Davido
Banking Entertainment

Davido Bags Endorsement Deal With Wema Bank

Davido, the Nigerian American singer, has joined Wema Bank as Brand Ambassador for its digital bank, ALAT By Wema. The bank

Jumia
Appointment Ecommerce

Betty Mwangi is the New CEO of Jumia Kenyan

Betty Mwangi has been appointed as the new CEO of Jumia Kenya. She takes over from former Sam Chappatte. She

Airtel Africa
Airtel Edtech Telecom

Airtel Africa and UNICEF Announce Partnership to Scale-up Digital Learning For Children Across Africa

Airtel Africa and UNICEF have announced a five-year pan-African partnership to help accelerate the launch of digital learning through connecting

Mastercard
Appointment

Mastercard Appoints Gabriel Swanepoel as New Country Manager For South Africa

Mastercard has appointed Gabriel Swanepoel as the new Country Manager for Mastercard in South Africa. This serves as a promotion

Briware
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Tunisia-based Data Management Startup, Biware Raises $1.2m Seed Round

Biware, Tunisian data management, and analytics startup, has closed a $1.2 million seed round from CDC Gestion and Zitouna Capital. Developed in 2011

Entrepreneurship Funding

Africa’s Business Heroes Announces Top 10 Finalists For 2021

The 2021 Africa’s Business Heroes prize has announced this year’s top 10 finalists. These ten entrepreneurs will take the stage

Zamfara
Government News Regulation Telecom

Insecurity: FG Orders Telcos to Suspend Services in Zamfara

The Federal Government has ordered telecommunication companies in Nigeria to suspend their services in Zamfara due to rising insecurity in

GDP
Economy Technology

ICT Contribution to Nigeria’s GDP Rises to 17.83% in Q2 2020

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry contribution to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased to 17.83% in the second quarter of

Multichoice
Government Pay Tv Regulation

Tax Liabilities: Tribunal Orders Multichoice to Pay Nigerian Govt N900bn

A Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) sitting in Lagos has ordered Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of cable television services, DSTV and GOTV, to

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