Month: April 2021

• Africa
• Partnership
• SDGs
• Telecom

Vodacom Group Strengthens Partnership With WWF South Africa to Save Oceans

04/30/2021 Oluwasegun

Vodacom Group is strengthening its partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) South Africa by embarking on a...

• MTN
• Technology
• Telecom

MTN Joins JAC and GeSI to Accelerate Sustainability Across its Supply Chain

04/30/2021 Oluwasegun

MTN Group has joined the Joint Audit Cooperation (JAC) and the Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), two globally recognised industry...

• Acquisition

AZA Finance Expands into South Africa With Acquisition of Exchange4Free

04/30/2021 Michael Olutayo

AZA Finance (formerly BitPesa) has agreed to acquire cross-border payments specialist Exchange4Free, marking the latest in a wave of consolidation...

• Entrepreneurship
• SMEs

Meet MSMEs Selected For MTN’s Accelerator Programme, Y’ello 200

04/30/2021 Ester Adams

In the past five years, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria, have contributed an estimated 48% to the...

• Banking
• Regulation

CBN Removes Ibukun Awosika & Other First Bank Board of Directors, Reinstates Sola Adeduntan As MD

04/29/2021 Ester Adams

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has wielded its regulatory big stick on First Bank of Nigeria, by removing all...

• Accelerator
• Developer
• Partnership

Google Offers 40,000 African Developers Scholarships, Opens 6th Accelerator Programme

04/29/2021 Oluwasegun

Google is offering scholarships to 40,000 African developers, through the launch of a new partnership with Pluralsight and Andela. It has also announced...

• Funding
• SMEs
• Venture Capital

Goodwell Investments Launches New €50m Fund to Support High-growth African SMEs

04/29/2021 Mohammed Mane

Goodwell Investments, an impact investment firm, has launched Goodwell V. Following on from predecessor funds, Goodwell V aims to channel...

• Smartphones

Best Budget Smartphones in Nigeria 2021

04/29/2021 Oluwasegun

Most Nigerians want to use high-end smartphones like iPhone and Samsung. However, your bank account shouts and says a big...

• Accelerator
• Entrepreneurship
• Startup

APPLY: Google for Startups Accelerator Africa 6th Cohort

04/29/2021 Michael Olutayo

Google for Startups Accelerator Africa is a three-month accelerator program for seed to series A technology startups across the African...

• Airtel
• Appointment
• Telecom

Airtel Africa Names Olusegun Ogunsanya As New MD, CEO

04/29/2021 Musa Suleiman

Airtel Africa plc has announced Olusegun Ogunsanya as its next MD and CEO. Ogunsanya who is currently the Managing Director...