to accept payments

Audiomack
Music Music Streaming

Audiomack Partners With Ziiki Media to Promote African Artistes

In line with its commitment to investing in and amplifying African music, Audiomack, an artist-first music streaming platform, has teamed

Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship

Nigeria’s ThinkBikes, 4 Other African Startups Win Innovation Award For E-mobility Solutions Powered by Siemens Stiftung

ThinkBikes, a Nigerian e-bike sharing service, and four other African social enterprises in the field of electric mobility, have been

SAIS
AgricTech Startup

APPLY: GIZ-SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2022 For African AgriTech and FoodTech Startups

Scaling Digital Agriculture Innovations through Startups’ (SAIS) is a project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

AppsFlyer
Report

Nigeria Leads Mobile App Market Growth for Africa, According to AppsFlyer & Google Report

AppsFlyer, the global marketing measurement leader, has launched a report with Google that reveals a booming African mobile app market,