17 October 2022
- President Yoweri Museveni on Friday assented to the controversial Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill 2022, which penalizes anyone engaged in online...
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17 October 2022
- Six African fintech companies have been declared finalists of this year’s Ecobank Fintech Challenge, and will now compete for a top price of US$50,000 and admission to the Ecobank Fintech Challenge Fellowship programme. Ecobank is a leading…
17 October 2022
- Egyptian B2B trucking marketplace Trella has secured a further significant debt facility from ALMA Sustainable Finance (ALMA) and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to support the growth of its operations. Founded in 2018,…
14 October 2022
- The first known non-fungible token (NFT), ‘Quantum’ came into existence in 2014 and was sold for just $41. NFTs started...
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14 October 2022
- Phone manufacturer, Xiaomi has worked on and released a plethora of midrangers in the recent past. One of its famous...
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14 October 2022
- Egyptian startup FlapKap, a tech-enabled revenue-based financing platform that aims to revolutionise the e-commerce space, has announced the close of its US$3.6 million seed round. Founded earlier this year by Ahmad Coucha and Khaled Nassef,…
13 October 2022
- Startwise has launched in Kenya to enable enterpreneurs to build a succesful drop shipping business. Startwise trains aspiring entrepreneurs on…
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13 October 2022
- A report by pan-African tech publication Disrupt Africa has revealed that African tech startups raised $2.7bn in funding in the first 9 months of 2022. This is an increase of nearly 30% of the total amount raised in the whole of 2021. The report…
13 October 2022
- Like in all other continents, the COVID-19 pandemic caught Africa unawares, exposing glaring gaps and long-ignored risks within the continent’s health systems; from weak primary healthcare, overreliance on medical imports,...
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13 October 2022
- Airtel Africa and the American Tower Corporation (ATC) have announced a deal that will see the two parties enter a beneficial multi-year and multi-product transaction. The idea here is that Airtel Africa will leverage ATC’s substantial…
13 October 2022
- We are not sector-agnostic but geography-agnostic, to the extent that a startup is within Africa. We want to invest in Botswana and help those Botswana startups and founders grow outside our borders into the rest of Africa.
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13 October 2022
- MoKo Home + Living, a Kenya-based home furniture manufacturer and omnichannel retailer has announced the close of a $6.5M Series B round co-led by U.S based investment fund Talanton and Swiss investor AlphaMundi Group.Founded in 2014 by Eric…
13 October 2022
- Kenya’s recent twin shipment of batteries and tea to Ghana – the first from an East African economy under the African Continental Free Trade Area – has injected fresh impetus into the fledgling free trade initiative.
13 October 2022
- FlapKap enables e-commerce businesses to scale and grow by targeting businesses that traditionally have limited access to bank or venture capital financing.
13 October 2022
- The global Artificial Intelligence (AI) market which includes software, hardware, and services for AI-centric and AI-non-centric applications grew 20.7% to reach $383.3 billion, in a report by IDC.The AI software market held the largest share in the…
13 October 2022
- The Federal Communications Commission plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices and video surveillance equipment in the U.S., due to national security concerns, according to Axios, citing sources with direct knowledge…
13 October 2022
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13 October 2022
- Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, has signed the controversial Computer Misuse Bill into law. The Act seeks to criminalise online harassment and unlawful interception, but many are concerned that the government will use it to suppress digital…
13 October 2022
- VUZ, a Dubai-based social app that allows users to stream and experience immersive realism in extended reality (XR) and metaverse digital experiences, has just announced the close of a $20 million Series B round.The round has a mix of U.S and EMEA-…
13 October 2022
- Venture capital investment marked its lowest in Q3 2022 since the first quarter of 2020 when the world was just entering into a pandemic and only $19.6 billion was raised by startups in the region.Funding sank to its lowest level in 10 quarters, a…
13 October 2022
- The crypto market in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) may be one of the smaller markets, but is the fastest growing in the past year, according to data from Chainalysis.The region saw an unprecedented 48% jump in crypto adoption as more and…
13 October 2022
- New-age solutions and systems integrator, +OneX, has acquired South Africa’s leading Citrix on Azure solutions provider, EUCafrica, as part of its strategy…
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13 October 2022
- Over 350 companies from over 18 countries including Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, and Rwanda have submitted applications for the...
