Tech

15 June 2022 - Microsoft has reaffirmed its commitment to working with both the private and public sectors to accelerate digital transformation in African agriculture in order to increase food security for the continent.... The post Microsoft to work with government…

15 June 2022 - Instead of having to delete and re-upload a whole video, YouTube now lets you edit parts o your video that needs correction. The feature dubbed Corrections will let creators easily add more obvious corrections to their already uploaded content.…

15 June 2022 - Congo-based businessman Michel Djombo highlights three opportunities he believes hold potential for prospective investors and entrepreneurs.

15 June 2022 - Kenyan fintech start-up, Patika has been accepted into the Y Combinator S22 batch. The Y Combinator is the most prestigious... Source

15 June 2022 - Microsoft has reaffirmed its commitment to working with both the private and public sectors to accelerate digital transformation in African agriculture in order to increase food security for the continent. Speaking during a virtual roundtable...

15 June 2022 - The Nigerian government has finally confirmed plans to regulate internet companies operating in the country. In a draft released on... Source

15 June 2022 - Mozilla has unveiled a course for SMEs and startups in Kenya to increase their awareness and capabilities on the use and management of data collected in their day-to-day business operations. The online course, Lean Data Practices (LDP), will be hosted…

15 June 2022 - Mozilla has today unveiled a course for SMEs and startups in Kenya to increase their awareness and capabilities on the use and management of data collected in their day-to-day business operations. The online course, Lean Data Practices (LDP), will be…

15 June 2022 - Coinbase will cut down the size of its workforce by 18 per cent to weather the economic downtime in the crypto market. The layoffs will affect employees across all sectors including senior leaders who have worked diligently to identify appropriate…

15 June 2022 - The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority‘s (KEMSA) is turning to ICT to enhance its organisational integrity and efficiency have moved a notch higher; with the adoption of a new inventory management policy. The new Inventory management policy adopted by…

15 June 2022 - A new $75 million green lending programme has been structured to direct much needed financing through MSME banks to support small-scale green projects across Africa, South and Southeast Asia. The British International Investment (“BII”), the UK’s…

15 June 2022 - Cartlow, a UAE-based reverse logistics provider has raised $18 million in its Series A funding round led by Al Sulaiman Group based in Saudi Arabia. The fund will enable the firm to expand its operations and services in Saudi Arabia and the UAE,…

15 June 2022 - Upgrad, an edtech firm focusing on higher education learning and upskilling has raised $255 million in its new funding round, at a $2.25 billion valuation. The firm offers educational services including study abroad test prep, undergrad degrees to…

15 June 2022 - Groyyo, India-based manufacturing and automation business-to-business (B2B) platform has raised $27 million in its Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. The investment gives Tiger Global a 12.7% stake in the firm.Groyyo uses AI to improve…

15 June 2022 - A subsidiary of Kenya Airways Jambojet and Pan-African payments company Cellulant have partnered to award customers over 600 discount vouchers, each worth Kes 3,000 ($25.58). The vouchers will be available to all customers that sign up for Jambojet…

15 June 2022 - The expansion of mobile internet access in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is continuing at pace, but risks leaving women further behind, according to new analysis published today by the GSMA. The GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report 2022 shows that…

15 June 2022 - Flip, an Indonesia-based fintech platform has secured $55 million in its Series B funding round led by Tencent, with participation from Block and Insight Partners. The fund will be used to develop its engineering and product teams, invest in new…

15 June 2022 - Flutterwave, Africa’s cross-border payments startup has appointed American Express and Kabbage, executive Oneal Bhambani as its new Chief Financial Officer after its recent $250 million Series D funding, valuing the company at over $3 billion.…

15 June 2022 - Francophone e-commerce super app, Gozem, has secured $10 million from the International Financial Commission (IFC) to provide access to affordable vehicle financing in Togo and Benin.

15 June 2022 - Francophone e-commerce supper app, Gozem, has secured $10 million from the International Financial Commission (IFC) to provide access to affordable vehicle financing in Togo and Benin.

15 June 2022 -   Jiji Kenya, a popular online classified platforms in Kenya  has won The Best Classifieds Award for the third time in a row Despite stiff competition from many other classifieds Jiji Kenya is once again proud to be maintaining its top position. The…

15 June 2022 - Orange Egypt recently announced a strategic partnership with Spotify to provide its customers a personalized music experience in Egypt.

