Plug and Play
Africa Entrepreneurship

Plug and Play Opens First African Office in Johannesburg

Plug and Play a Silicon Valley Venture Capital company is set to open its first African office in Johannesburg, South

Investments
Africa Investment Newsletter

Last Week in Review (20th-26th): It Rained Investments in African Startups

Last week was a wonderful week for African startups as it rained dollars and equity investments from investors, fund managers

Future Africa
Africa Funding Venture Capital

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji’s Future Africa Set to Invest Up to $50k in Innovative African Startups

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, the co-founder of Andela and Flutterwave, has established the Future Africa Fund with the aim of investing up

She Leads Africa
Accelerator Entrepreneurship Women

Nufaesah, Simbi Interactive & EduPoint Shine at She Leads Africa Demo Day

Nufaesah, Simbi Interactive, and EduPoint, all-female led startups, have emerged winners in 2019 She Leads Africa Demo Day. The Demo

AppsAfrica
Awards Startup Technology

Nigerian Startups Shine at AppsAfrica Awards 2019

The 2019 finals of the AppsAfrica Awards was recently held in Cape Town, South Africa and Nigeria Startups were not

PalmPay
Fintech Investment Payment

Mobile Phone Maker, Transsion Holdings Enters Nigeria’s Fintech Space, Leads $40m Investment in PalmPay

China’s Transsion Holdings, the makers of Tecno, Itel and Infinix smartphones, has entered the Nigerian fintech space after leading a

AppsAfrica
Africa Apps Awards

AppsAfrica Awards 2019 Finalists Announced

The final shortlist for the 5th AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards have been announced. The Awards celebrate the best in mobile and

Bpifrance Challenge
Leadership Security

Nigeria’s Tech Leaders Launches  #StopRobbingUs Campaign To Fight Against Illegal Arrests of Software Engineers

Nigeria’s technology leaders have launched #StopRobbingUs, a campaign to put an end to the common practice where Nigerian police stop young

Fintech
Business Economy Fintech

Nigerian Fintechs: Quick And Effective But Can They Be Trusted?

Ugochukwu Festus, a businessman at the popular computer village in Lagos was in dire need of cash to clear his

Opay
Digital Funding Payment

Opera Owned OPay Secures $50M Investment to Boost Its Mobile Money Business in Nigeria

Opera, a global software company popular for its Opera Mini mobile web browser is ramping up its portfolio in Africa