17 November 2022
- Modus, a venture platform in the MENA region with VC funds, Venture Builders, and a Corporate Innovation arm, has announced a $75 million venture capital fund called Modus Africa that will focus on the SDGs. Modus Africa will invest in the most…
17 November 2022
- KLAIM, a UAE-based fintech startup that provides working capital to healthcare providers has closed a $5 million seed round to scale its operations.Founded in 2020 by Karim Dakki and Ghafoor Ahmad, KLAIM is a fintech that provides capital to small…
17 November 2022
- South Africa could be in danger if unemployment and poverty keep getting worse and more common. A small and medium-sized business (SME) sector that is growing and stable does a lot to help with these problems. Last week, FNB said it would give R200…
17 November 2022
- Millions of Chinese gamers have expressed shock and sadness over the announcement that games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Warcraft III: Reforged, Overwatch, StarCraft, Diablo III, and Heroes of the Storm, will not be available in China…
17 November 2022
- After putting my luggage in the boot and settling comfortably in the back seat for safety reasons, per the app’s suggestion, I proceeded to forward the trip details to my family WhatsApp group as a precaution in case Bolt’s safety issues…
17 November 2022
- Cellulant and Solv Kenya have signed a financial services partnership that will enable Solv Kenya’s expanding MSME partners to access digital payment and collections services offered by Cellulant. Following the announcement of Solv’s commercial…
17 November 2022
- Paystack, a pan-African payments startup that Stripe bought for $200 million in October 2020, has been given a Payment Service Provider license by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to start doing business in the East African country. With this…
17 November 2022
- Kenyan B2B agro-eCommerce startup, Twiga has laid off 211 of its full-time employees following a restructuring that has eliminated the company’s in-house sales team.Twiga, co-founded by Njonjo and Grant Brooke in 2014, serves as a link between…
17 November 2022
- Paystack, the Nigerian-born fintech company acquired by Stripe, has secured a payment service provider license from the Central Bank of Kenya, enabling it to facilitate payments and optimise merchant experience for Kenyan businesses.
17 November 2022
- Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi is preparing a potential bankruptcy filing after halting withdrawals of customer deposits and acknowledging it has “significant exposure” to bankrupt exchange FTX, according to The Wall Street Journal.Following FTX's…
17 November 2022
- “As part of its planning for every fund, Future Africa makes staffing changes to better align with its renewed vision and plans for the years ahead. We provide generous exit packages to staff who decide to transition...," Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
17 November 2022
- realme held a strong lead with 23.4% of the market share in the third quarter of 2022, accounting for over 912,600 units shipped in the quarter.Transsion, Samsung, Oppo, maintained a relatively similar proportion in the overall market share,…
17 November 2022
- A few days back, Safaricom unveiled Mali, its first jump into investment trusts. The telco has been working on this product since 2019 and it has finally received regulatory approval and is live. Safaricom has...
17 November 2022
- From automatic systems that detect and stop track flooding, to cutting-edge electric drivetrains that replace polluting diesel engines, to new technologies that instantly relays track information to improve and modernise rail safety, the UK is…
17 November 2022
- Sophos’ endpoint security products ranked as industry best in all three of SE Labs’ protection tests in the third quarter...
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17 November 2022
- Global technology company Epson has announced the end of the sale of laser printers worldwide, citing the technology’s limited ability...
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17 November 2022
- An elevator pitch is a brief way of introducing yourself, communicating key points such as your background, experience, and objective, and connecting with the person. The term “elevator pitch” refers to the idea that it should be concise enough to…
17 November 2022
- Archipelago Labs (A-Labs), a startup accelerator based in the Philippines, has launched a $10 million fund to invest in Web3 and crypto startups and talents based in the region.The accelerator is backed by the Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (…
17 November 2022
- Pan-African payments provider Cellulant has announced that it has signed a financial services partnership with Solv Kenya, an MSMEs-focused B2B digital platform that will enable Solv Kenya’s expanding MSME partners to access digital payment and…
17 November 2022
- The Singapore state investment fund, Temasek has disclosed that it will be writing off its $275 million investment in collapsed crypto exchange, FTX.According to a report by Bloomberg, Temasek invested in both the FTX mothership and its U.S. wing…
17 November 2022
- Google has introduced UPI Autopay as a payment option on Google Play to allow its users in India to purchase subscriptions using UPI.Google launched UPI (Unified Payments Interface) as a payment method for buying apps, games and in-app content…
17 November 2022
- Lyor Cohen, the company's global head of music, wrote in a blog post that this represents a rise of 30 million users year over year and "a monumental moment for music on YouTube
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17 November 2022
- Avenews, a multinational financial technology company, is building the first financial super app for Kenya’s Agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises (agri-SMEs). The super app provides a comprehensive financial management tool that enables…
17 November 2022
- Musk wrote in an email to his staff that a lot of work will be required of them to create Twitter 2.0. Employees will be required to work long hours at a "high intensity," according to him
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17 November 2022
- TECNO, a sub-brand of the listed Transsion Group, has been doing very well in emerging markets. It identified a niche that needed to be addressed and did so adeptly by releasing phones meant for people who do not have big budgets or high purchasing…
17 November 2022
- WafR, a Moroccan retail-tech startup that helps retail brands deliver promotions to grocers, has secured an additional $120,000 in capital as it expands its network of grocers. Founded in 2021, WafR is a mobile app that allows retail brands to…
17 November 2022
- Vodacom has announced the launch of 5G Fixed Access Routers in Tanzania.
