Jumia
Report

Jumia Q1 Report: E-tailer Cuts Losses by 24%, Revenue Drops by 6%

Jumia says cost discipline and “selective” usage growth helped it cut first-quarter losses. The African e-tailer stated this in its

MoMo Agent
Partnership Payment

Mercy Corps Partners MoMo Agent to Deliver Cash Transfers to Vulnerable Households in Yobe State

Mercy Corps’ ‘Building Resilience in Complex Crisis (BRICC)’ programme funded by the European Union, has signed a new partnership with

OKO
Interview

OKO Finance: Helping Smallholder Farmers Secure Their Income Via Digital Insurance

African Farmers-80% of them smallholder farmers or family-run- are grimly exposed to drought, insect attacks, and flooding. They suffer huge

Thrive Agric
AgricTech Business

Thrive Agric Announces Completion of Pending Payments to ALL Crowd funders

Thrive Agric, the Nigerian digital agriculture/investment platform has announced that it has fully completed payments due to all the crowd

MTN Nigeria
Report Telecom

MTN Nigeria Loses 5 Million Subscribers in 1st Quarter of 2021

MTN Nigeria lost 5 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2021. The telecom giant ended the first three months

Google
Accelerator Developer Partnership

Google Offers 40,000 African Developers Scholarships, Opens 6th Accelerator Programme

Google is offering scholarships to 40,000 African developers, through the launch of a new partnership with Pluralsight and Andela. It has also announced

Kidato
Edtech Funding Investment Startup Venture Capital

Kenyan Edtech Startup, Kidato Raises $1.4M Seed Investment

Kidato, a Kenyan edtech startup for K-12 students has closed its $1.4 million seed funding. The investors include Learn Start

Shoppers
customer service Ecommerce

SA Shoppers Are Online. Retailers Need to Meet Them With An Exceptional Experience

Consumers are embracing the e-commerce experience in growing numbers and corporate South Africa is taking serious notice, according to Geoff

NIN
Government RegTech

NIN Registration: Court Bars FG From Blocking SIM Cards

The Federal Government has been barred by a Federal High Court in Lagos State from blocking SIM cards not linked

Music Partnership

Universal Music Group and Boomplay Expand License to Cover 47 Countries Across Africa

Boomplay and Universal Music Group (UMG) have announced a new landmark licensing agreement that will extend licensing of UMG’s global