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…
20 October 2022
- London-based OutThink, a SaaS-based cybersecurity human risk management platform, announced that it has raised $10M in a Seed round of funding. The round was led by AlbionVC. Additionally, TriplePoint Capital, Forward Partners, Gapminder, and …
20 October 2022
- Belgian startup Raito, has raised €4 million in a seed funding round. The startup aims to help data teams improve productivity through the simplification of data access management. Founded by Collibra’s former Product Manager for Data Privacy Bart…
20 October 2022
- Shopr.tv, a live commerce startup, has raised $1.7 million in funding from institutional investors Beenext and Y-Combinator, along with angel investors. The startup, founded in 2021 by entrepreneurs Akhil Suhag, Akshay Suhag, Mukul Anand, and Tushar…
20 October 2022
- After working as an IT consultant in Europe for over a decade, Eric Medji took advantage of a business opportunity in his home country Benin.
20 October 2022
- KCB Bank Kenya customers now have an opportunity to seamlessly receive funds from the diaspora to their accounts in Kenya,…
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20 October 2022
- We carried out a survey of cartoons late millennials and Gen Z enjoyed watching growing up. Here's a list of the top picks and where to watch/download them online legally and for free.
20 October 2022
- Wealthy private investors and a tech-savvy middle class in Africa are helping to bridge early-and-growth stage funding gaps for startups as platforms emerge to help funnel diaspora cash into the continent’s rapidly expanding venture capital market.
20 October 2022
- Safaricom has announced a partnership with Youtube to help promote Short Video content by offering low-cost bundles for its users.
20 October 2022
- NCC has announced its decision to direct MTN and Airtel to reverse the 10% hike in tariff.
20 October 2022
- Cape Town will serve as the location of the new organization’s headquarters. In its capacity as an implementation dealer, the…
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20 October 2022
- Blockchain startup, Shardeum, has raised $18.2 million in a seed round of funding, the company said in a statement. The round saw participation from close to 50 investors, including Jane Street, Struck Crypto, The Spartan Group, Big Brain Holdings…
20 October 2022
- KCB Bank Kenya customers will now be able to seamlessly receive funds from the diaspora to their accounts in Kenya, powered by a partnership with TerraPay.(an affiliate company of Terra-Pay Group, a UK-headquartered digital payments infrastructure…
20 October 2022
- South African startup Cape AI has been acquired by AI solutions provider in order to scale its offering that makes such solutions available to large enterprises across Africa. Founded in 2019 by Pieter Boon and Adit Mehta, Cape AI helps businesses…
20 October 2022
- Whether your make-up routine is light and barely there or you favour a glam and dramatic look, these must-have beauty items are prerequisites in the cosmetics bag of every makeup-wearing woman.
The post 10 Must-have Beauty Items for Today’s Woman…
20 October 2022
- Liquid Telecom South Sudan has announced that they have re-branded as Liquid Intelligent Technologies.
20 October 2022
- Large organisations that operate in Africa often have issues with payment collection due to the varying currencies on the continent, differing government policies and fragment payment systems. To remedy this, these organisations have to hire an in-…
20 October 2022
- Network International has announced that they have witnessed a 28% increase in their year-on-year revenue in the third quarter results of 2022.
20 October 2022
- TransUnion has announced that they have expanded its global automation capabilities with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
20 October 2022
- Ericsson has announced the launch of their third-quarter results in 2022 wherein they saw their group organic sales grow 3%.
20 October 2022
- The fund will fast-track Bumpa’s goal to build the future of commerce for African sellers. Other investors who participated in the round were Plug & Play Ventures — through their commerce fund, SHL Capital — Sahil Lavingia, CEO of Gumroad, Magic…
20 October 2022
- Ransomware attacks are real, ever-present and wreaking havoc across the board for businesses. The bad news is that this type of cybercrime does not just target large multinationals. In fact, these are most likely avoided as an attack is expected,…
20 October 2022
- Ten semi-finalists have been selected for the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge, the winner of which will secure US$50,000 in equity funding. Founded in Ghana in 2008 by serial entrepreneur Jorn Lyseggen, MEST is a pan-African software and entrepreneurship…
20 October 2022
- Although the metaverse will take years to gain measurable momentum, we already see its potential to advance the SDGs.
20 October 2022
- As technology-led innovations take centre stage in Africa, countries are putting in place policies to support innovation and accelerate the growth of startups. Nigeria has become the latest country to pass a Startup Bill, giving a more formal…
20 October 2022
- Alibaba Global Initiatives (AGI), a professional training arm under Chinese tech giant Alibaba, has enrolled the second class of more than 360 African entrepreneurs for its Alibaba Netpreneur Training program. This is the company’s philanthropic…
20 October 2022
- Kenyan-Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer Roam has launched the first mass transit electric bus to ply various routes in Nairobi. The bus, with a capacity of 90 passengers is part of the company’s strategy to build vehicles for mass…
20 October 2022
- Egypt’s MaxAB, a food and grocery B2B e-commerce and distribution platform serving a network of traditional retailers across Egypt and Morocco, has closed a US$40 million pre-Series B equity round to fuel its expansion across the MENAP region. …
20 October 2022
- Looks like MTN wants to be everywhere you go—except in open relationships.
Yesterday, MTN and Telkom jointly announced that talks of a merger between them have been terminated. Telkom says it's because it could not assure MTN of exclusivity.…
20 October 2022
- Moove, the world’s first mobility fintech and Uber’s largest vehicle supply partner in EMEA, is announcing it has raised £15 million in financing from Emso Asset Management to scale up its UK operations following a successful launch in August. The…
20 October 2022
- The state-owned provider of digital payment solutions, eFinance Group, has invested $5 million in Nexta, an Egyptian company that intends to release its banking app in the upcoming months. This information comes after Nexta disclosed a $2 million…
20 October 2022
- South African Internet giant Naspers has announced the sale of its Russian classifieds business Avito for RUB 151 billion (~$2.3 billion), through its Dutch-based technology investor Prosus.Naspers had disclosed its desire to exit the Russian…
20 October 2022
- Microsoft is building an Xbox mobile store to directly offer games on mobile devices, in a move that could see it challenge Apple and Google, according to filings with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).Recall that earlier this year,…
20 October 2022
- Streaming giant Netflix says it is planning to launch its own cloud gaming platform, after venturing into mobile gaming a year ago, according to Mike Verdu, the company’s VP of Games."We’re very seriously exploring a cloud gaming offering so that we…
20 October 2022
- SpaceX has announced that it is launching its Starlink satellite internet service on private jets and airplanes, as the company looks to expand further into the inflight WiFi market.The company is touting speeds up to 350 Mbps, which would allow…