17 November 2022
- Despite the ongoing global economic crisis, the Indian IT services market grew by 8.1% in the first half of 2022 compared to the 7.3% growth in the first half of 2021 contributing 78.5% to the IT & business services market. India's domestic IT…
17 November 2022
- Transnet and Huawei have announced that they have been working together to help digitise freight services in South Africa.
17 November 2022
- IFC has launched a new $225 million platform to strengthen venture capital ecosystems and invest in early-stage companies addressing development challenges through technological innovations in climate, health care, education, agriculture, e-…
17 November 2022
- Apparently, in today’s vain world, the Nigerian man, indeed men all over, has a bit to contend with when it concerns beauty items – fake lashes, fake brows, heavy transformational Clark-Kent-to-superman variety of make-over (oops, make-up), etc.…
17 November 2022
- Ooredoo has announced the launch of its Maktabi Service for the country's small and medium businesses, Small Office-Home Office, and Enterprise market.
17 November 2022
- Angola Cables has announced that they have established Telcables in an effort to deploy localised ICT solutions in Nigeria and West Africa.
17 November 2022
- Cellulant has announced that they have come into a partnership with Solv Kenya to help MSME partners with digital payment services.
17 November 2022
- OPPO Kenya is kicking off the holiday shopping season early with its Black Friday Sale, which will be running from November 4th to November 30th, 2022. During the annual Black Friday Sales, OPPO says consumers will get to enjoy Luxury design and…
17 November 2022
- Electric vehicle company Roam manufactures fully electric motorcycles and buses in Kenya.
17 November 2022
- Google hosted software developers and technical industry professionals to a full-day event of talks and workshops in Nairobi. The Google Sandbox program seeks to activate partnerships to deepen relationships within the local tech community and…
17 November 2022
- Kenyan e-pharmacy startup MYDAWA has launched a telehealth solution tailored to HIV prevention with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Founded in 2017, MYDAWA enables consumers to conveniently purchase authentic high-quality…
17 November 2022
- Mastercard has announced that they have introduced the Samsung Wallet in Qatar to elevate cardholders’ purchasing experience.
17 November 2022
- UNESCO and Huawei have announced that they have come together to launch the "Technology-enabled Open Schools for All" project.
17 November 2022
- The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta has said that the 5G auction is driven by pursuit of better quality of life, not revenue.
17 November 2022
- At AfricaCom, DigitalVirgo has announced that they enabled 25 Million Africans with access to digital content and services in 2022.
17 November 2022
- Black Friday is here, and as usual, you can grab a lot of nice stuff from retail stores and online shops if you can look for a good deal keenly enough. This is the period when people can buy electronics cheaply, including phones and other home…
17 November 2022
- Hibret Bank has announced a partnership with Mastercard in an effort to launch an E-Commerce Payment Solution.
17 November 2022
- Centenary Bank in partnership with the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, together with the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP),...
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17 November 2022
- It’s now emerging that the collapse of American crypto platform FTX last week has had an impact on Nigeria’s Web3 startup Nestcoin, even as its effects continue to be felt across the world. Nestcoin CEO Yele Bademosi said that his startup held cash…
17 November 2022
- Members from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) are in Uganda to deliberate on the use of machine-readable travel documents,...
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17 November 2022
- A study by Mozilla Foundation has revealed that social media platforms Facebook, TikTok and Twitter performed poorly in their efforts to stop the spread of misinformation during the Kenyan 2022 elections. “The platforms failed to recognize some…
17 November 2022
- Last night, ASUS unveiled the Expert Series Business Laptops in the Kenyan market. The series is made up of a number of business products that promise reliability, flexibility, and enterprise-grade security. Asus says these new...
17 November 2022
- African tech leaders, corporates and investors will connect at the London Stock Exchange for the sixth annual Africa Tech Summit London on November 24th. The annual Africa Tech Summit London will share insights from leading industry players…