IFC
Appointment

IFC Appoints Kalim Shah as Senior Country Manager For Nigeria

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced the appointment of Kalim M. Shah as its Senior Country Manager for Nigeria

Jeel
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Jeel, an Egyptian Edutainment Startup Secures $1.2m Investment From Angel Investors

Jeel Platform, an Egyptian edutainment startup, has secured $1.2 million in seed funding from Kuwaiti and Jordanian angel investors. Jeel

Venture Capital

Convergence Partners Announces First Close of its Third Fund at $120m to Drive Digital Inclusion in Africa

Convergence Partners, a private equity investor focused on the technology sector across sub-Saharan Africa, announced the successful first close of

Ecobank
Digital SMEs

Ecobank and Microsoft Upskill Africa’s SMEs to Succeed in a Digital Economy

Ecobank Group in partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn, GitHub and Ecobank Academy is set to provide training to equip Small and

BBNaija
Pay Tv

BBNaija Season 6 Premieres July 24 with a Double Launch Show

Following the conclusion of the open call auditions in May 2021, all is now set for the premiere of the

Fintech Investment Venture Capital

Esusu Raises $10m Series A Funding Led By Motley Fool Ventures With Investment from Serena Williams’ Serena Ventures

Esusu, the leading financial technology company for rent reporting and data solutions for credit building, raised $10 million in Series

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

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,

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Entrepreneurship Innovation

Noël N’guessan Wins the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2021

Chemical Engineer Noël N’guessan has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with a biowaste