TikTok
Apps Social Media

TikTok Overtakes Facebook as Most Downloaded App in the World

TikTok, the Chinese short-video platform, has overtaken Facebook as the most downloaded social media app in the world. According to Nikkei Asia,

Omnibiz Africa
Ecommerce Funding Investment Venture Capital

African B2B E-commerce Platform, Omnibiz Raises $3m Investment

Omnibiz, a B2B e-commerce platform connecting manufacturers and distributors of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) to retailers, has raised $3 million

Ecobank
Banking Fintech

Ecobank Group Launches 2021 Edition of its Fintech Challenge

The pan-African banking group, Ecobank group, is inviting African Fintech entrepreneurs to join the 4th edition of the Ecobank Fintech

Health

How Nigeria’s HelpMum Won $50k at 2021 Waislitz Global Citizen Awards

HelpMum, a Nigerian healthtech startup, has been named winner of the 2021 Waislitz Global Citizen COVID–19 Response Award and would

Ecommerce Health

Revisiting Online Shopping, Food Ordering Culture of the Pandemic Era

The CoV-2 Virus, known as the Delta Variant, is rapidly sweeping across the globe. This new variant appears to spread

AiDEMONEY
Money Transfer

AiDEMONEY Launches Money Remittance Service for African Diaspora

Each year, the diaspora sends upwards of $40 billion back home to Africa. Yet according to the World Bank, the world’s poorest continent remains

Entrepreneurship Startup

Savvy Expands its Learning Curriculum to Include Business Communications

Savvy, the global virtual Fellowship program designed for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs around the world, to support and accelerate their

Catalyst Fund
Fintech

Catalyst Fund Announces its Latest Cohort of Companies Bringing Inclusive Fintech Solutions to Underserved Communities

PayPal joins as a new supporter as Catalyst Fund explores connections between digital finance and climate resilience Catalyst Fund, a

Health

Field Intelligence Expands into Eleven New Cities Across East and West Africa

Field Intelligence, the health tech startup that is digitising the supply chain and transforming access to essential, life-saving medicine, has

AURA
Health Security

AURA’s Digital Marketplace Platform Geared to Drive Change in Access to South Africa’s Security and Medical Services

Platform technology has introduced something new and different to the market. In another wave of positive disruption, these platform-based businesses