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15 November 2022 - Sendy, a Kenyan company that helps with logistics and fulfilment, has said that MOL PLUS, the corporate venture capital arm of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, is giving it money as part of a new, undisclosed round to help it grow its fulfilment services in…

15 November 2022 - The first folding phones appeared on the smartphone market a few years ago. Smartphones with foldable screens that open to… The post Google Pixel Fold: The First Visual Of The Expected Foldable Phone Appears appeared first on TechMoran.

15 November 2022 - The planned layoffs will be the largest in business history, according The post Layoffs at Amazon are Expected to Begin This Week and Affect 10,000 Workers appeared first on TechMoran.

15 November 2022 - Safaricom has been contemplating the idea of mobile numbers for juniors for a while, and the idea is seemingly taking shape. During the company’s half-year results announcements last Friday, the company confirmed that kids will have their own…

15 November 2022 - The Anzisha Prize is a well-known program that helps young African entrepreneurs between the ages of 15 and 22 build their businesses. Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 group. Africans under the age of 22 who are starting businesses…

15 November 2022 - Eden Care, a digital insurer established in Rwanda and licensed by DOB Equity, Seedstars International, the Norrsken Foundation, and Bathurst Capital, has successfully concluded a pre-seed investment round. Eden Care is the first online insurance…

15 November 2022 - The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has directed financial institutions to work with more than four million Kenyans who have been blacklisted for defaulting on loans to help them repair their credit profile. CBK on Monday directed banks, microfinance…

15 November 2022 - GOMYCODE Nigeria, Africa’s biggest edtech platform, said that after its first hackerspace opened in January 2021 and was a success, its new flagship hackerspace will open in Lagos, Nigeria, in a bigger space. The new hackerspace is a unique…

15 November 2022 - After the COP27 Climate Summit in Cairo, Egypt, the South African government and its investment partners have started a big plan to switch from coal to green energy that will cost $8.5 billion. The UK, the US, France, Germany, and the European…

15 November 2022 - Late last week, the platform launched the first step of its TikTok Shops integration in the US. TikTok Shops are located on user profiles in a separate tab The post As part of its expanded eCommerce push, TikTok has opened its first in-app stores…

15 November 2022 - You may now play the game directly in the original Flight Simulator with Flight Simulator. Flight Simulator 2020 was released… The post You May now play Flight Simulator inside the Flight Simulator Game appeared first on TechMoran.

15 November 2022 - YouTube Music and Premium launched their subscription-based service in 2018, after several false starts. The platform has risen to rank among the world’s leading music streaming platforms, coming fourth after Apple Music, Spotify and Chinese-based…

15 November 2022 - Stellantis, a company that makes cars, has invested into Africar Group, a digital automotive market in Africa, to start up Auto24, a business that sells used cars in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Auto24 is a direct-to-consumer used car company that makes…

15 November 2022 - After announcing its entry into the Kenyan market recently, JuicyScore has now appointed Chris Akolo as its Regional Business Development Director for Kenya. The global leader in anti-fraud and risk management solutions says Mr. Akolo will be in…

15 November 2022 - Safaricom has announced its entrance into investments in unit trust by launching a new product called Mali. With Mali, customers will be able to earn daily interest with as little as Kshs. 100. A Mali Account as described by Safaricom is a unit…

15 November 2022 - Yassir, an on-demand marketplace that offers transportation, grocery delivery, banking, and more, just announced a $150 million Series B funding round from well-known investors from around the world.   Strategic investors like Y Combinator, DN…

15 November 2022 - Southeast Asia's biggest internet company, Sea Ltd has laid off more than 7,000 employees, or around 10% of its workforce, over the past six months, according to a report by The Information, citing two people with knowledge of the matter.This comes…

15 November 2022 - This is the time when people get to buy stuff at discounted rates. While local shops tend to be dishonest about deals, other markets take Black Friday stuff seriously, which is why some people choose to import stuff from outside the country. Not to…

15 November 2022 - South Africans are not performing well when it comes to cybercrime. We are ranked fifth out of 37 countries for most targeted cyberattacks and are one of the top 20 nations on the World Economic Forum’s 2019 Global Competitiveness Index according…

15 November 2022 - CutStruct Technology, a platform that digitizes construction process for efficiency has raised $600,000 in pre-seed funding led by Zedcrest Capital, DFS Labs, Lofty Inc and Kola Aina of Ventures Platform to build its premier product, LiveVend.…

15 November 2022 - Lentra, an Indian embedded AI-based finance startup, has raised a $60 million Series B that values the startup at over $400 million.The round was led by current investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Susquehanna International Group (SIG), with…

15 November 2022 - uqudo's CEO, Mohamed Fagiri recently spoke about his insights on scaling start-ups and building key products to help transform Africa.

15 November 2022 - The Board of Directors of Eutelsat have announced their approval towards the proposed combination between Eutelsat Communications and OneWeb.

