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SMEs

Mastercard, Unilever and KCB Bank Strengthen Partnership to Support Micro-retailers in Kenya

Mastercard, Unilever, and KCB Bank have built on their partnership to support micro-merchants in Kenya by expanding their current Jaza

uLesson
Edtech Education Funding

African Edtech Startup uLesson Closes $7.5mn Series A Funding

uLesson, the African learning technology platform, has closed a $7.5mn Series A round led by Owl Ventures, with inclusion from

Jumia
Ecommerce Jumia

Jumia Extends Food Platform to Five More Cities in Nigeria

Jumia Food has expanded its food delivery service to five additional states in Nigeria as the company seeks to further

Fincheck
Fintech

TransUnion Forms Credit Partnership With SA Fintech Fincheck

Global information and insights company, TransUnion, has partnered with South Africa’s biggest financial marketplace, Fincheck, to make the credit application

social media
Social Media

Report: How Omegle, Clubhouse and Telegram Are Taking Over Social Media

Move over Facebook and WhatsApp; there are new social media on the block, and they have been taking the world

Business
Business

See The Top 5 Risks for Business in 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic, emerging digital threats, climate change, and the US-China relationship are among the Top 5 Risks for business

Mastercard
Business Entrepreneurship Report Women

Africa Claims Top Three Spots in Mastercard Index For Highest Concentration of Women Businesses Owners in The World

Fourth edition of Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs examines progress in 58 economies, representing 80% of the world’s female workforce

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Business Report

Mastercard Highlights Permanent Shift to Digital and Opportunity to Boost Financial Inclusion in the Middle East and Africa

Mastercard Economics Institute report estimates that 20-30% of the COVID-related surge in e-commerce spending to be a permanent feature in the

UK-South Africa Tech Hub
Entrepreneurship Women

UK-South Africa Tech Hub Partners Future Females Business School to Support Founders

The UK-South Africa Tech Hub in partnership with the Future Females Business School, will support 30 female entrepreneurs to grow

ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY SET TO SHAPE 2021 CYBERCRIME AGENDA IN AFRICA
Africa Cyber security Economy Fraud

Economic Uncertainty Set to Shape 2021 cybercrime Agenda in Africa-Lehan van den Heever, Enterprise CSA for Kaspersky in Africa

Kaspersky (africa.kaspersky.com) experts expect growing economic turbulence along with the impact of COVID-19 to contribute to an increase in cybercrime