09 February 2023
- London-based Ziflow, a SaaS company that provides creative review and online proofing solutions for agencies and brands, announced that it has raised approximately €18.56M in a Series A round of funding. The round was led by US-based Riverside…
09 February 2023
- For slightly over one decade, Tech Nation, a non-profit UK-based organization has been providing assistance to global tech talent, outsourcing available opportunities, and facilitating entry into the UK. Tech Nation is credited for helping nearly a…
09 February 2023
- Sweden-based Modvion, a company developing modular designs in renewable engineered wood to simplify and improve construction logistics, announced that it has raised approximately €10.98M in funding. The investment came from global wind turbine …
09 February 2023
- Madrid-based Webel, an on-demand home services marketplace, announced that it has raised €550K in Simple Agreement for Future Equity in a funding round led by Trind Ventures. Tiburon (a super angel fund from Daniel Wild and Felix Artmann) and…
09 February 2023
- South African social impact advisory firm Impact Amplifier has secured a second round of funding from Google.org to launch the second phase of the Africa Online Safety Fund, which seeks innovative solutions to online safety challenges. Over 500…
09 February 2023
- Netflix has finally disclosed information regarding its efforts to prevent individuals from sharing their family plan passwords, which is against its terms of service and causing harm to its overall revenue. To note, this information has not been…
09 February 2023
- Amsterdam-based Aiir Innovations, a provider of AI-based software solutions for aircraft engine inspection, announced that it has raised €2.1M in an oversubscribed funding round. Aiir Innovations says it will use the funds to grow its remote-first…
09 February 2023
- With more and more African countries legalising online betting, finding a reliable betting app has become increasingly important – but…
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09 February 2023
- Freightify a freight rate management platform is solving the complex challenges facing freight forwarders and helping them to do more business faster at lower costs. Freightify announced a $12M debt & equity Series A funding round to help…
09 February 2023
- Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) have arrested eight suspects in a high-profile fraud scheme where telecommunications firm Safaricom lost close to Ksh. 500 million from its M-pesa Fuliza service. According to the DCI…
09 February 2023
- Nigeria confirmed itself as the leading destination for African tech startup funding over the course of a record-breaking 2022, yet there is evidence of a trickle-down effect as more startups from more countries than ever before secured investment…
09 February 2023
- A day after Google launched Bard, Microsoft also announced new versions of their web browsers Bing and Edge, in a move that could be interpreted as the company taking the AI-powered search battle to Google.
09 February 2023
- Two days after Google announced its ChatGPT rival, Bard, Microsoft announced its own AI service. The company is powering its search engine Bing and its browser Edge with AI.
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09 February 2023
- Online money transfer has become an important part of everyday life in Kenya and across the globe. Digital money transfer services not only support millions of businesses but also help...
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09 February 2023
- FlySafair, a low-cost airline in South Africa, is the first company to use Chat 2 Pay, an innovative e-commerce solution that lets customers pay easily with their phones through WhatsApp. Clickatell, a global leader in chat commerce and mobile…
09 February 2023
- Customer relationship management (CRM) solutions have become more popular over the past few years. The industry is expected to grow at 12.5% per year for the next six years and reach $145.79 billion. This growth is partly because more and more…
09 February 2023
- Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest manager of mezzanine funds, said that its fourth mezzanine fund has closed. Investors from the US and Europe, as well as several development finance institutions (DFIs) like IFC, BII, SIFEM, DEG, Norfund, Swedfund…
09 February 2023
- The 2Africa fiber optic cable, the biggest in the world, is now in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban.The 45,000 km cable, which is still being built, will run along the seafloors of the Mediterranean, Red, and Indian seas, as well as the Atlantic and…
09 February 2023
- Ethio Telecom has launched a new program to assist local businesses in developing forward-thinking business models in digital banking and technology. The telecom says that the Ethiotel innovation program was made to help businesses with new ideas…
08 February 2023
- London-based cryptocurrency exchange Luno is the latest company in the industry to announce layoffs, cutting 35% of its global workforce.CEO Marcus Swanepoel informed employees of the redundancies in a live-streamed town hall, stating that the…
08 February 2023
- Quora has announced it is opening public access to its new AI chatbot app, Poe which stands for “Platform for Open Exploration”, that will let users ask questions and get answers from a range of AI-powered chatbots.This was announced by the company…
08 February 2023
- According to new data from Canalys, the worldwide PC and tablet market saw a decline in shipments in Q4 2022. Shipments of PCs and tablets fell 21% YoY to reach 105.6 million units, bringing the full-year total to 434.5 million units, a 13% drop…
08 February 2023
- Prosus NV, a subsidiary of Africa’s largest e-commerce company by asset value, Naspers, plans to reduce its corporate workforce by 30%, amid a global tech industry downturn.This comes after Prosus' parent company Naspers posted a shaky H1 2022…
08 February 2023
- Microsoft has announced the integration of OpenAI's GPT-4 model into Bing, providing a conversational experience within the search engine. The latest version of Bing features the option to start a chat in its toolbar and deliver results based on…
08 February 2023
- Central Africa was by far the region where startups raised the least funding through deals of 3$100K and over with a total of $51 million in 2022, according to data from Africa: The Big Deal.Funding in the region represented only 1.1% of the…
08 February 2023
- IMF urges Nigeria's Fed Gov & Central Bank to extend the deadline for the recognition of the 200, 500, and 1000 naira notes as legal tender amidst the shortage and chaos caused by the banknote swap process. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court…
08 February 2023
- The licenses will enable Flutterwave to act as an official payment service provider in Egypt, collect payments on behalf of its customers and settle payments locally and globally.
