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

CBN
Banking Event Events Fintech

CBN Urges Banks to Share customers’ Data With Fintechs

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked commercial banks to share their customers’ data with financial technology (Fintech) companies

RETINA-AI Health
Artificial Intelligence Funding Health

RETINA-AI Health, a Startup Founded By Nigerian-born Stephen Odaibo Raises $5.2M for AI Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy

RETINA-AI Health, a startup founded by Nigerian-born Dr. Stephen Odaibo has raised $5.2M in Series A funding for Artificial Intelligence screening of

Jay Alabraba
Fintech Leadership People

Licensed Mobile Payment Operators Elect Paga’s Jay Alabraba As Chairman

The Association of Licensed Mobile Payments Operators (ALMPO) has elected Jay Alabraba, co-founder and Director of business development at PagaTech,

Future Africa
Partnership Trade

NEPZA and Future Africa Partner To Leverage Technology to Boost Free Trade Zones

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA and Future Africa, a firm that provides capital and coaching for mission driven innovators

MTN Nigeria
Business Ecommerce

MTN Planning to Sell All or Part of its $243m Shares in Jumia

MTN Group is planning to sell part or all of its $243 million interest in Jumia in order to cut its debt and

Konga
Business Ecommerce

Konga Gets Investors Backing to Expand to Other African Countries After Rejecting $300 Million Valuation

Konga, a Nigerian eCommerce firm says that it rejected a $300 million valuation from a consortium of global investors last

CDC Group
News Technology

Liquid Telecom Becomes Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Liquid Telecom has announced that it has become Liquid Intelligent Technologies thereby unveiling a new positioning and identity. Following this

Savvy Fellowship
Entrepreneurship Startup

Apply: Publiseer CEO Launches ‘Savvy Fellowship’ to Groom Budding Entrepreneurs

Publiseer CEO, Chidi Nwaogu has launched Savvy Fellowship, an initiative to impact 10,000 budding entrepreneurs and provide mentorship for people

LABS by ARM
Accelerator Entrepreneurship Startup

Three Tech Startups Pitch at Labs by Arm

The second edition of the Labs by ARM Programme Demo Day held last Friday, 26th June 2020 at 4 PM