19 January 2023
- Last week, Google launched the Nigeria Elections Trend Hub, which it said would empower voters, but from all indications, the hub serves the interests of contesting politicians, not voters. However, here are 5 tools from Google that actually empower…
19 January 2023
- Chinese fast fashion retailer, Shein is in talks to raise up to $3 billion, at a reduced valuation of $64 billion, down from the $100 billion the company was reportedly valued at in a funding round last year, the Financial Times reported on…
19 January 2023
- Uber, the global ride-hailing app, has resumed its services in Tanzania after settling drivers’ commission cap dispute with the government....
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19 January 2023
- – Seven African tech companies including Uganda’s MobiPay , an agrotech company that aims at improving people’s lives through innovative solutions to drive…
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19 January 2023
- The job market was already in the midst of a period of tremendous change before the Covid-19 pandemic. Even though Covid-19…
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19 January 2023
- In 2020, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) implemented a directive allowing for free money transfers from banks to mobile money wallets. However, this was not well received by both banks and mobile money providers. Late last year, the CBK announced…
19 January 2023
- Délégation de l’Entrepreneuriat Rapide (DER) has been described by many as one of the catalysts behind the growth of the Senegalese entrepreneurial and tech ecosystem.
19 January 2023
- Lonestar MTN has announced that they are installing solar-hybrid generators across Liberia to reduce the impact of fossil fuels.
19 January 2023
- Ooredoo has announced that they are going to be offering Google Workspace to their businesses in Qatar.
19 January 2023
- e& has reportedly increased it's shares in the Vodafone group. They now hold more than 3.272 billion shares that is 12% of the company.
19 January 2023
- It has been a couple of months ever since the Ruto Government took over Kenya’s administration. There have been many promises, many of which are long-term and will be realized, hopefully, in the future. Ruto’s Government has also promised a lot in…
19 January 2023
- Fintechs in Africa are the centrepiece of the continent’s startup ecosystem. For most of them, the mission is to bank Africa’s 57% unbanked population. But is this thinking small? Should more startups look to exporting their solutions beyond the…
19 January 2023
- According to a Mordor Intelligence report, telcos across the continent are moving towards the mobile virtual network operator (MNVO) model through the sale and leaseback agreements of mobile towers with tower companies, and South Africa is no…
19 January 2023
- Kwara, a fintech startup from Kenya have announced that they have raised a $3 Million in seed extension.
19 January 2023
- MTN Uganda has announced that they have returned as the main sponsor for the Uganda Cranes alongside Crested Cranes and 6 other FUFA properties.
19 January 2023
- The California-based SaaS mobile marketing analytics and attribution company AppsFlyer examined how mobile apps were changing finance in Africa in collaboration with Google. The African mobile app business is rising, driven by a developing fintech…
19 January 2023
- Nokia and UNICEF have announced a partnership in an effort to help improve digital education and training in schools in Senegal, West Africa.
19 January 2023
- Although the value of Galactech was not disclosed, GBarena was estimated to be about $45 million. The e-sports platform advertises that it has over 650,000 users across 27 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates.…
19 January 2023
- Microsoft has announced plans to lay off 10,000 employees as part of broader cost-cutting measures, the company said in a...
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19 January 2023
- On Monday, January 16, 2023, the “Yassir Tunisia” application received a warning from the Tunisian Ministry of Technologies and the Ministry of Transport. The two ministries claim that the company “Yassir Tunisia” encourages users to sign up for the…
19 January 2023
- Brendon Williamson, managing director of Payfast, and Chris Wood, regional managing director at Network International. Payfast, the top supplier of payment gateways in South Africa, has undergone a significant rebrand. Under Network International,…
19 January 2023
- Eutelsat has announced that they have joined the International Telecommunication Union Partner2Connect Digital Coalition.
19 January 2023
- Datacentrix has announced that they have been acknowledged as the Services Partner of the Year for Middle East and Africa at Cisco's global Partner Summit 2022.
