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Gricd Rebrands as ‘Figorr’, Announces $1.5m Seed Funding

Adebayo Trevor 05/15/2023

Linda Yaccarino Appointed New Twitter CEO

Musa Suleiman 05/12/2023

Is It Worth It to Rent IBC Totes?

Musa Suleiman 05/12/2023

Africa’s Business Heroes Prize Competition 2023 Extends Application Deadline to May 17

Musa Suleiman 05/11/2023

Egyptian Venture Capital Firm, Acasia Ventures Leads Balad’s Seven-figure Pre-seed Investment

Mohammed Mane 05/09/2023

Communication as a Service Startup, Termii Secures $3.65 to Support Expansion to Francophone Africa

By Mohammed Mane / 06/09/2023

Termii, an African communications-as-a-service startup, has secured a $3.65 million investment to support its expansion into Francophone Africa starting with...

Communication as a Service Startup, Termii Secures $3.65 to Support Expansion to Francophone Africa

Haul247 Secures $3m Seed Funding Led by Alitheia Cpaital

By Oluwasegun / 06/08/2023

Haul247, an end-to-end logistics tech platform, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round to boost its market share...

Haul247 Secures $3m Seed Funding Led by Alitheia Cpaital

Flutterwave, Token.io Partner to Provide Pay By Bank Transfer to Users in UK and EU

By Ester Adams / 06/07/2023

Flutterwave, the African payments technology company, has partnered with Token.io to power Pay By Bank transfer capabilities for Flutterwave’s platform....

Flutterwave, Token.io Partner to Provide Pay By Bank Transfer to Users in UK and EU

CcHUB Announces its 2023 Nigerian Cohort for the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Program

By Mohammed Mane / 06/06/2023

Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) has announced 12 startups that will make up the first cohort of its Mastercard Foundation Ed-Tech Fellowship Program in Nigeria....

CcHUB Announces its 2023 Nigerian Cohort for the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Program

Nigeria’ss Helium Health Secures $30m Funding From AXA

By Adebayo Trevor / 06/05/2023

Helium Health has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by AXA IM Alts. The latest investments...

Nigeria’ss Helium Health Secures $30m Funding From AXA

Fawry Partners With Infobip to Enhance Electronic Payment Services

By Musa Suleiman / 06/03/2023

Fawry, Egypt's payments and fintech company, has partnered with Infobip, a global cloud communications platform, to enable payments through META...

Fawry Partners With Infobip to Enhance Electronic Payment Services

Zofi Cash Closes $1m Pre-Seed Investment From Advancly

By Musa Suleiman / 05/31/2023

Zofi Cash, the Ugandan digital financial startup, has secured pre-seed funding of $1 million from Advancly. This was announced in a...

Zofi Cash Closes $1m Pre-Seed Investment From Advancly

WhatsApp Allows Users to Edit Messages

By Musa Suleiman / 05/27/2023

WhatsApp, the global messaging platform, will now allow users to edit sent messages. Despite this, there is a caveat-users can...

AWS Selects 25 Startups For Its First ‘Fintech In Africa’ Accelerator

By Adebayo Trevor / 05/27/2023

Twenty-five African fintech startups have been selected for the first Amazon Web Services (AWS) FinTech Africa Accelerator cohort. This inaugural...

AWS Selects 25 Startups For Its First ‘Fintech In Africa’ Accelerator

Ukheshe Labs to Focus on Digital Payment Innovation

By Mohammed Mane / 05/25/2023

Ukheshe, the Banking as a Service (BaaS) and embedded finance enabler, has recently launched a new innovation hub, Ukheshe Labs,...

