pawaPay
Funding Investment Payment Venture Capital

African Payments Startup, pawaPay Closes $9m Seed Funding

African payments startup, pawaPay, has secured a $9m Seed raise round co-led by MSA and UK-based investment fund 88mph, with

MTN
customer service Telecom

MTN Nigeria Rewards 20 Customers with Brand New SUVs

MTN Nigeria has expressed its gratitude to its customers and different stakeholders for their unflinching support. The company hosted a

MTN
Telecom

MTN Thanks Nigerians on 20th Anniversary

MTN has extended its gratitude towards Nigerians as the telecoms and ICT company celebrates its 20th anniversary. The company began

Appzone
Appointment

Appzone Announces New Group Chief Financial Officer

The Board of Directors of African fintech company, Appzone Group, has approved the appointment of Timothy “Tim” Souter as the new Group

Smile Identity
Fintech Funding Investment Venture Capital

Smile Identity Raises $7m Series A Funding to Simplify KYC For Africans

Smile Identity, the provider of ID verification, document verification, and digital KYC compliance solutions in Africa, has secured a $7 million

Circle of Corporate Innovators
Entrepreneurship Funding Venture Capital

Access, Ecobank, and 3 Other Corporates Join Catalyst Fund Circle of Corporate Innovators

Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, today formally announced its Circle of Corporate Innovators, with its first members, Fidelity Bank, Ecobank,

Africa Finance Corporation
News Press Release

Africa Finance Corporation Tops 30 Member States With Morocco, DRC, Burkina Faso

In a milestone for its pan-Africa mission, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), one of the region’s biggest investors in infrastructure development,

MTN
Awards Telecom

MTN Wins Telecom of the Year and Employer of the Year at NECA Award for Excellence 2020

MTN Nigeria has been awarded the Telecommunications Company of the Year and the overall winner, Employer of the Year at

Ukheshe
Interview

Meet Clayton Hayward, Serial Entrepreneur Leveraging Ukheshe to Reach Financially Underserved Market

Ukheshe, the South African fintech startup, is on topflight mode. It keeps innovating and expanding its services to the financially

5G
Internet Technology

Nigerian Senate Asks FG to Suspend 5G Deployment

The Nigerian Senate has asked the federal government to suspend plans to deploy fifth-generation (5G) network technology in Nigeria till