15 November 2022 - Amdocs have released their Full Year Fiscal 2022 results wherein they saw a 10.3% revenue growth on a pro forma constant currency basis.

15 November 2022 - ZainTech has announced that they have come into a partnership with Oracle in an effort to help with the technology transformation of the region.

15 November 2022 - TelecomEgypt has reported a ww% increase in its consolidated revenue in the third quarter results of 2022.

15 November 2022 - Nokia, Liquid Technologies, and PayGoZo have announced that they are going to be providing affordable internet for South Africa’s Kayamandi Fiber Project.

15 November 2022 - Vodacom has been reportedly planning to roll out a range of financial service products in Egypt.

15 November 2022 - South African telehealth platform, Contro, has announced a R10.1 million (~$582,000) pre-seed round, which included participation from investors Plug & Play, iCubed Capital, WZ Capital, and the Jozi Angels Network, as well as grant funding from…

15 November 2022 -  SecondSTAX, a technology company that is building solutions to enhance intra-Africa capital and investment flows, launched the SecondSTAX Portal – a technology-driven order management and execution routing system for investment firms – in Kenya…

15 November 2022 - Microsoft Founder and Philanthropist Bill Gates is in Kenya and is expected to hold a series of public engagements. The... Source

15 November 2022 - Launched by the New York-based venture platform Modus, Modus Africa is a venture capital fund supporting blockchain and artificial intelligence startups in sub-Saharan Africa. In the first quarter of the next year, the fund is projected to attain…

15 November 2022 - Startup funding in the Middle East and North Africa region grew to $646 million over 69 deals in October 2022, a 343% growth from the previous month, and a 331% YoY growth from the $150 million raised in October last year.The October number brings…

15 November 2022 - Branch International, a San Francisco-based fintech with operations across Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and India, has announced the appointment of Seun… The post <strong>Branch International appoints Seun Agbede-Olafusi as Global Head of People…

15 November 2022 - Microsoft, through its Africa Transformation Office (ATO) has announced a partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support digital transformation in Africa’s agricultural sector.  In a session during the Adaptation and…

15 November 2022 - Moroccan retail-tech startup WafR, which helps retail brands to deliver promotions to grocers, has raised a further US$120,000 in funding as it continues structuring its network of grocers. Founded in 2021, WafR is an app that enables retail brands…

15 November 2022 - Green hydrogen offers an opportunity for Africa to capitalise on its massive renewable energy endowment.

15 November 2022 -  Jiji Kenya, the  online marketplace has announced Black Friday offers for both the buyers and sellers on their platform.  Sellers… The post Online marketplace Jiji announces Black Friday offers for buyers and sellers on their platform appeared…

15 November 2022 - Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Ajira Digital has celebrated the graduation of its first four cohorts of the AWS re/Start program... Source

15 November 2022 - OPPO Kenya has announced some smartphone deals that you can take advantage of during its  Black Friday Sale. The sale is now live and will be on all the way to November 30th, 2022. You...

15 November 2022 - OneWeb and its joint venture entity formed with Tonomus announce the signing of a distribution partnership agreement with Azyan Telecom – a leading satellite service provider in the Sultanate of Oman and the Middle East.

15 November 2022 - In an effort to aid Egypt's financial ecosystem Mastercard has announced a strategic partnership with Arab Africa International Bank.

15 November 2022 - Africell has announced that they have been given Sierra Leone's first 5G spectrum allocation to help launch 5G in the country.

15 November 2022 - There are many different amazing delicious drinks in the world. Today, we are going to talk about the magnificent ale. It is famous in almost all fantasy worlds. Many different... The post High Tech, Magnificent Delicious Ale appeared first on…

15 November 2022 - Nine startups have been selected to take part in the second edition of the Startup Wise Guys accelerator, which offers selected B2B Saas startups access to EUR65,000 (US$67,000) in funding, as well as an intensive five months of mentorship. Founded…

15 November 2022 - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN has today unveiled a new ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) for the African market. This is key because one of these facilities is based here in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was graced by…

15 November 2022 - If you frequently make calls to your friends, lovers, family members, co-workers, or company staff, you likely spend a lot on airtime. Therefore, MTN Closed User Group (CUG) offers you a subsidised plan to have limitless conversations with people…

15 November 2022 - Kenya’s IntaSend is providing payment infrastructure for startups, businesses, and developers to build secure and scalable fintech products faster.  Founded by Felix Cheruiyot and Moses Korir in September 2019, IntaSend enables startups and…

15 November 2022 - Months after Kenya-based marketplace Sky.Garden announced planned layoffs and a shutdown, the startup has secured fresh funding with the sale of its intellectual property. The new investment will bring the startup under new management. More in #…

15 November 2022 - There are many reasons why it is a good decision to incorporate a company. Perhaps the most obvious reason is that incorporating provides personal liability protection for the owners of the business. This means that if something goes wrong with the…