10 February 2023
- realme, the world’s fastest-growing smartphone brand has officially unveiled its all-new flagship — realme GT Neo5 – in mainland China.…
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10 February 2023
- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is reportedly testing its own rival to ChatGPT, joining in the AI chatbot frenzy that has taken up 2023 by storm.The e-commerce giant is one of the latest tech companies to start working on its own generative AI…
10 February 2023
- IBM's quarterly revenue surpassed analysts' expectations due to higher growth in the company's software and infrastructure segments.The total revenue was reported at $16.69 billion for Q4 2022 flat compared to what analysts had expected to decline…
09 February 2023
- Umba, the digital bank for emerging markets, has launched its digital banking operations in Kenya after acquiring Daraja Microfinance Bank,…
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09 February 2023
- OPPO is set to launch its latest mobile phone line, OPPO Reno8 T, in Kenya with both the 5G and…
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09 February 2023
- ZOLA Electric, the Enterprise technology company delivering Energy Access to emerging markets, has launched, FLEX MAX, touted as its largest…
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09 February 2023
- The global VC firm Partech, which manages multiple funds, has announced that the first closure of Partech Africa II has reached a total of 245 million euros, making it the most successful and largest Africa-focused fund to date. According to…
09 February 2023
- GlossAi, creators of an AI-driven video generator that allows organizations to rapidly create multi-audience content at scale using generative AI capabilities has announced a successful $8 million seed round. Led by New Era Capital Partners with…
09 February 2023
- Gameball, the all-in-one customer intelligence and marketing CRM platform for consumer brands, has announced the completion of a $3.5 million funding to accelerate its international expansion. A roster of global investors joined the company’s seed…
09 February 2023
- Flutterwave, Africa’s payments technology company, announced on Tuesday that it has received its Payment Services Provider and Payments Facilitator licenses...
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09 February 2023
- The Internet’s most Googled investing question is “How do I invest in cryptocurrency?”, new research has revealed. The study by...
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09 February 2023
- Lulalend, a South African fintech startup, has raised US$35 million in Series B funding to expand its digital lending platform for underserved SMEs. The international impact investor Lightrock led the investment round, which included previous…
09 February 2023
- The three-year GrindstoneX accelerator program, which seeks to empower female entrepreneurs while generating jobs, has selected ten South African startups. Grindstone, founded in 2014 and owned jointly by Knife Capital and Thinkroom, provides…
09 February 2023
- SunFi, a clean technology startup in Nigeria, has raised $2.33 million from a variety of investors, including Factor[e] in Nairobi, SCM Capital Asset Management, Voltron Capital, Norrsken Impact Accelerator, Ventures Platform, and Sovereign Capital…
09 February 2023
- Mawingu, a Kenyan-based Internet service provider has successfully closed USD 9 M Series B investment to support its roll-out infrastructure across Kenya that will increase access to affordable internet connectivity to underserved households and…
09 February 2023
- eWAKA, an African sustainable mobility startup, has received a loan of Sh67.5 million from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) startup fund of the Swiss Confederation. This strategic offer will support eWAKA’s 2023 plans to accelerate…
09 February 2023
- The inaugural ARM Labs Lagos Techstars accelerator, which offers access to up to US$120,000 in equity capital and other sorts of support, has selected twelve African tech startups. The first edition of the ARM Labs Lagos Techstars accelerator will…
09 February 2023
- IDT Corporation, a global provider of fintech, cloud communications, and traditional communications services, announced today that it is rebranding its…
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09 February 2023
- Over 80% of crops require insect pollination, but growers can no longer rely on the dwindling wild bee population. But it’s a complex problem. Pollinating crops with honey bees can pose a threat to indigenous wild bees who are forced to compete…
09 February 2023
- Paris-based Ever Dye, a deep-tech startup, announced that it has raised €3.4M in a Seed round of funding. The startup creates a chemical method for textile dyeing factories to color fibers quickly, efficiently, and without the use of…
09 February 2023
- Amsterdam-based Vipper, a B2B2C mobility platform that provides interlining and multimodal door-to-door travel services, announced that it has raised €2M in a fresh round of funding. Vipper.com is an all-in-one travel booking platform that allows…
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.