Ukheshe Labs to Focus on Digital Payment Innovation

Nigeria’ss Helium Health Secures $30m Funding From AXA

Adebayo Trevor 06/05/2023

Flutterwave, Token.io Partner to Provide Pay By Bank Transfer to Users in UK and EU

Ester Adams 06/07/2023

Haul247 Secures $3m Seed Funding Led by Alitheia Cpaital

Oluwasegun 06/08/2023

CcHUB Announces its 2023 Nigerian Cohort for the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Program

Mohammed Mane 06/06/2023

Fawry Partners With Infobip to Enhance Electronic Payment Services

Musa Suleiman 06/03/2023

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Communication as a Service Startup, Termii Secures $3.65 to Support Expansion to Francophone Africa

Mohammed Mane 06/09/2023

Haul247 Secures $3m Seed Funding Led by Alitheia Cpaital

Oluwasegun 06/08/2023

Nigeria’ss Helium Health Secures $30m Funding From AXA

Adebayo Trevor 06/05/2023

Zofi Cash Closes $1m Pre-Seed Investment From Advancly

Musa Suleiman 05/31/2023

Tyme Secures New International Investors in Latest Capital Raise

Adebayo Trevor 05/25/2023

AgricTech

Releaf, a Nigerian Agritech Startup Receives a $250k Investment From Plesion Capital

Mohammed Mane 02/28/2023

Accelerator

Apply for the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Program

Ester Adams 02/28/2023

Funding

South Africa Envisionit Deep AI Secures $1.65mn Investment to Accelerate Access to Healthcare Across Africa

Mohammed Mane 02/27/2023

Ecommerce

Shopping For Sustainability: Online Stores and e-commerce Merchants Answer Growing Consumer Demand

Mohammed Mane 02/27/2023

Investment

DLM Capital Group Raises N5.304bn In 106% Oversubscribed Commercial Paper Issue

Ester Adams 02/24/2023

Clean Energy

PAM Africa Launches First Ever Net Zero Village in Africa

Mohammed Mane 02/23/2023

Partnership

MSI, Fawry Launch Joint Initiative to Support Startups

Ester Adams 02/23/2023

Funding

South Africa’s Planet42 Raises US$100m to Accelerate Global Expansion

Mohammed Mane 02/22/2023

Africa

GOBELINS and Netflix Offers New Scholarship Opportunities for African Animators

Ester Adams 02/22/2023

Funding

Kenyan Payroll HR Startup, Workpay Secures $2.7m to Fund African Expansion

Mohammed Mane 02/21/2023

Funding

Kenyan Construction Technology Platform, Jumba Secures $4.5m Seed Funding

Mohammed Mane 02/20/2023

Mobility

Bolt to Invest Over €500bn in Africa Over Next Two Years

Oluwasegun 02/17/2023

Funding

South African Insurance Startup, Naked Secures $17m to Expand Access to Insurance

Mohammed Mane 02/17/2023

Funding

Smile Identity Secures $20m Series B Funding to Double Down on its Digital Verification Identity Solutions

Ester Adams 02/17/2023

News

SC Ventures, Yabx Partner to Expand Access to Financial Services in Africa

Musa Suleiman 02/17/2023

Ecommerce

Chari, a Moroccan eCommerce Startup, Secures $1m From Orange Ventures

Musa Suleiman 02/09/2023

Funding

Egyptian Digital Healthcare Startup, Yodawy Raises $16m Series B Round

Mohammed Mane 02/09/2023

Feature

You Can Now Buy Gift Cards in Nigeria

Musa Suleiman 02/09/2023

Fintech

Bamboo Secures Digital Broker License From Nigeria’s Securities & Exchange Commission

Ester Adams 02/09/2023

Entrepreneurship

Jasiri Talent Investor Cohort 4 Application is Now OPEN

Musa Suleiman 02/08/2023

Payment

Flutterwave Receives License to Operate in Egypt

Mohammed Mane 02/08/2023

Appointment

Endeavor Nigeria Appoints Ireayomide Oladunjoye as its New Managing Director & CEO

Ester Adams 02/08/2023

Apps

A Comprehensive Guide To Personal Finance Apps (Including How To Build Your Own!)

Musa Suleiman 02/08/2023

Venture Capital

Partech Announces First Close of Partech Africa II at €245m

Mohammed Mane 02/07/2023

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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