workpay
Entrepreneurship Funding Venture Capital

Kenyan’s WorkPay Secures $2.1m Seed Funding to Scale its Services Across East Africa

WorkPay, a Kenyan cloud-based workforce management startup with human resource (HR) and payroll management has secured $2.1 million investment. WorkPay

Facebook
Facebook Social Media

Facebook Launches Avatars Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Facebook has launched Avatars in Africa to give people new ways to express themselves online. Avatars are digital personas that

Twice As Tall
Entertainment Music Music Streaming

Listen: ‘African Giant’ Burna Boy is Now Twice As Tall

Burna Boy, the African Giant, and Grammy-nominated artist has released his fifth album Twice As Tall. The 15-tracked album simply

Jumia
Business Report

Jumia Revenue Slid by 10% As eCommerce Firm Fails to Take Advantage of Lockdown Across Africa

Jumia revenue took a 10% slid in the second quarter 2020 as the eCommerce firm failed to take advantage of

Kilimo Fresh
AgricTech Competition Event Investment

Tanzania’s Kilimo Fresh Emerges Winner of MEST Africa Challenge 2020, Pockets $50,000

Kilimo Fresh, a Tanzanian fresh foods marketplace, has won $50,000 equity investment for emerging the winner at the final of

Standard Chartered
Banking Financial Inclusion Partnership

Standard Chartered and Airtel Africa Form Partnership to Drive Financial Inclusion Across Africa

Standard Chartered Bank and Airtel Africa have announced a strategic collaboration to drive financial inclusion across key markets in Africa

Facebook
Business Entrepreneurship Social Media

Facebook Unveils Book of Life & Business Lessons from Top South African Women in Celebration of Women’s Month

As part of its celebrations around Women’s Month in South Africa, Facebook has unveiled ‘Inspiring #Changemakers: Lessons from Life and

MSME Academy
Africa SMEs

AUDA-NEPA Launches the MSME Academy for All Africa’s Micro Small and Medium Enterprises

AUDA-NEPAD (the African Union Development Agency) has announced the launch of the MSME Academy, in partnership with Ecobank Group.  

Twiga Foods
Africa AgricTech Funding

Twiga Foods Temporarily Suspends West African Expansion Plans to Focus on Markets Closer to Home

The CEO of Twiga Foods, Peter Njonjo, has disclosed that the Kenyan agritech startup is temporarily suspending its expansion plans

MTN Nigeria
Business Telecom

MTN Plans to Exit Middle East Markets to Focus Solely on Africa

MTN is planning to exit its Middle East markets over the medium term as it turns its focus solely to