08 February 2023
- Olaseni Alabede, a seasoned payments technology expert with over 18 years of experience, has taken on a new role as the CTO of Global Technology Partners (GTP). GTP is a subsidiary of MFS Africa. It is based in the US and was acquired by MFS Africa…
08 February 2023
- CEO of Easy Matatu, Lema Carl Andrew, explains how the company was started and shares his thoughts on the future of transportation in Africa.
08 February 2023
- The Vertiv MegaMod and Vertiv MegaMod Plus are turnkey prefabricated modular (PFM) data center solutions that may be deployed in expandable modules of 0.5 or 1 megawatts for IT loads up to 2 megawatts or more. Vertiv is a global provider of…
08 February 2023
- Dutch chip equipment manufacturer ASML has announced a projected 25% increase in net sales for 2023 compared to the previous year.The company produces machines that are crucial in the production of advanced chips and its clients include tech giants…
08 February 2023
- ShopUp, the largest full-stack B2B commerce platform in Bangladesh, has announced a major milestone in securing $30 million in debt financing. This round of funding will be used to drive expansion efforts and strengthen the company's supply chain…
08 February 2023
- The global semiconductor market experienced significant ups and downs in 2022, with record-high sales early in the year followed by a cyclical downturn later in the year amid macroeconomic conditions and short-term fluctuations in sales due to…
08 February 2023
- Palm.hr, a Saudi-based HR-tech startup founded by Richard Schrems, Christoph Czichna, and Dragan Nikolic, has raised $5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Europe-based VC Speedinvest and RAED Ventures, with participation from Wamda…
08 February 2023
- Nigerian digital bank Umba has launched operations in Kenya as it begins its expansion across the African continent to open up banking services for Africa’s vast, underserved market.Following its acquisition of a majority shareholding in Daraja…
08 February 2023
- Knock-off WhatsApp clones are really popular and for good reason. They bring features that the Meta-owned platform doesn’t have but this is changing. WhatsApp is revamping its ephemeral Status feature with new updates. Status Profile Rings for New…
08 February 2023
- In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, digitization has become a crucial aspect for many organizations and this does not exclude...
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08 February 2023
- The World Bank has pledged to support the Hustler Fund to lift Kenya’s most vulnerable group. The pledge was made…
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08 February 2023
- Zoom, the popular video conferencing platform that rose to fame during the Covid pandemic’s remote work surge, is set to...
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08 February 2023
- Zoom, the popular video conferencing platform that rose to fame during the Covid pandemic’s remote work surge, is set to...
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08 February 2023
- Zoom, the popular video conferencing platform that rose to fame during the Covid pandemic’s remote work surge, is set to...
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08 February 2023
- In this edition of PR for African Startups, Claudine Moore(@ClaudineMoore) of Allison+Partners(@AllisonPR) discusses how startups can be intentional with PR during an economic downturn.
08 February 2023
- Morocco-based agritech Sand-to-Green has raised a $1 million Seed funding round from Norwegian Katapult and pre-Seed fund Catalyst. Founded in…
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08 February 2023
- The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi has initiated a ground breaking cancer drug trial, the first of its kind in Africa, to assess the efficacy of a novel treatment that inhibits a gene mutation that triggers cancer in patients. The facility…
08 February 2023
- HMD has just announced the new Nokia C12. Coming with all the C-series family reassurances, it provides a more efficient smartphone experience, making the promises of durability and security more...
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08 February 2023
- WayCool Foods, India’s leading food and agri-tech platform is expanding its tech arm CENSA into the African market. The strategic expansion the firm says aims to address Africa’s existing food supply chain challenges and create an entire food…
08 February 2023
- According to recent rumours, the CEO of Meta is apparently urging some of the company's managers and directors to become independent contractors or to resign altogether.
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08 February 2023
- Equity Bank customers can now send and receive money conveniently through Western Union straight from their phones. The bank announced today that it has integrated the services on its Equity Mobile App and Equity Online banking. This, it says…
08 February 2023
- With the rise of technology and the internet, online activities have become increasingly popular and accessible. For those who are…
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08 February 2023
- Kenyan mobility solutions provider eWaka has secured a $540,000 loan from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) of the Swiss Confederation. eWaka is a startup building commuter and commercial micro-mobility solutions that include…