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Mastercard and Amazon Payment Services to Enable Digital Payment Acceptance Across MEA

Oluwasegun 10/01/2024

Field Raises $11m to Tackle Maternal Mortality Crisis in Africa

Mohammed Mane 10/01/2024

Carry1st, Audiomack Partner to Streamline Payments for Music Streaming

Ester Adams 10/01/2024

Daba Finance Named Winner of 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Adebayo Trevor 09/30/2024

AFC, Itana Partner For Creation of Africa’s First Digital Economic Zone

Musa Suleiman 09/30/2024

IFC Invests in Equator Africa Fund I to Support African Climate Sector Tech Businesses

By Musa Suleiman / 10/08/2024

International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced an investment in Equator Africa Fund I, marking its first-ever venture capital fund focused...

IFC Invests in Equator Africa Fund I to Support African Climate Sector Tech Businesses

Lesaka Completes Acquisition of Adumo

By Ester Adams / 10/08/2024

Lesaka Technologies has announced it has completed its acquisition of Adumo, the South African financial services company. The transaction was...

MTN Nigeria Expands Digital Offerings with Audiomack+ Music Subscription

By Ester Adams / 10/05/2024

MTN Nigeria, an ICT company, has partnered with Audiomack, the music streaming platform, to introduce the Audiomack+ subscription program. This...

MTN Nigeria Expands Digital Offerings with Audiomack+ Music Subscription

ESET Reveals Top Cyber Threats of 2024 thus far: Global Trends and Local Risks Exposed

By Musa Suleiman / 10/02/2024

ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, has published its Threat Report for the first half of 2024, providing new insights into...

ESET Reveals Top Cyber Threats of 2024 thus far: Global Trends and Local Risks Exposed

Who Is Shoshanna Raven?

By Oluwasegun / 10/02/2024

Who doesn’t love a good success story? To some, it may seem like they’re hard to come by. However, these...

Mastercard and Amazon Payment Services to Enable Digital Payment Acceptance Across MEA

By Oluwasegun / 10/01/2024

Mastercard and Amazon Payment Services have signed a multi-year commercial partnership agreement to digitize payment acceptance in the Middle East...

Mastercard and Amazon Payment Services to Enable Digital Payment Acceptance Across MEA

Field Raises $11m to Tackle Maternal Mortality Crisis in Africa

By Mohammed Mane / 10/01/2024

Field, an African healthtech company, has announced the launch of a route-to-market service that will introduce emerging therapies to tackle...

Field Raises $11m to Tackle Maternal Mortality Crisis in Africa

Carry1st, Audiomack Partner to Streamline Payments for Music Streaming

By Ester Adams / 10/01/2024

Carry1st, the African consumer payments provider, has announced a new partnership with Audiomack, the music streaming and discovery platform, to make...

Carry1st, Audiomack Partner to Streamline Payments for Music Streaming

Daba Finance Named Winner of 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

By Adebayo Trevor / 09/30/2024

Ecobank, the pan-African financial services group, has announced Daba Finance, the Ivorian Fintech, as the Winner of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2024....

Daba Finance Named Winner of 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

AFC, Itana Partner For Creation of Africa’s First Digital Economic Zone

By Musa Suleiman / 09/30/2024

Itana, Nigeria's licensed digital economic zone management company, and Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) have agreed to jointly develop the first...

AFC, Itana Partner For Creation of Africa’s First Digital Economic Zone

ESET Reveals Top Cyber Threats of 2024 thus far: Global Trends and Local Risks Exposed

Musa Suleiman 10/02/2024

MTN Nigeria Expands Digital Offerings with Audiomack+ Music Subscription

Ester Adams 10/05/2024

IFC Invests in Equator Africa Fund I to Support African Climate Sector Tech Businesses

Musa Suleiman 10/08/2024

Lesaka Completes Acquisition of Adumo

Ester Adams 10/08/2024

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Field Raises $11m to Tackle Maternal Mortality Crisis in Africa

Mohammed Mane 10/01/2024

Regfyl Raises $1.1m to Tackle Africa’s AML Compliance Crisis

Ester Adams 09/21/2024

Uncap launches €30m Fund to Provide Revenue-Based Financing for African SMEs

Adebayo Trevor 09/21/2024

Egyptian B2B Payment Startup SETTLE Raises $2m Pre-seed Funding

Adebayo Trevor 09/20/2024

Tether Invests $1.5m in Sorted Wallet to Enhance Financial Inclusion

Ester Adams 09/20/2024

Funding

Wattnow Secures Funding Led by Lateral Frontiers, 216 Capital and Satgana

Mohammed Mane 09/06/2024

News

APPLY: HERCCELERATE For Women-led Tech Startups

Adebayo Trevor 09/04/2024

Fintech

Digital Financial Services Platform, Fido Secures $30m in Debt & Equity Funding

Musa Suleiman 09/04/2024

Apps

How to Use FaceTime on iPhone

Mohammed Mane 09/02/2024

Ecommerce

Kenyan E-commerce Startup, Chpter Secures $1.2m to Empower Businesses to Sell More Via Social Platforms

