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Naked Raises $38m to Accelerate its Mission of Transforming Insurance

Ester Adams 01/21/2025

Ilara Health Raises $1m From US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Adebayo Trevor 01/20/2025

SeamlessHR Raises Additional $9m in Series A Extension For African Expansion

Ester Adams 01/20/2025

Waza Launches Lync, a multi-currency Banking Platform

Musa Suleiman 01/20/2025

Speed Will Define Technology Landscape in 2025

Ester Adams 01/16/2025

Naked Raises $38m to Accelerate its Mission of Transforming Insurance

By Ester Adams / 01/21/2025

South African insurtech Naked has secured $38 million (about R700 million) in its latest funding round as it continues to redefine...

Naked Raises $38m to Accelerate its Mission of Transforming Insurance

Ilara Health Raises $1m From US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

By Adebayo Trevor / 01/20/2025

Kenyan health tech startup Ilara Health has secured a $1 million loan from the United States International Development Finance Corporation...

Ilara Health Raises $1m From US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

SeamlessHR Raises Additional $9m in Series A Extension For African Expansion

By Ester Adams / 01/20/2025

SeamlessHR, a leading African provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software, has successfully raised $9 million in additional funding from...

SeamlessHR Raises Additional $9m in Series A Extension For African Expansion

Waza Launches Lync, a multi-currency Banking Platform

By Musa Suleiman / 01/20/2025

Waza, a B2B payment provider for emerging market businesses, has announced the launch of Lync, its new multi-currency account platform that...

Waza Launches Lync, a multi-currency Banking Platform

Speed Will Define Technology Landscape in 2025

By Ester Adams / 01/16/2025

By Ravi Bindra, CISO at SoftwareOne and Martin Roskelly, Product Manager, Security at SoftwareOne 2024 will go down in history as the year...

Speed Will Define Technology Landscape in 2025

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round to Boost Africa’s Tourism Industry

By Adebayo Trevor / 01/16/2025

Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), a Nairobi-based venture studio, has raised $4.5 million in seed financing, marking one of the largest tourism-tech rounds in African...

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round to Boost Africa’s Tourism Industry

AWS Now Accepts Payments in Naira, 7 Other Currencies

By Mohammed Mane / 01/16/2025

In addition to the currencies already supported, Amazon Web Services customers can now choose to pay in Nigerian naira and...

AWS Now Accepts Payments in Naira, 7 Other Currencies

Sistema.bio Secures $3.5m Funding to Double down on Expansion

By Oluwasegun / 01/16/2025

Sistema.bio, a startup that delivers biogas technology, financing, and services for family farmers, has announced Novastar Ventures as its newest investor. Novastar...

Sistema.bio Secures $3.5m Funding to Double down on Expansion

LemFi Secures $53M in Series B Investment Led by Highland Europe

By Mohammed Mane / 01/15/2025

LemFi, the payment and remittance firm, has raised $53 million in Series B funding led by Highland Europe with participation...

LemFi Secures $53M in Series B Investment Led by Highland Europe

X Set to Add Label to Parody Accounts

By Ester Adams / 01/12/2025

X has unveiled its plans to label parody or satire accounts to reduce impersonation and improve content transparency. The ‘Parody...

Sistema.bio Secures $3.5m Funding to Double down on Expansion

Oluwasegun 01/16/2025

Speed Will Define Technology Landscape in 2025

Ester Adams 01/16/2025

SeamlessHR Raises Additional $9m in Series A Extension For African Expansion

Ester Adams 01/20/2025

LemFi Secures $53M in Series B Investment Led by Highland Europe

Mohammed Mane 01/15/2025

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round to Boost Africa’s Tourism Industry

Adebayo Trevor 01/16/2025

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Naked Raises $38m to Accelerate its Mission of Transforming Insurance

Ester Adams 01/21/2025

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round to Boost Africa’s Tourism Industry

Adebayo Trevor 01/16/2025

Sistema.bio Secures $3.5m Funding to Double down on Expansion

Oluwasegun 01/16/2025

LemFi Secures $53M in Series B Investment Led by Highland Europe

Mohammed Mane 01/15/2025

Z.Systems Raises $1.05M to Revolutionize Morocco’s FMCG Sector

Adebayo Trevor 12/17/2024

Funding

Naked Raises $38m to Accelerate its Mission of Transforming Insurance

Ester Adams 01/21/2025

News

Ilara Health Raises $1m From US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Adebayo Trevor 01/20/2025

