DPO Group
Acquisition Fintech Payment

DPO Group, a Pan-African Payment Firm to be Acquired by Network International

Direct Pay Online Group (DPO), one of the leading, high-growth online commerce platforms in Africa operating across 19 countries, has

Dara Owoyemi
Appointment Venture Capital

Dara Owoyemi Appointed Interim AVCA CEO

Dara Owoyemi has been appointed the interim CEO by the Board of Directors of the African Private Equity and Venture

Google
Africa Technology

‘Think with Google’ Launches in Sub-Saharan Africa

Google has announced that it has launched ‘Think with Google‘ in Sub-Saharan African to help marketers on the continent get

TradeDepot
Ecommerce Funding Investment SMEs

TradeDepot Secures Additional $10M to Transform Informal Retail Supply Chain in Nigeria

TradeDepot, the B2B eCommerce platform for consumer goods in Africa, has raised a further $10 million in a pre-Series B

LASG
Agro-tech Social Entrepreneurship

LASG to train 450 entrepreneurs in coconut’s waste-to-wealth initiative

The Lagos State Government (LASG) says it will train no fewer than 450 young entrepreneurs on the use of coconut

FCMB
Insurtech

FCMB Pensions to Acquire 96% Stake in AIICO Pensions

FCMB Pensions has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 96 percent stake of AIICO Pensions

MFS Africa
Acquisition Fintech

African Cross-border Payments Firm, MFS Africa Acquires Beyonic to Ease Digital Transactions For SMEs

MFS Africa, an African cross-border payments firm, has announced that it has acquired Beyonic, a digital payments management provider of business

Link Commerce
Acquisition Ecommerce

DHL Express Buys Minority Stake in Link Commerce, the Company Behind MallforAfrica

DHL Express has bought a minority stake in Link Commerce, the UK-based e-commerce firm that helped the logistics company develop 

mPharma
Funding Health

mPharma, a Ghanaian Healthtech Firm Scores $17m Led by CDC Group

MPharma, a Ghanaian healthtech startup, has raised $17 million investment led by CDC Group. The funding round which Quartz reports

Innovate Now
Accelerator Africa Entrepreneurship

Innovate Now Accelerator Programme Seeks Mobile Solutions to Assist Persons with Disabilities

Innovate Now, Africa’s first Assistive Technology Accelerator is seeking applications from innovators across the African continent who are dedicated to