CredPal
Fintech Funding Investment

Nigerian Fintech Startup, CredPal Secures $1.5m to Build the ‘American Express of Africa’

CredPal, a Nigerian fintech startup has secured a $1.5 million investment from Y Combinator, GreenHouse Capital, an unnamed digital insurance company,

Leapfrog Ventures
Africa Funding Venture Capital

Sherpa Ventures Unveils $1m Fund For Pre-seed African Tech Startups

Sherpa Ventures, a Venture firm based between Singapore, Kenya, and the US has announced the launch of its US$1 million fund

Netflix
Government Internet Video Streaming

Netflix Gains in Africa Maybe Cut Short if SA Government Goes Ahead With its Proposed 30% Local Content on Video Streaming Services

Netflix, the biggest video streaming service, with over 195 million users in the world, has made reasonable gains in Africa.

AfCFTA
Africa SMEs

Apply: AfCFTA Vision Challenge For African SMEs

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Secretariat, the Sankoree Institute of AfroChampions, and the AU Open Corridors Initiative invite

Fintech
Accelerator Fintech

Apply: Pan-African Fintech Accelerator For Scaling Sub-Saharan Fintech Startups into North-Africa

Funded by the SANAD Fund for MSME, in partnership with MEST Africa and Impact Lab, the Pan-African Fintech Accelerator is

SmartWage
Competition Fintech

SA Fintech Startup, SmartWage Wins VivaTech AfricArena Competition

SmartWage, a South African fintech startup, has been named the winner of the VivaTech AfricArena competition. As a result of

SME
Entrepreneurship Government SMEs

Apply: FG, Timiiafrica Announces $5,000 One-time Grant For SME Owners

The Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports in partnership with Tiimafrica has announced that it is offering a one-time grant

Seedstars
Competition News Startup

25 African Startups Advance to Regional Stage of Seedstars World Competition 2020

Seedstars has announced 25 African tech startups that have been selected for the regional phase of the Seedstars World Competition

YouTube
Event Video Streaming

YouTube Hosts First Virtual YouTube Black Africa Creators Week

YouTube has this week (Monday 23 to Friday 27 November) begun hosting its first virtual YouTube Black Africa Creators Week.

UNESCO
News Women

UNESCO and Foundation L’Oréal Recognize 20 Young Women Scientists in Sub-Saharan Africa

The names of the 20 Young Talents of the 11th edition of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Sahara Africa