FCMB PARTNERS PRESSPAYNG TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO 1.5 MILLION UNDERGRADUATES IN NIGERIA
Banking Education Funding

FCMB Partners Presspayng to Provide Financial Support to 1.5 Million Undergraduates in Nigeria

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has partnered with PressPayNg to develop a digital platform for young Nigerians to fund their

Edtech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Enko Education Closes $5.8m Series B Funding To Ensure Its Development On The African Continent

Enko Education, a network of African international schools, has closed $5.8 million Series B round led by Adiwale Partners and

Swvl
Acquisition

Swvl Acquires Zeelo to Expand its Footprint to USA, UK & South Africa

Swvl, a provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Zeelo, the UK’s largest smart

Women

TeamApt Partners Ingressive for Good For Cohort 2 of Women in Tech Internship Program

TeamApt, a Nigerian fintech startup, applications for its 2022 Women in Tech internship program tagged ‘The Apt 5’. This year,

Fintech Payment

OPay Announces Launch of its First Store in Egypt

OPay, the fintech and electronic payments company, has announced the opening of its first “OPay” store in Egypt, to offer

Accelerator

Flapmax Partners With Microsoft to Scale Africa’s Digital Ecosystem

Flapmax has partnered with Microsoft to help strengthen and scale Africa’s digital ecosystem with the launch of FAST, a startup accelerator.  Entrepreneurs based

JAMB
Education

JAMB Announces Registration Dates For 2022 UTME/DE

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the registration processes for the 2022 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation

`MPOWER
Partnership Payment

MPOWER Financing and Flutterwave Partner to Promote Student Loans for International Students from Africa

MPOWER Financing, a fintech firm and provider of education loans, has partnered with Flutterwave, in order to make the student loan

Klickit
Funding

Egyptian Payment Management System, Klickit Closes Funding From EFG Finance & Camel Ventures

KlickIt, an Egyptian payment management system, has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from EFG Finance and the venture capital

Entrepreneurship Event

26 Young Entrepreneurs in Africa Selected Anzisha Prize Fellowships

The Anzisha Prize has announced the top 26 entrepreneurs for 2021. The entrepreneurs, who are between the ages of 18