Bolt Entrepreneurship Ride-hailing Women

Bolt launches #WomeninTech Internship Program For 3rd Consecutive Year Across Africa

Bolt, an on-demand transport platform in Africa, has launched its #WomeninTech internship program for the third year running across Kenya,

iHack4SDG
Entrepreneurship

APPLY: ICAN & Bank of Industry iHack4SDG Challenge 2023

Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria, is a major tech hub for innovation in Africa. The city’s tech ecosystem has

AFEX
Africa

AFEX Emerges First in Financial Times’ Ranking of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies

AFEX, an African commodities market player, has secured first place in the Financial Times (FT) ranking of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies

Convergence Partners
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Convergence Partners Closes $10m Investments in 42Markets Group

Convergence Partners, an investment management firm focused on the Technology, Media and Telecom sector in Africa, has announced the acquisition

Smile Identity
Acquisition

Smile Identity Acquires Appruve Deepen Reach Across Africa

Smile Identity, the African provider of digital identity verification solutions, has acquired Appruve‘s parent company (Inclusive Innovations, Inc.). This acquisition

Ukheshe
Payment

Building Trust in Digital Payments in Africa 

While cash and mobile money remain the dominant payment methods in Africa, they come with significant challenges. Cash is inefficient,

Hackathon News

AFEX Expands Annual Code Cash Crop into Kenya, Opens Registration For Ag-hackathon

AFEX , a commodities market player, announces the expansion of its annual Code Cash Crop into Kenya, and unveils “Scaling

Payment

Payday Re-launches in Rwanda With SpaceX’s Starlink

Payday, a Pan-African neobank issuing global (USD, GBP & EUR) accounts to Africans, has announced its re-entry into Rwanda, following

Ukheshe
Cyber security Payment

37% of Users in Nigeria Lost Money From Incident Involving Digital Payment

According to the Kaspersky, Digital Payment survey, 37% of respondents from Nigeria experienced financial losses associated with threats when using

Appointment

Curacel Appoints Adam Jones to its Advisory Board to Support Growth

Curacel, African insurance infrastructure provider, has announced the appointment of Adam Jones, the Chief of Staff at Pie Insurance, to