Seedstars
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship Funding Startup

Seedstars to Launch $100m Fund For African Startups

Seedstars, an emerging markets startup competition has announced that it would launch a $100-million fund to invest in African startups

Toyota
Apps Business Technology Transport

Shares of Ride hailing Company Lyft Debuts on Nasdaq

Shares of ride hailing company, Lyft, the first big initial public offering of the gig economy era, started trading on

Africa Business Funding Investment Startup Technology Venture Capital

Kenya’s Bwala Secures Funding From Justin Caldbeck, Expands to Kampala

Bwala Africa Group which is a last mile logistics marketplace launched in 2018 has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from

Bolt
Africa Apps Business Innovation Technology

Bolt to Launch Food Delivery Service in South Africa

Taxi-hailing app, Bolt formerly-known-as Taxify, has announced plans to launch a food delivery service in South Africa. Chief executive and

Business Technology Transport

Alibaba, Tencent and Others Establish $1.5 billion China Ride-hailing Company

Alibaba, Tencent, Suning, and car makers including Chongqing Changan Automobile have set up a $1.5 billion Chinese ride-hailing venture. Chongqing

Social Media Technology

Facebook Removed 1.5 Million Videos of the New Zealand Mass Shooting

In the first 24 hours after the deadly mass shooting in New Zealand, Facebook says that it has removed 1.5

Google
Africa Entrepreneurship Startup Technology

Twelve African Startups Selected For Google Launchpad Accelerator

Google has announced the next cohort of startups into its Launchpad accelerator in Africa, Brazil, and India. According to the

Africa Business Ecommerce Entrepreneurship

Nigerian Grocery Startup, Gloo.ng Finally Pivots to Gloopro; an e-procurement Platform

In January, Olumide Olusanya announced that he is shutting down his online grocery startup Gloo.ng to start a new venture.

Africa Apps Entrepreneurship Interview SMEs Technology Transport

Meet Moja Ride, the Mobile App Disrupting Cote d’Ivoire’s Public Transport

Public Transportation in Africa, particularly Cote d’Ivoire is still heavily dependent on minibuses, shared taxis, the moto-taxis and cash. To ensure

Don Jazzy
Business Entertainment Funding

Don Jazzy’s Record Label Secures Multi-Million Dollar Investment From Kupanda Holdings

Don Jazzy record Label, Mavin Records, has received an undisclosed multi-million dollar investment from Kupanda Holdings. According to Mavin, the investment will