Musa Suleiman 09/02/2024

Product Launch

Rubyx Launches ‘Lending as a Service’ For African Microfinance Startups With Proparco Support

Oluwasegun 08/31/2024

Cryptocurrency

Quidax, Busha Receive Licenses As Virtual Asset Service Provider From SEC

Musa Suleiman 08/31/2024

Fintech

Kredete Raises $2.25M to Help African Immigrants Build Credit and Send Money Home

Adebayo Trevor 08/30/2024

Fintech

South African Fintech Omnisient Secures $7.5m Investment From Arise

Ester Adams 08/29/2024

News

Flutterwave Acquires Payment Systems License in Uganda

Mohammed Mane 08/29/2024

News

Applications Now Open for the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) Africa Challenge 2024

Ester Adams 08/28/2024

Clean Energy

Solarise Africa Secures $8.9m Investment to Expand Renewable Energy Projects in South Africa

Musa Suleiman 08/21/2024

Appointment

Venture Platform’s Kola Aina Joins EFInA Board

Mohammed Mane 08/20/2024

AgricTech

APPLY: FCMB AgriTech Hackathon 2024

Adebayo Trevor 08/17/2024

Artificial Intelligence

Top 5 Benefits of AI in the Travel Industry

Oluwasegun 08/15/2024

Cyber security

The Importance of Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Employees

Musa Suleiman 08/15/2024

Competition

Ecobank Group Announces Top Finalists for the 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Adebayo Trevor 08/15/2024

Funding

Pepea Fund Makes First Investment in Gaea Foods Limited

Mohammed Mane 08/15/2024

Fintech

Changing Global Trade Patterns Will Enhance Cross-Border B2B Payments in Africa-Diplo

Mohammed Mane 08/14/2024

Business

How to Acknowledge Indigenous Peoples Day in the Workplace

Musa Suleiman 08/13/2024

Technology

How Laser Tattoo Removal Technology Works: The Science Explained

Ester Adams 08/13/2024

Payment

Chase Freedom Unlimited vs. Sapphire Preferred: Which Card is Right for You?

Adebayo Trevor 08/13/2024

Feature

Top 5 Innovative Business Ideas in the Tourism Industry

Musa Suleiman 08/13/2024

Funding

Egypt’s Lucky ONE Secures $3m Funding

Mohammed Mane 08/08/2024

Five Things To Do Before Selling Your Smartphone
Whether you are using an Android or iOS device, you may someday decide that you have enough of the phone
Taxify Joins #$1Billion Gang As It Secures $175M Investment From Daimler
Mercedes-Benz-owner Daimler has taken a stake in Taxify in a funding round that values the ride-booking group at more than
Meet The 10 Startups That Are Disrupting Agriculture In Africa
Gone are the days when you have to physically go to the farm before you can call yourself a farmer.
Piggybank.ng Secures $1.1M Capital Led by LeadPath
Funds has always been a huge problem when starting a business. However, you a business can only attract the attention
Jumia Nigeria to Reward Football Fans for Supporting the Super Eagles
Nigeria’s no.1 online shopping platform, Jumia has concluded plans to launch a series of exciting activities around the 2018 FIFA World
Scramble For African Startups By Venture Capitalists: Good or Bad?
Like the scramble for Africa that saw European powers invading, occupying and colonizing African territories without their consent, venture capitalists seem to
Nigeria’s Publiseer Selected For Startup Istanbul Challenge 2018
This year seem to be going well for Nigeria’s digital publishing startup, Publiseer. It recently declared a profit of 3
GitHub Is Now Own By Microsoft As Later Buys Former For $7.5B
Microsoft has acquired code sharing website, GitHub, for $7.5 billion. The all-stock deal is expected to be sealed by the end of
Biggest Announcements From Apple’s WWDC 2018
Apple’s big WWDC 2018 keynote is a wrap! Millions of Apple fans around the world tuned in to Apple’s live
Apply For The AppsAfrica Innovation Awards 2018
AppsAfrica has opened application for the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards set to be held on 12 November in Cape Town. Applications close 7

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