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Mastercard
Funding Investment Mobile Money Payment

Mastercard to Invest $100m in Airtel Africa’s Mobile Money Business

Mastercard is to invest $100 million into Airtel Africa’s mobile money business. The transaction comes just weeks after The Rise

Jaiz Bank
Banking Health

Jaiz Bank Announces Winners of COVID-19 Innovation Challenge

Jaiz Bank has announced the winners of its COVID-19 innovation challenge. The four selected winners were recently presented with checks

Daystar Power
Funding Renewable Energy Startup

South African Startup Raises $1.4m in Crowd Sale of Zimbabwe Solar Project

South African energy start-up Sun Exchange raised $1.4 million in a crowd sale of solar cells of a 1.9 megawatt (MW) solar and battery

AURA
Health Security Technology

South Africa’s Leading Security Platform, AURA, Announces UK Launch

South Africa’s leading security response platform, AURA, has announced it will expand its footprint into the UK. AURA will offer its security response services to

MTN
Partnership Video Streaming

Sony Pictures Launches Sony One App in Partnership With MTN Nigeria

Sony Pictures Television has today announced the launch of ‘Sony One’ – an app platform developed in association with MTN.

Payment Technology

Apple Launches Contactless Payment in South Africa

Apple has launched its contactless payment service in South Africa. The service is available through three South African banks, namely

Accelerex
Fintech

Accelerex Offers Ghanaian Customers More Digital Payment Options

Accelerex Ghana has been granted an enhanced Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), under the Payment

Africa’s Business Heroes
Africa Competition Funding Startup

Applications Open For 2021 Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition

The “Africa’s Business Heroes” (ABH) prize competition, the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program spotlighting and celebrating Africa’s entrepreneurial talent,

Labs by ARM
Accelerator Fintech

Labs by ARM Announces Five Startups For 2021 Fintech Accelerator Program

Five startups have been accepted into the third cohort of the Labs by ARM Accelerator Program, designed to support the

Justice
Accelerator Startup

Justice Accelerator Calls on Innovative Southern African Startups Changing Lives And Creating Social Impact

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) is calling on all game-changing justice startups that want to grow their social impact