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Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

South African Fintech Startup, Akiba Digital Secures $1.1m Pre-seed Funding

Akiba Digital, a South African fintech startup, has raised more than $1.1 million in pre-seed funding co-led by Expert DOJO

Appointment Banking

Miriam Olusanya Appointed as GTBank Managing Director

The Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) has appointed Miriam Olusanya as the new managing director of GTBank, its banking

WhatsApp
Government Messaging Regulation

FG Budgets N4.8bn to Monitor WhatsApp, Satellite Telephones

The federal government has set aside N4.8 billion for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to monitor WhatsApp, an encrypted messaging

Yodawy
Funding Health Investment Startup Venture Capital

Egyptian Medicine Delivery Startup Yodawy Raises $7.5 million in Series B Funding

Yodawy, an Egyptian medicine delivery startup, has raised $7.5 million in Series B funding led by Middle East Venture Partners

Virgin Galactic
News

Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes First Fully Crewed Flight to Space

Virgin Galactic has announced that Virgin Galactic Spaceship Unity successfully reached space, completing the Company’s fourth rocket-powered spaceflight. The flight

Don Jazzy
Crowdfunding

Don Jazzy Launches Sapio Funds, a Crowdfunding Platform to Help People Raise Funds

Michael Collins Ajereh popularly known as Don Jazzy, the founder of Mavin Records, has launched a crowdfunding platform, Sapio Funds,

Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship

Call For Application: Social Innovators Programme (SIP) 2021/22 Fellowship

LEAP Africa has announced the call for applications for the 2021/ 2022 cohort of the Social Innovators Programme (SIP) – a

Multichoice
Pay Tv Regulation

N1.8trn Tax Liabilities: Multichoice Says it’s Yet to Receive Notification From FIRS

Multichoice has reacted to viral reports that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has appointed some commercial banks to recover

Smile Identity
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Smile Identity Raises $7m Series A Funding to Simplify KYC For Africans

Smile Identity, the provider of ID verification, document verification, and digital KYC compliance solutions in Africa, has secured a $7 million

Yellow Card
Interview

Meet Yellow Card, the African Startup Making Financial Services Accessible Via Crypto

Founded in 2016 by Chris Maurice and Justin Poiroux, Yellow Card has become one of the leading crypto trading platforms