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13 October 2022
- Over 350 companies from over 18 countries including Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, and Rwanda have submitted applications for the...
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13 October 2022
- Innovation is a term thrown around a lot in business, but what does it really mean? Everyone can wax on...
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13 October 2022
- EzyAgric, an agtech company that integrates ICT in the delivery of production and marketing services to farmers and value chain digitization to…
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13 October 2022
- Samsung Electronics has unveiled the 2022 Galaxy A04s, which comes in a new sleek, stylish design with new enhanced features...
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13 October 2022
- Samsung has announced that by mid-November it will have pushed an OTA update to all its 5G smartphones in India.…
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13 October 2022
- Africa’s financial sector, particularly in banking, has witnessed significant positive developments, both innovative and disruptive. These have been driven in...
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13 October 2022
- FlapKap,a tech-enabled revenue-based financing platform in the Mena region, revolutionising e-commerce growth, has announced the close of its $3.6 million…
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13 October 2022
- Dr. Ian Clarke, a Ugandan of British origin, has been appointed Chairman of the Advisory Board of CTI for East...
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13 October 2022
- Info leaks on the Oppo Find X6 Pro have revealed that the smartphone will retail with a 1” camera sensor…
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13 October 2022
- Recording the display on your phone is helpful in many contexts. Here's how to screen-record on iPhone and Android.
13 October 2022
- Internet security firm Surfshark has published some interesting numbers based on the annual digital wellbeing index, shortened as DQL, for 2022. According to the assessment, lower-income countries (including most of Africa) have to work 3 times more…
13 October 2022
- Sylvia Mulinge became the first-ever female CEO at MTN Uganda when she was appointed for the role in July. She...
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13 October 2022
- More specs of the Oppo Reno9 phone have been revealed. Information has revealed that the device will have a display…
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13 October 2022
- The digital revolution is transforming the banking industry. Every bank is eager to evolve, using secure and compliant technology to...
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13 October 2022
- Kenya-based logistics startup, Sendy, has announced it's laying off 20% of its employees and shuttering its Supply service arm in order to focus solely on its Fulfillment service.The startup says this will enable it to provide a streamlined service…
13 October 2022
- Over 350 companies from over 18 countries including Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, and Rwanda have submitted applications for the…
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13 October 2022
- Google has announced wherein they have listed their initiatives on their $1 Billion commitment in Africa.
13 October 2022
- Realme is hands on the Realme 10 Pro+ version after getting an NBTC certification. The new device is set for…
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13 October 2022
- Over 350 companies from over 18 countries including Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, and Rwanda have submitted applications for the Digital Transformation (dx100) Symposium & Awards (formerly CIO100). Themed Catalysing C-Suite Engagement in…
13 October 2022
- Nigerian health-tech startup Lifestores Healthcare has raised $3M for expansion across the country in a pre-Series A funding round. The round was co-led by Health54 and Aruwa Capital Management, with participation from other investors. The online…
13 October 2022
- Cape Town-headquartered venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC has completed its third investment in Kenyan FinTech Tanda. The investment from the…
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13 October 2022
- Mastercard has announced that they have made a strategic investment in Nclude, a fintech-focused VC investment platform.
13 October 2022
- Ericsson has released a new report addressing the rise of 5G and how it is paving a way to new innovations for the next-gen use.
13 October 2022
- Huawei has announced the launch of ten new services at the HUAWEI CONNECT 0222, themed "Unleash Digital".
13 October 2022
- Ecobank has announced the list of the six finalists for the fifth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge.
13 October 2022
- Pharmacies are usually the first point of call when it comes to healthcare in Africa.
Lifestores Healthcare, a Nigerian health technology firm that optimises pharmaceutical operations, has raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round led by Health54
13 October 2022
- Prudential plc and Google Cloud have announced that they are coming together to help enhance health and financial inclusion in Asia and Africa.