21 October 2022
- Kenyan furniture company Moko Home + Living has just raised $6.5 million to expand its operations. AlphaMundi Group, a Swiss investor, and Talanton, an American investment fund, took the lead in the Serie B debt funding round. Other participants…
21 October 2022
- Lifestores Healthcare, a health technology startup based in Nigeria, has successfully completed a 3 Million Pre-Series A funding round. Health54 took the lead in the funding round, with support from Aruwa Capital Management and other existing…
21 October 2022
- According to parent company Parlement Technologies, American musician Kanye West has made a preliminary agreement to purchase the social media platform Parler. Multiple social media sites, including Parler, present themselves as Twitter…
21 October 2022
- A Brazilian court gave Apple a $19 million fine, and it was also ordered to include power chargers with all new iPhones sold there. Sao Paulo’s state court sided with the plaintiffs in a case brought against Apple by a group representing Brazilian…
21 October 2022
- Timekettle M3 Translator Earbuds: When was the last time you actually bought wired earphones? I really can’t remember the last time I used them despite having a bunch of them somewhere in my tech lab. The reason for this is that wireless technology…
21 October 2022
- Netflix has announced that in an effort to attract new users, it will debut a streaming plan with advertising for around $7 per month in the month of November. Netflix’s “Basic with Ads” package, at $6.99 per month, offers a $3 savings compared to…
21 October 2022
- The HealthTech Hub Africa, founded by the Novartis Foundation at the Norrsken House Kigali, has announced the second Africa HealthTech Challenge, and is seeking high-impact innovators with business-to-government focused solutions and business models…
21 October 2022
- Airtel Zambia has said that it has bought 60MHz of additional spectrum in the 800MHz and 2600MHz bands from the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) for a total of $29 million, paid in Zambian Kwacha. Airtel Zambia said…
21 October 2022
- Moove, an automobile financing firm, has raised £15 million from Emso Asset Management to scale its recently launched operations in the United Kingdom. This recent funding comes two months after Moove expanded into London with a 100% EV fleet
21 October 2022
- eFinance Group, a state-owned provider of digital payment solutions, has invested $5 million in Nexta, an Egyptian company that plans to launch its banking app in the coming months. This news comes after Nexta said in March that it had raised $2…
21 October 2022
- Primedia, a media company in South Africa, said it had bought land in Africarare’s Ubuntuland metaverse. The company announced this at its first PrimeX event in Johannesburg. It said that the move was in line with the group’s strategy of entering…
21 October 2022
- Airtel Africa, which operates in 14 African states, including Kenya and Uganda, has announced title sponsorship of The Voice Africa at an event in Lagos, Nigeria. The Voice is a competition format music and entertainment show, airing in over 180…
21 October 2022
- Nigeria-based mobility fintech startup Moove, Uber’s largest vehicle supply partner in EMEA, has raised GBP15 million (US$16.8 million) in financing from Emso Asset Management to scale up its UK operations following a successful launch in August.…
21 October 2022
- Kenya celebrated its 59th Mashujaa Day yesterday. During the show, which was attended by President Ruto, among other high-ranking government officials, one key development was announced as far as Kenya’s stand in ICT matters is concerned: the…
21 October 2022
- Investors at D2C startup Kloud Commerce have accused founder Olumide Olusanya of mismanagement of funds and fraud.
According to a report by WeeTracker, several employees attribute the startup's closure to the founder's reckless decisions.
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21 October 2022
- The company stated this in a disclosure signed by Leo Okafor, group company secretary. Anene’s experience spans investments, capital markets, pensions, finance, and banking operations. What you should know about Anene Sunny is currently the group…
21 October 2022
- The Egyptian B2B e-commerce startup MaxAB has raised $40 million in pre-Series B, aiming to cover all of Morocco by the end of 2023. The e-commerce marketplace connects food and grocery retailers to suppliers in Egypt and Morocco. However, the…
21 October 2022
- Google announced on Wednesday that over a quarter of a billion monthly active devices now run Android Go edition – built for phones with limited storage and memory – after five years of making its debut.Android Go is a lightning-speed OS built for…
20 October 2022
- The German federal government approved a plan today to spend €6.3 billion ($6.17 billion) over the next three years to…
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20 October 2022
- Mastercard has introduced Crypto SourceTM, a new program to enable financial institutions to bring secure crypto trading capabilities and services…
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20 October 2022
- This may or may not be part of a covert hiring process for a job which pays $200k per year to compose tweets for venture capitalists. #TCGames
20 October 2022
- BMW Group has announced a $1.7 billion investment in the United States. The funds will be used to construct a…
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20 October 2022
- HP Inc today announced enhancements to its HP Wolf Security endpoint protection portfolio, with the launch of Sure Access Enterprise (SAE)[i]. SAE protects users with rights to access sensitive data, systems, and applications. It prevents attackers…
20 October 2022
- The launch of Vulnerability Remediation-as-a-Service (vRaaS) by cybersecurity solutions provider 2TS combines the use of an international industry-leading vulnerability management solution, together with unified endpoint management technologies, to…
