Davido
Banking Entertainment

Davido Bags Endorsement Deal With Wema Bank

Davido, the Nigerian American singer, has joined Wema Bank as Brand Ambassador for its digital bank, ALAT By Wema. The bank

Carry1st
Payment

Carry1st Partners With Chipper Cash and PayPal to Bring Payments to Africa

Carry1st, an African mobile games publisher, has announced that it has partnered with PayPal and Chipper Cash to enable people

MYDAWA
Grant Health

Kenyan Online Pharmacy Startup, MYDAWA Receives $1.2m Grant From Gates Foundation

MYDAWA, a Kenyan online pharmacy startup, has received a $1.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to

Block
Business

Jack Dorsey’s Square Changes Name to Block

Square has announced that it is changing its name to Block. Block will be the name for the company as

Shamba Pride
AgricTech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Kenya’s Shamba Pride Bags $1.1m From Seedstars Africa Ventures and Gray Matters Capital

Shamba Pride, a Kenyan agritech startup, has raised a $1.1 million funding round led by Seedstars Africa Ventures and Gray Matters Capital‘s

Internet People

RCCG Launches Online Dating Website Targeted at Christian Singles

The Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG) City of David Parish has unveiled ‘Redeemers Connect‘, a dating website targeted at

Entrepreneurship

New Venture Competition Application 2022

The 24th Harvard Business School Africa Business Conference will be held on March 25th and March 26th, 2022 with the

Dataphyte
Funding Investment Venture Capital

MDIF Ventures Invests in Nigeria’s Dataphyte and Mozambique’s Zitamar News

Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) Ventures, has announced its first two equity investments in Nigeria’s Dataphyte and Mozambique’s Zitamar News.

Gozem
Business Investment Ride-hailing Venture Capital

Franco-Africa Super App, Gozem Raises $5m Series A Investment

Gozem, a francophone Africa super app, has closed a $5 million Series A round from investors including AAIC, Thunes (TransferTo),

Klickit
Funding

Egyptian Payment Management System, Klickit Closes Funding From EFG Finance & Camel Ventures

KlickIt, an Egyptian payment management system, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from EFG Finance and the venture capital