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Fresh From Raising $1m, Zanifu Sets its Sight on Delivering its Solution to MSMEs Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Musa Suleiman 01/25/2022

Tunisia’s InstaDeep Raises $100M to Scale Decision-Making AI Products

Musa Suleiman 01/25/2022

SA Video Interview Software, Wamly Secures Funding From Knife Capital

Mohammed Mane 01/25/2022

JAMB Announces Registration Dates For 2022 UTME/DE

Musa Suleiman 01/25/2022

PayedIn Launches Simple And Secure ePayment Solution in Nigeria

Mohammed Mane 01/24/2022

Visa Names African Fintech Startups For the 2nd Cohort of its Accelerator Program

By Musa Suleiman / 05/21/2024

Visa, a global digital payments firm, has announced the startups shortlisted from across Africa to participate in the second cohort...

Visa Names African Fintech Startups For the 2nd Cohort of its Accelerator Program

Ensuring Food Security in South Africa Via Enhanced Cybersecurity for Farmers

By Adebayo Trevor / 05/20/2024

Technology has improved productivity, efficiency, and communication in every industry across the globe, and agriculture is no exception. Once considered...

Ensuring Food Security in South Africa Via Enhanced Cybersecurity for Farmers

OpenseedVC Launches With First Close Of $10M Fund To Be First Investor In Operators Starting Their Technology Companies

By Mohammed Mane / 05/20/2024

OpenseedVC, a new operator-led fund seeking to be the first investors in operators starting their technology companies across Africa and...

OpenseedVC Launches With First Close Of $10M Fund To Be First Investor In Operators Starting Their Technology Companies

OmniRetail Emerges First in Financial Times’ Ranking of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies

By Adebayo Trevor / 05/16/2024

Omniretail, a B2B enablement platform focusing on digital infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa, has announced it has secured the top position in...

OmniRetail Emerges First in Financial Times’ Ranking of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies

MEST Africa Announces 12 Companies Selected for its First Cohort of the Mastercard FoundationEdTech Fellowship

By Ester Adams / 05/14/2024

MEST Africa has announced the selection of 12 startups for the inaugural Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship in Ghana. The Mastercard...

MEST Africa Announces 12 Companies Selected for its First Cohort of the Mastercard FoundationEdTech Fellowship

South African Financial Services Company, Lesaka Acquires Adumo For $85.9m

By Ester Adams / 05/09/2024

Lesaka, the South African 🇿🇦 financial services company, has signed a new deal to buy local fintech operator Adumo for...

South African Financial Services Company, Lesaka Acquires Adumo For $85.9m

Egyptian Fintech Startup, Swypex Secures $4m Seed Round

By Oluwasegun / 05/08/2024

Swypex, the Egyptian fintech startup, has raised a $4 million seed investment round led by Accel. The investment also included...

Egyptian Fintech Startup, Swypex Secures $4m Seed Round

Amazon Launches in South Africa

By Ester Adams / 05/07/2024

Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon.co.za, providing customers in South Africa with a new online shopping experience. For products...

Seamfix Secures $4.5m Funding to Expand Digital ID and Credential Services Across Africa

By Mohammed Mane / 05/07/2024

Seamfix, a Nigerian digital identity solutions provider, has secured $4.5 million to scale the technology infrastructure that underpins its solutions,...

Seamfix Secures $4.5m Funding to Expand Digital ID and Credential Services Across Africa

How to Create a Culture of Collaboration in Your Organisation

By Musa Suleiman / 05/07/2024

When you appoint people to work in your organisation or your team, do you choose the best - the smartest,...

How to Create a Culture of Collaboration in Your Organisation

Visa Names African Fintech Startups For the 2nd Cohort of its Accelerator Program

Musa Suleiman 05/21/2024

OpenseedVC Launches With First Close Of $10M Fund To Be First Investor In Operators Starting Their Technology Companies

Mohammed Mane 05/20/2024

OmniRetail Emerges First in Financial Times’ Ranking of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies

Adebayo Trevor 05/16/2024

Ensuring Food Security in South Africa Via Enhanced Cybersecurity for Farmers

Adebayo Trevor 05/20/2024

OmniRetail Emerges First in Financial Times’ Ranking of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies

Adebayo Trevor 05/16/2024

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South African Financial Services Company, Lesaka Acquires Adumo For $85.9m

Ester Adams 05/09/2024

Egyptian Fintech Startup, Swypex Secures $4m Seed Round

Oluwasegun 05/08/2024

Seamfix Secures $4.5m Funding to Expand Digital ID and Credential Services Across Africa

Mohammed Mane 05/07/2024

Renda secures $1.9m Pre-Seed Funding to Optimize Order Fulfillment for Businesses in Africa

Mohammed Mane 05/02/2024

Kenya’s BuuPass Acquires QuickBus

Adebayo Trevor 04/30/2024

Artificial Intelligence

How Artificial Intelligence Will Create More Job Opportunities

Mohammed Mane 07/09/2018

Accelerator

Publiseer Is Going To Massachusetts For The MIT Solve

Musa Suleiman 07/07/2018

Accelerator

Meet The African Startups Selected For the Finals of the HiiL Justice Accelerator 2018

Musa Suleiman 07/07/2018

Health

Apply For The 2018 Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge

Musa Suleiman 07/07/2018

Africa

First Bank to Launch Innovation Lab

Oluwasegun 07/05/2018

Africa

Djibouti Unveils ‘Africa’s Biggest Free Trade Zone’

Musa Suleiman 07/05/2018

Africa

Matibabu Addresses Malaria Disease Management by Offering Affordable, Early Diagnosis-Moris Atwine

Musa Suleiman 07/05/2018

Accelerator

Liquid Telecom and AfriLabs Partner to Support African Startups

Musa Suleiman 07/05/2018

Apps

Uber Is Back In Finland!

Oluwasegun 07/04/2018

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Trading: Important Things You Should Know

Musa Suleiman 07/04/2018

Entrepreneurship

Online Poultry Farming Startup Rera Wins Seedstars Harare

Oluwasegun 07/04/2018

Accelerator

Apply For The Merck Accelerator Lagos Satellite Programme

Oluwasegun 07/04/2018

Business

US Allows ZTE To Temporarily Restart Some Business Operations

Oluwasegun 07/04/2018

Accelerator

Here Are The African Startups That Participated In Alibaba’s eFounders Fellowship

Musa Suleiman 07/03/2018

Entrepreneurship

More Details About Applying For Startup Battlefield Happening In Lagos

Musa Suleiman 07/03/2018

Social Media

Here Is How To Add Music To Your Instagram Stories

Oluwasegun 07/02/2018

Events

Samsung Set To Unpack Galaxy Note 9 at August 9 Event

Oluwasegun 07/02/2018

Africa

Alibaba, UNCTAD Partner To Train African Entrepreneurs

Musa Suleiman 07/02/2018

Accelerator

Apply For The First Female-Focused Tech Accelerator in Nigeria

Musa Suleiman 07/02/2018

Cryptocurrency

Microtraction Provides Funding For 2 Nigerian Fintech Startups

Musa Suleiman 07/02/2018

Uncategorized

It is Now Possible For Only Admins To Send Messages on WhatsApp Groups

Musa Suleiman 06/30/2018

Accelerator

Applications Open For Village Capital Communities Africa

Musa Suleiman 06/30/2018

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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