M-Pesa
Business Technology

Safaricom & Vodacom Set Aside $13m to Buy M-Pesa Rights From Vodafone

Kenya’s Safaricom is to establish a joint venture worth $13 million with South Africa’s Vodacom to acquire the intellectual property

Gokada
Business Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Transport Venture Capital

Gokada Raises $5.3m Series A Funding Led by Rise Capital

Gokada, a Nigerian motorcycle ride-hailing firm has raised $5.3 million Series A round to scale its business. The funding round

SpaceX
Innovation Internet Technology

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Begins March to Provide Internet From Space With Launch of First 60 Satellites

SpaceX has launched a rocket carrying the first 60 satellites of its “Starlink” constellation, which is intended to provide internet

NITDA
Entrepreneurship Event Government Innovation Technology

ICT Startups Invited to Apply For NITDA FutureHack Challenge 

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has invited Information Communication Technology (ICT) startups, youths to apply for the 2019 edition

Bamboo Capital Partners
Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Investment Technology Venture Capital

Bamboo Capital Partners & Smart Africa Join Forces For Blended Finance Technology Impact Fund

Bamboo Capital Partners, the impact investing platform, has signed a partnership with Smart Africa to support BLOC, the first-of-its-kind blended