Homzmart
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Egyptian Furniture Marketplace, Homzmart closes $15m Series A Round

Homzmart, the Egyptian furniture & home goods marketplace, has announced that it has successfully closed its $15 million Series A

CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa
Fintech

AWABAH, Crop2Cash and 12 Other Fintech Startups Joining CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa 2021

The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) Foundation has selected 14 Fintech startups to take part in the 2021 edition

Microsoft
Digital Partnership Training

Microsoft Partners FG to Fight Corruption, Provide High-speed Internet and Digital Skills to Five million Nigerians

Microsoft has partnered with the Federal Government of Nigeria to introduce several projects aimed at intensifying the nation’s move to

LACUNA FUND ANNOUNCES ITS 2ND ROUND OF FUNDING TO PROJECTS SUPPORTING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS AFRICA
Africa Artificial Intelligence Funding Technology

Lacuna Fund: Projects Supporting NLP Technologies Across Africa Set to Receive Funding

The Lacuna Fund has announced the second cohort of supported projects. Funding recipients will create openly accessible text and speech

Ajua
Acquisition Artificial Intelligence Payment

Ajua Completes the Acquisition of Kenya-based AI Platform WayaWaya

Ajua, an integrated Customer Experience Management solution for businesses in Africa, has completed the acquisition of  WayaWaya, the Kenya-based Artificial

DAAYTA
Competition Entrepreneurship Startup

Tope Sulaimon of Scrapays Wins ₦12m Grant at ARM’s DAAYTA 2021

The finalists’ pitch event for the 2021 edition of the Deji Alli Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) programme held on April

Amitruck
Ecommerce Logistics Partnership

Amitruck and Sky.Garden Unite to Defy Covid and Change Africa’s Landscape

 Amitruck and Sky.Garden, two of the fastest-growing African start-ups, having registered tremendous adoption, have announced a reinforcing partnership to defy

Microsoft
Acquisition Technology

Microsoft Acquires Nuance, the Speech Recognition Firm Behind Siri For $19.7bn

Microsoft disclosed that it is buying the speech recognition company Nuance in a deal worth about $US19.7 billion. The acquisition

Platform Capital
Funding Investment Venture Capital

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

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

Nokia
Internet Technology

Nokia and Safaricom Launch East Africa’s First Commercial 5G Services in Kenya

Nokia 5G radio and FastMile 5G gateways provide ultra-fast Fixed Wireless Access services to subscribers; Safaricom also showcased 5G hologram