CBN
Fintech Regulation

Top Nigerian Fintechs to Pay ₦2bn Licensing Fee to CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released new capital requirements for fintechs in Nigeria. In a publication on its website, titled

Carry1st
Accelerator Game Gaming

Carry1st, Crazy Labs Partner to Launch Gaming Accelerator

Carry1st, the mobile games publishing startups, and CrazyLabs, have announced that applications are open for their hypercasual gaming accelerator programme, CrazyHubs

Norrsken
Accelerator Funding Startup

Meet 11 Startups From Africa Joining Norrsken Impact Accelerator 2021

Norrsken Foundation has announced 11 African startups that will partake in the Norrsken Impact Accelerator 2021 from July in Stockholm,

Edtech Education Funding Startup

South African Edtech Startup, Watobe Secures $636k Funding From Twinkl

Watobe, a South African edtech startup, has secured a $636,000 strategic investment from United Kingdom educational publisher Twinkl. With this

Uber
Partnership Ride-hailing

Uber Expands Partnership With Moove to Empower Drivers in Ghana

After successful launches in Nigeria and South Africa, Uber has extended their partnership with Moove, Uber’s preferred fleet partner in

JICA
Accelerator Startup

8 Nigerian Startups Join JICA NINJA Accelerator Programme

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic activities shrank on a global scale. A drastic decrease in revenue generation

Spotify
Music Streaming

Africa Day: Spotify Showcases Nigerian, Other African Artists Impacting Global Stage

To mark Africa Day, Spotify took a look at the top streamed artists globally from the African continent. With fans from London

Bernard Arnault
People

Bernard Arnault Briefly Overtakes Jeff Bezos As World’s Richest Person

Bernard Arnault and his family, owners of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), briefly dethroned Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest. However,

SolarX Africa
Funding Investment Renewable Energy Startup Venture Capital

Malian Solar Startup, SolarX Africa Raises Additional Funding From Energy Access Ventures

SolarX Africa, a Malian solar startup, has announced the closing of additional funding from Energy Access Ventures (EAV), an early-stage

Topship
Logistics Startup

How Topship Plans to Help African Merchants Participate in Global Trade

In 2020, a pandemic ground the global economy to a halt. In that torrid period, Topship was born to fill