News

SeamlessHR Raises Additional $9m in Series A Extension For African Expansion

Ester Adams 01/20/2025

Fintech

Waza Launches Lync, a multi-currency Banking Platform

Musa Suleiman 01/20/2025

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Speed Will Define Technology Landscape in 2025

Ester Adams 01/16/2025

Africa

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round to Boost Africa’s Tourism Industry

Adebayo Trevor 01/16/2025

Cloud

AWS Now Accepts Payments in Naira, 7 Other Currencies

Mohammed Mane 01/16/2025

Funding

Sistema.bio Secures $3.5m Funding to Double down on Expansion

Oluwasegun 01/16/2025

Funding

LemFi Secures $53M in Series B Investment Led by Highland Europe

Mohammed Mane 01/15/2025

News

AfricanStartups Raised $2.2b in 2024, 25% Less Than 2023

Musa Suleiman 01/12/2025

Entrepreneurship

How to Properly Use a Science-backed Digital Health Technology Software

Musa Suleiman 01/10/2025

Entrepreneurship

8 Tech Innovations Transforming the Virtual Office Landscape

Musa Suleiman 01/03/2025

Ecommerce

PalmPay and Jumia Launch Integration for Shoppers in Nigeria

Mohammed Mane 12/24/2024

Ecommerce

Z.Systems Raises $1.05M to Revolutionize Morocco’s FMCG Sector

Adebayo Trevor 12/17/2024

Funding

Juicyway Secures $3M to Revolutionise Cross-Border Payments in Africa

Ester Adams 12/17/2024

Women

Goldman Sachs, IFC Partner With African Banks to Empower Women Entrepreneurs in Africa

Ester Adams 12/14/2024

Entrepreneurship

How to Manage Employee Hours Without the Hassle

Musa Suleiman 12/14/2024

Funding

Billboxx Secures $1.6m Pre-seed Funding to Empower African SMEs with Cash Flow Solutions

Ester Adams 12/11/2024

Funding

Eyone Raises Funds to Digitalize Healthcare in Africa

Oluwasegun 12/11/2024

Technology

Protecting Children in Digital Playground

Ester Adams 12/11/2024

Venture Capital

Seedstars Africa Ventures I Announces $42m First Close

Adebayo Trevor 12/10/2024

Mobility

Moove Partners with Waymo

Ester Adams 12/10/2024

Job

How to Keep Top Tech Talent From Slipping Away

Mohammed Mane 12/05/2024

Five Things To Do Before Selling Your Smartphone
Whether you are using an Android or iOS device, you may someday decide that you have enough of the phone
Taxify Joins #$1Billion Gang As It Secures $175M Investment From Daimler
Mercedes-Benz-owner Daimler has taken a stake in Taxify in a funding round that values the ride-booking group at more than
Meet The 10 Startups That Are Disrupting Agriculture In Africa
Gone are the days when you have to physically go to the farm before you can call yourself a farmer.
Piggybank.ng Secures $1.1M Capital Led by LeadPath
Funds has always been a huge problem when starting a business. However, you a business can only attract the attention
Jumia Nigeria to Reward Football Fans for Supporting the Super Eagles
Nigeria’s no.1 online shopping platform, Jumia has concluded plans to launch a series of exciting activities around the 2018 FIFA World
Scramble For African Startups By Venture Capitalists: Good or Bad?
Like the scramble for Africa that saw European powers invading, occupying and colonizing African territories without their consent, venture capitalists seem to
Nigeria’s Publiseer Selected For Startup Istanbul Challenge 2018
This year seem to be going well for Nigeria’s digital publishing startup, Publiseer. It recently declared a profit of 3
GitHub Is Now Own By Microsoft As Later Buys Former For $7.5B
Microsoft has acquired code sharing website, GitHub, for $7.5 billion. The all-stock deal is expected to be sealed by the end of
Biggest Announcements From Apple’s WWDC 2018
Apple’s big WWDC 2018 keynote is a wrap! Millions of Apple fans around the world tuned in to Apple’s live
Apply For The AppsAfrica Innovation Awards 2018
AppsAfrica has opened application for the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards set to be held on 12 November in Cape Town. Applications close 7

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