Publiseer
Africa Social Entrepreneurship Women

Publiseer Launches Initiative to Increase Female African Creatives by Allowing Them Keep All Sales Revenue

In a bid to increase the number of female African creatives and bridge the gender gap in digital media on

NCC
Government RegTech

Pre-registered Sim Cards: NCC Set To Criminalise Sales

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that it is working with the National Assembly to criminalise the sale of

Streaming
Entertainment Music Streaming

Global Streaming Revenue Up by 34% As Physical Record Sales Decline

Global streaming revenues grew by 34% to $8.9m in 2018, accounting for 47% of the global total according to the

Business Ecommerce

Jumia Launches Clearance Sales to Boost New Year Shopping Among Nigerians

Jumia Nigeria has announced the launch of its clearance sales tagged ‘Everything Must Go’, targeted at boosting and encouraging new

Business Ecommerce

Alibaba Singles Day sales Hit $30 billion

China’s biggest e-commerce company said sales topped $30 billion over a 24-hour period, soaring past last year’s record of about

Business Innovation Smartphones Technology

Apple To Stop reporting iPhone, Mac and iPad Unit Sales

Apple has announced that it is making a major change in the way it reports quarterly earnings, saying it will

Business Report Smartphones Technology

Apple Q4 Report: Tech Giant Earns $62.9B in Revenue on Sales of 46.9M iPhones

Apple shipped 46.9 million iPhones during the September quarter, up slightly year-on-year from the same period in 2017 when it

Acquisition

Kenya’s BuuPass Acquires QuickBus

BuuPass, a Kenyan travel booking platform, has acquired QuickBus, an African bus ticket marketplace with offices in Nigeria and South

Funding Investment Venture Capital

Chowdeck Secures $2.5m Seed Funding to Optimise on-demand food Delivery in Nigeria

Chowdeck, a Nigerian on-demand delivery service, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding to optimise its operations and support expansion

Madica
Startup

Pre-seed Investment Programme, Madica Announces First Set Of African Tech Portfolio Companies

Madica, a structured investment program designed for pre-seed stage startups in Africa, announced its first set of investments in three