20 October 2022
- GetFundedAfrica has just announced the launch of the 2022 Legacy Cohort Program which kicked off on the 19th of October 2022. Eleven startups were selected to participate in this intensive 4-week investor-readiness program designed to help…
20 October 2022
- Moove, an African fintech startup says it secured £15 million (~$17 million) in debt financing from Emso Asset Management to bring it to the $200 million mark in total funding.The company secured $20 million in a debt funding round in July 2022.The…
20 October 2022
- Global online learning platform, Coursera has announced its partnership with Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), to facilitate the country’s transformation into a digital economy.This partnership, which was…
20 October 2022
- When it comes to foreign exchange (FX), automated trading, and copy trading, cTrader is rapidly heading to the front of the pack. However, how do you identify reputable cTrader brokers from the many that have sprung up throughout the world in recent…
20 October 2022
- Pulpo, a mobility solutions company focused on intelligent fleet management, grabbed a $8 million round of financing led by LatAm Nazca Ventures. Other participant investors are Femsa Ventures, Swanlaab, and Mexico Ventures, as well as new…
20 October 2022
- Katana, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, has raised $34 million in a Series B round of funding. ERP is a form of business management software that can serve any number of functions inside a…
20 October 2022
- Ride-hailing company Uber has announced the creation of an in-house advertising division that will be responsible for placing ads on the app for customers requesting a taxi, or waiting for their cab to arrive. The new in-app “Journeys Ads” service…
20 October 2022
- Visa is partnering with Thunes to help individuals and small businesses move money internationally to 78 digital wallet providers, reaching 1.5 billion digital wallets across 44 countries and territories. This partnership will now expand Visa Direct…
20 October 2022
- London-based Zen Educate, a platform that connects schools with temporary and full-time teachers and teaching assistants, announced that it has secured £19.3M in a Series A extension round of funding. The investment round was co-led by Brighteye…
20 October 2022
- Xiaomi’s announcement on Weibo has revealed the Redmi Note 12 series will be launched before the end of October. The…
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20 October 2022
- Geidea, one of the region’s largest Fintech companies by market share, has announced a strategic partnership with Visa, the world…
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20 October 2022
- In February, about 19,000 African students in Ukraine had their lives upturned when the Russo-Ukrainian war was reignited.
For some, it brought an abrupt end to their studies and their businesses. Others like Ariyike*, however, have found a silver…
20 October 2022
- Mastercard has introduced a new program to enable financial institutions to bring secure crypto trading capabilities and services to their customers. Known as Crypto Source, the program offering is complemented by Mastercard Crypto Secure to bring…
20 October 2022
- ZTE has launched its latest smartphone in Mexico, the ZTE Axon 40 SE. The phone is a mid-range and runs on…
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20 October 2022
- Dooka has partnered with Tradeshift, the global network for digital trade, to launch a pan-African digital marketplace for business-to-business trade…
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20 October 2022
- Jasper, a fast-growing AI creation tool based in Austin, Texas has raised $125 million in series-A funding round, making it one of the newest unicorns and one of the fastest to achieve such milestones in a short time. Jasper was founded in January…
20 October 2022
- Honor China has unveiled a new smartphone in China, the Play 40 Plus 5G. The new phone runs on Android 12…
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20 October 2022
- Solv, a Business-to-Business (B2B) digital platform owned by Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, SC Ventures, has launched…
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20 October 2022
- Primedia joins the likes of MTN and Nedbank as the latest South African company to purchase land in Africarare’s Ubuntuland metaverse.
20 October 2022
- MaxAB, the food and grocery B2B e-commerce and distribution platform, serving a network of traditional retailers across Egypt and Morocco, has…
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20 October 2022
- Telkom’s stock was down 22.65% by market close following the announcement, while MTN was up 9%.
20 October 2022
- Nivelles, Belgium-based Vertuoza, a provider of SaaS-based project management software for construction businesses, announced that it has secured €4M in a Pre-Series A round of funding led by XAnge and Fortino Capital. The company says it will use…
20 October 2022
- DeFi is the abbreviation for decentralised finance and some believe this to be the future of finance. As it’s gaining…
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20 October 2022
- Yesterday, Kenya Power joined Roam Electric to roll out Kenya’s first-ever electric, mass transit bus operation at Green Park Terminus grounds, in Nairobi. The pilot program will showcase the country’s readiness for electric mass mobility...
20 October 2022
- LHoFT has announced the 15 fintech startups that have been selected to participate in the fifth edition of the CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa program. The startup acceleration bootcamp will take place in Luxembourg between 24th and 28th October 2022.…
20 October 2022
- Stuttgart, Germany-based Makersite, a SaaS platform, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $18M in a Series A round of funding. The round was led by Hitachi Ventures and Translink Capital, with participation from KOMPAS and Planet A. Makersite…