19 January 2023
- Carry1st announced today that it has raised $27 million in a funding round led by BITKRAFT Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), TTV Capital, Alumni Ventures, Lateral Capital, Kepple Ventures, and Konvoy, solidifying its…
19 January 2023
- GBarena, the Middle East esports platform, has announced an agreement to acquire Tunisia-based Galactech, the gaming leader in North Africa…
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19 January 2023
- One of South Africa’s leading insurance companies has strengthened its security systems by using the solutions offered by endpoint security specialist SentinelOne. This has enabled the organisation to strengthen its cybersecurity measures and fight…
19 January 2023
- Amazon has regained its position as the most valuable brand in the world, according to the annual Brand Finance Global 500 rating, despite losing $51 billion this year, or 15% of its worth. Despite a challenging year for the technology industry,…
19 January 2023
- Kwara, a fintech company based in Kenya, has just completed a $3 million seed extension funding. Existing investors DOB Equity and Globivest, as well as the founder of Kobalt Music, participated in this round of funding. One Day Yes and Base…
19 January 2023
- The Earthshot Prize, a global environmental prize to find, accelerate, and scale ground-breaking ideas to repair and renew the earth, has invited African startups to submit applications. Any African organizations, businesses, governments, or…
19 January 2023
- TeamApt a prominent commercial banking platform in Africa has relaunched as Moniepoint, the name of its flagship product, to better fit with a name that is already well-known and trusted by the company’s clientele. The company was founded in 2015…
19 January 2023
- The Ghana Revenue Authority imposed a fine of approximately $773 million on MTN Ghana, which is a part of MTN Group, for allegedly underreporting the amount of revenue it generated. Penalties and interest are included in the fine. According to a…
19 January 2023
- Hospitality and travel industry technology provider HotelRunner has raised $6.5 million in a Series A funding round. The capital is expected to support the company’s growth aspirations, particularly via launches in both the US and LATAM markets.…
19 January 2023
- Switzerland-based Open Forest Protocol (OFP), an open platform to measure, verify and fund forestation projects, announced on Wednesday that it has raised € 3.8M in a pre-seed round of funding from multiple VCs and angel investors. Some of the…
19 January 2023
- Berlin-based Mondu, a B2B payments company, announced on Thursday that it has secured €11.9M in a Series A extension round of funding led by Valar Ventures along with FinTech Collective. The announcement comes a couple of months after raising €20M…
19 January 2023
- Riga-headquartered Aerones, a provider of robot-enabled wind turbine maintenance and inspections service, announced that it has closed €27M in growth capital in a round co-led by Lightrock and Haniel. Blume Equity, Change Ventures, Mantas Mikuckas,…
19 January 2023
- Eindhoven-based Incooling, a company that designs and develops two-phase cooling system solutions for data centers, announced that it has closed a €3.5M pre-series A round of funding led by Pierburg Pump Technology, part of the Sensors and Actuators…
19 January 2023
- Belgium-based Cumul.io, a data visualization company that provides a low-code platform for data analysis with integration into other SaaS platforms or applications, announced that it has raised €10M in a Series A round of funding. Cumul.io says it…
19 January 2023
- As a British Pakistani, who grew up in Dubai, Sacha Haider has experienced multiple cultures firsthand. After studying History and Politics at the University of Warwick, with hopes of becoming a news anchor, an internship at the PE arm of LVMH, L…
19 January 2023
- Layoffs in the tech sector have spread across small, medium and large enterprises and the trend continues in 2023. Microsoft is the latest corporation to announce massive job cuts, a move that will cost the company $1.2 billion in severance costs.…
19 January 2023
- A lucky Kenyan walked away with a smart TV after bidding with Sh5 bob on Bids Safi. Grace, who could not hide her joy as she received the Hisense Smart TV A4 series 43, said that she didn’t believe when she first received the call from Bids Safi…
19 January 2023
- Microsoft has announced that it will be laying off 10,000 employees by the end of March this year. The job cut affects around 5% of its workforce—more than the 1% that the company laid off last year.
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19 January 2023
- PAKAM Technology Limited has announced a pre-seed investment of $635,000. Pakam intends to achieve waste scarcity through digital tools while also developing a strong circular economy. This cash will be utilised to strengthen the company’s ecosystem…
18 January 2023
- TECNO mobile’s premium sub-brand, PHANTOM, has today launched its new flagship PHANTOM X2 Series at the GTC (Global Trade Centre) ?the Tallest landmark complex in East Africa. The PHANTOM X2...
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18 January 2023
- The final deadline for tech startups across Africa to apply for the fifth edition of Pitch Live at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi is coming quickly with applications closing, Friday 20th of January. Ten...
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18 January 2023
- DriveMe, a top mobile technology business in Nigeria, has declared that it will buy Go! in full. In Nigeria, TwentySix is a leading supplier of valet services. DriveMe will gain national exposure in the expanding valet service market thanks to the…
18 January 2023
- The tech sector had substantial instability in the second half of 2022. Social media goliaths Twitter and Meta reduced major portions of their workforces,cloud and e-commerce juggernaut Amazon stated it will lose tens of thousands of workers, and…
18 January 2023
- An initiative to foster technological and digital innovation is being approved by the Togo government on January 11, 2023. The executive branch met in the Council of Ministers and passed “the preliminary drafted law relating to the development of…
18 January 2023
- Predictions for enterprise resource planning (ERP) over the next few years have referenced artificial intelligence (AI), usability, process automation, and others. Technology will advance in these areas, but many companies still have an outdated…
18 January 2023
- Starlink, the satellite internet company owned by billionaire Elon Musk has indicated that it will be launching in Kenya by the second quarter of the year. The company‘s website currently displays a message indicating that it will be present in the…
18 January 2023
- Short-form video app TikTok has become the 2nd non-gaming app to reach an all-time high in in-app consumer spending, reaching over $6 billion in consumer spending as of the end of Q4 2022, according to Data.ai, an AI market intelligence group.The…
