• Ride-hailing

Bolt is Now Live on Huawei App Gallery

04/08/2021 Michael Olutayo

Huawei has announced that the ride-hailing platform, Bolt is now available on its AppGallery. Huawei has also revealed that ride-hailing...

• Edtech
• Education
• Partnership

ScholarX Secures Support From GSMA Innovation Fund to Launch LearnAM, in Partnership With Airtel

04/07/2021 Musa Suleiman

ScholarX Technologies Ltd., an edTech start-up founded in 2016, has announced a strategic partnership with Airtel Nigeria to launch LearnAM, a new mobile learning...

• Social Media

Clubhouse Taps Mopewa Ogundipe to Develop its Android App

04/07/2021 Ester Adams

Clubhouse has appointed software engineer Mopewa Ogundipe to work on its Android version. This follows the announcement that the audio...

• Business
• Retail

Shoprite Supermarket Edges Closer to Exiting Nigeria

04/07/2021 Oluwasegun

Shoprite, the South African supermarket giant, has sold all its equity stake in its Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Ltd subsidiary. With...

• Partnership

Jobberman to Profile Behaviour Patterns of 25,000 Young Nigerians in Partnership With USAID eTrade Alliance

04/07/2021 Musa Suleiman

Jobberman, in a press conference today, announced its partnership with the USAID-funded Alliance for eTrade Development II (eTrade Alliance) to...

• Funding
• Investment
• Venture Capital

Platform Capital Celebrates MaC Venture’s Fund Close at $110 Million

04/07/2021 Michael Olutayo

Platform Capital, an early investor in the fund on Sunday 4th April 2021 in Los Angeles, hosted an exclusive celebratory...

• Venture Capital

Algebra Ventures Launches $90m Second Fund to Support Egyptian Tech Startups

04/07/2021 Mohammed Mane

Algebra Ventures, Egypt’s leading VC firm, has announced the launch of its $90 million second fund to support tech startups...

• Partnership

Mastercard, Uber Extend Partnership to Boost Payment Digitization and Advance Financial Inclusion in Africa

04/06/2021 Ester Adams

Uber’s long-term partnership with Mastercard continues to grow with a new strategic initiative focusing on digital payments and advancing financial...

• Fintech

Sparkle for Business Launches to Power Nigeria’s SMEs

04/06/2021 Mohammed Mane

Sparkle has launched Sparkle Business, a new service on the existing Sparkle mobile application, to help small businesses and SMEs...

• Venture Capital

Sawari Ventures Closes $71m Fund to Invest in Egyptian Tech-driven Companies

04/05/2021 Oluwasegun

Sawari Ventures has announced the closing of the Egypt-based fund with total commitments of USD 30 Million from Misr Insurance Group,...