Jumia
Africa Business Ecommerce Funding

Jumia Becomes First African Startup To List Shares on NYSE

Jumia Technologies AG (“Jumia”) (NYSE: JMIA), the leading pan-African e-commerce platform, has officially announced its listing on the New York

DHL
Africa Business Ecommerce

With the New DHL Africa eShop App, Buying From Global Retailers is Now Seamless

DHL has announced the launch of an e-commerce app tagged DHL Africa eShop to make it possible for global retailers

Jumia
Business Ecommerce

Jumia To Raise $216 million From Upcoming IPO on NYSE

Jumia plans to raise  $216 million by offering 13.5 million American depository shares for purchase on the New York Stock

Mastercard
Africa Business Ecommerce Funding Investment Payment Press Release

Why Mastercard is Investing in ‘Africa’s Alibaba’, Jumia

Jumia, the leading pan-African e-commerce platform has announced that Mastercard has agreed, subject to certain conditions, to become an investor

Uber
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Uber To Acquire Middle East RideSharing Company, Careem for $3.1B

Uber is set to announce $3.1 billion acquisition of its Middle East rival, Careem in a cash and stock deal

Accelerator Acquisition Africa Entrepreneurship Innovation Technology Venture Capital

Kenya’s MumsVillage and Sierra Leone’s Mosabi make it to Gray Matters Capital’s GMC Calibrator

Gray Matters Capital, a US-based impact investor focused on the funding for-profit social enterprises in markets of Africa, India, Latin

Africa Business Ecommerce Entrepreneurship

Nigerian Grocery Startup, Gloo.ng Finally Pivots to Gloopro; an e-procurement Platform

In January, Olumide Olusanya announced that he is shutting down his online grocery startup Gloo.ng to start a new venture.

Jumia
Africa Business Ecommerce Economy Funding Investment

Jumia files for IPO on the New York Stock Exchange

Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia has filed for an Initial Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange according to SEC

Banking Business Entrepreneurship Internet

GTBank Partners With Tech Startup Publiseer

Guaranty Trust Bank is in partnership with digital content distribution company Publiseer on its recently launched platform Habari, a social community

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Golden State Warriors’ Andre Iguodala Joins Jumia Board of Directors

Leading e-commerce platform in Africa announces the addition of the NBA player and tech “ambassador” on its board. Andre Iguodala,