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Black Panther II Cast Land in Lagos Ahead of African Premiere

Musa Suleiman 11/06/2022

Google Celebrates West African Dish, Jollof Rice

Mohammed Mane 11/04/2022

Jumia Nigeria Reaffirms Commitment to Consumers With Black Friday

Musa Suleiman 11/04/2022

Yabx Launches in Nigeria to Double and Diversify Business Growth in Africa

Musa Suleiman 11/03/2022

DLM Trust Unveils DLM Single Asset Trust

By Adebayo Trevor / 05/02/2024

DLM Trust, a subsidiary of DLM Capital Group is thrilled to announce the launch of DLM Single Asset Trust. The...

DLM Trust Unveils DLM Single Asset Trust

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

By Mohammed Mane / 05/02/2024

Renda, a Nigerian logistics startup, has closed its pre-seed round at $1.9m in equity and debt funding. The equity investment...

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

Kenya’s BuuPass Acquires QuickBus

By Adebayo Trevor / 04/30/2024

BuuPass, a Kenyan travel booking platform, has acquired QuickBus, an African bus ticket marketplace with offices in Nigeria and South...

Chowdeck Secures $2.5m Seed Funding to Optimise on-demand food Delivery in Nigeria

By Mohammed Mane / 04/30/2024

Chowdeck, a Nigerian on-demand delivery service, has secured $2.5 million in seed funding to optimise its operations and support expansion...

Chowdeck Secures $2.5m Seed Funding to Optimise on-demand food Delivery in Nigeria

Leatherback, MCB Bank Partner on Remittances and Payouts in Pakistan

By Oluwasegun / 04/29/2024

Leatherback, a neo-banking platform, has partnered with MCB Bank to enable easier Pakistani Rupee (PKR) payouts and remittances for its users. The...

Leatherback, MCB Bank Partner on Remittances and Payouts in Pakistan

Fawry and Roboost Partner to Enhance Digital Transformation and Financial Inclusion

By Musa Suleiman / 04/24/2024

Fawry, the technology and electronic payments company, has announced the signing of a joint cooperation memorandum with Roboost, a company developing delivery and logistics...

Fawry and Roboost Partner to Enhance Digital Transformation and Financial Inclusion

Pre-seed Investment Programme, Madica Announces First Set Of African Tech Portfolio Companies

By Adebayo Trevor / 04/24/2024

Madica, a structured investment program designed for pre-seed stage startups in Africa, announced its first set of investments in three...

Pre-seed Investment Programme, Madica Announces First Set Of African Tech Portfolio Companies

TLcom Closes Africa’s Largest Early-Stage VC Fund at $154 Million

By Ester Adams / 04/23/2024

TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has announced the final close of TIDE Africa Fund II, its second fund for...

TLcom Closes Africa’s Largest Early-Stage VC Fund at $154 Million

Goodwell Invests in OmniRetail to Fuell Opportunities for Informal Retailers Across Africa

By Adebayo Trevor / 04/17/2024

Goodwell Investments, an impact investor focused on innovative businesses in emerging markets, has announced its recent investment in OmniRetail – a B2B...

Goodwell Invests in OmniRetail to Fuell Opportunities for Informal Retailers Across Africa

SME Growth Lab Africa Announces Application for COHORT 2 of Its 2024 Digital Accelerator Program

By Oluwasegun / 04/17/2024

Applications are open for the second cohort of the 2024 Digital Accelerator Program brought to you by SME Growth Lab...

SME Growth Lab Africa Announces Application for COHORT 2 of Its 2024 Digital Accelerator Program

DLM Trust Unveils DLM Single Asset Trust

Adebayo Trevor 05/02/2024

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

Chowdeck Secures $2.5m Seed Funding to Optimise on-demand food Delivery in Nigeria

Mohammed Mane 04/30/2024

Leatherback, MCB Bank Partner on Remittances and Payouts in Pakistan

Oluwasegun 04/29/2024

DLM Trust Unveils DLM Single Asset Trust

Adebayo Trevor 05/02/2024

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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

Chowdeck Secures $2.5m Seed Funding to Optimise on-demand food Delivery in Nigeria

Mohammed Mane 04/30/2024

TLcom Closes Africa’s Largest Early-Stage VC Fund at $154 Million

Ester Adams 04/23/2024

Goodwell Invests in OmniRetail to Fuell Opportunities for Informal Retailers Across Africa

Adebayo Trevor 04/17/2024

Apps

Carrefour Kenya Launches Mobile App to Enhance Online Shopping Experience

Oluwasegun 01/27/2021

Fintech

Spot Money Launches South Africa’s First Open Banking Offering

Ester Adams 01/27/2021

Edtech

IT and Computer Science Degrees Are a Good Choice to be Studied Online

Musa Suleiman 01/27/2021

Ecommerce

Jumia Global Festival 2021 is Live

Musa Suleiman 01/26/2021

MTN

MTN and Facebook Begin Digital Marketing Training for SMEs under Y’ello 200

Ester Adams 01/26/2021

Funding

Ugandan-based Innovex Closes Equity Investment With Gaia Impact Fund

Oluwasegun 01/26/2021

Telecom

MTN Nigeria Launches Accelerator Program with Unveil of Y’ello 200

Musa Suleiman 01/26/2021

Funding

Eloho Omame and Odunayo Eweniyi Launch FirstCheck Africa to Invest in Early Stage Female-African Startup

Mohammed Mane 01/26/2021

Appointment

African Private Equity and VC Association (AVCA) Appoints New Chief Executive

Ester Adams 01/26/2021

Fintech

Sparkle Partners With Network International For Virtual & Physical Payment Cards

Ester Adams 01/26/2021

Bitcoin

Nigeria’s First Micro-Investing Platform, Trove, Adds Crypto Trading

Mohammed Mane 01/25/2021

Funding

Kenyan Insurtech Startup, Pula Secures $6M Series A Led by TLcom Capital

Musa Suleiman 01/25/2021

Glo

Globacom Propels Growth in Telecoms Sector in Q3, 2020

Musa Suleiman 01/25/2021

customer service

Inclusive Design is Transforming Customer Journey as Digital Expectations Skyrocket

Ester Adams 01/25/2021

Interview

How Tope Awotona Fought Through Life’s Challenges to Build a $60m Startup in The US

Musa Suleiman 01/23/2021

Funding

CDC Group Again Targets Over US$1bn Annual Investment in African Businesses

Musa Suleiman 01/23/2021

Cryptocurrency

Binance To Train 1000 African Developers In Q1 2021 – Continuing Its Crypto Education Efforts

Musa Suleiman 01/22/2021

Automobile

Cars45 And Gokada Announce Alliance To Drive Consumer Convenience

Musa Suleiman 01/22/2021

RegTech

NIMC Commences NIN Enrollment Of Diplomats At Foreign Affairs Ministry

Mohammed Mane 01/22/2021

Partnership

Mastercard and Network International Launch Digital Platform to Accelerate Digital Payment Adoption Across Middle East and Africa

Ester Adams 01/22/2021

Business

Covid-19 Second Wave: Social Distancing and The Place of Ecommerce

Musa Suleiman 01/22/2021

Business

Fitbit Products Are Now Available in Nigeria With Jumia

Musa Suleiman 01/22/2021

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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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