15 June 2022 - Remember that one time a colleague or friend asked to borrow your wireless earbuds and you awkwardly declined or grudgingly gave them away and said she could keep them? That you had another pair (a...

15 June 2022 - South African edtech company Snapplify has launched Teacha!, a resourceful marketplace where teachers can buy and sell their teaching resources. The digital education firm has cut a niche in its space by providing digital tools for learners and…

15 June 2022 - Microsoft, a giant technology corporation that produces computer software, is officially discontinuing Internet Explorer on Wednesday after nearly 27 years of launching the once-dominant browser. Microsoft announced a year ago that the popular web…

15 June 2022 - African fintech firm, Flutterwave has announced the appointment of Oneal Bhambani as its new Chief Financial Officer. He joins Flutterwave... Source

15 June 2022 - Open Access Data Centres has announced that they are going to deploy nine OADC EDGE Data centres in South Africa.

15 June 2022 - Zain Bahamas has announced that they have extended their roaming coverage to the Bahamas Islands.

15 June 2022 - Ooredoo Business and Huawei have announced that they have come into a partnership to help drive the digital transformation in Kuwait.

15 June 2022 - Telkom SA SOC has announced that they have published the annual financial results for the financial year that ended on 31st March 2022.

15 June 2022 - Realme has announced plans to unveil its latest device in the C series, the realme C35 in Kenyan in the next few weeks. The Realme C35 is the lightest and thinnest phone in the C series, as thin as 8.1mm and as light as 187g, making it very light and…

15 June 2022 - Africa Data Centres, part of the Cassava Technologies Group, a pan-African technology group, is pleased to announce building a second data centre in Cape Town, South Africa. The new 20MW facility will cover 15,000 square meters in eight data halls and…

15 June 2022 - Kenya’s financial services sector, in particular its banking, is the largest, fastest-growing, and most mature in East Africa. This means... Source

15 June 2022 - Africa Data Centres, part of the Cassava Technologies Group, a pan-African technology group, is pleased to announce building a second data centre in Cape Town, South Africa. The new 20MW facility will cover 15,000 square meters in eight data halls and …

15 June 2022 - The federal government of Nigeria has proposed new regulations that will apply to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well as any other social media platform that is currently active in the country.  Regulating the social media…

15 June 2022 - Photoshop wants to reach out to more people and will utilize the freemium model. While skilled users laud the number of features and quality of tools available in Adobe’s program, Photoshop remains a costly option for many people. Adobe may have…

15 June 2022 - Launch Africa Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, has made its 100th investment, making it the most active investor in African tech businesses, and has completed its first fund at $36.3 million.  Fund 1 announced its 100th investment at the…

15 June 2022 - Users of WhatsApp now have the option to utilize the Move to iOS software from Apple to move your discussion chat history, images, videos

15 June 2022 - Egyptian startup DXwand, an omnichannel conversational AI and digital assistant tool, has closed a pre-Series A funding round of US$1 million to expand across the region and accelerate its AI research. DXwand has built a Conversational AI application…

15 June 2022 - The World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), wants to invest up to €25 million ($26.43) in Partech Africa Fund II (PAF II), a Paris-based venture capital firm.  In its disclosures, the IFC stated that it intends to…

15 June 2022 - DXwand, an Egyptian company that offers conversational artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, has raised $1 million in a pre-series A round. Huashan Capital, based in Shanghai, led the funding round.  Angel investors Mohsen Abulleil and Ahmed Bakeer…

15 June 2022 - The Global Startup Awards is holding its first Africa Summit in Cape Town, South Africa at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

15 June 2022 - Virridy has raised $5.5 million in Series A funding to help expedite the development and implementation of its satellite-connected sensors for water, energy, and agricultural resource management.  Existing investors FHI 360, Cleo Capital, Reverent Rock…

15 June 2022 - Getting paid for work is not an easy task in Nigeria. There’s always some sort of issue with the structures of the banks; it can be transferring money from one account to another or even withdrawing a relatively small amount. Sometimes, obtaining a…

15 June 2022 - Flutterwave has announced the appointment of Oneal Bhambani as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Bhambani joins the Nigerian fintech startup from American Express and Kabbage where he managed fintech products. Kabbage is a subsidiary of American…

15 June 2022 - GOMYCODE, a Tunisian ed-tech firm, recently closed an $8 million Series A investment led by AfricInvest and Proparco through the Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF); Wamda Capital, who had previously participated in the Seed round, has also…

15 June 2022 - Bits of Stock, an Amsterdam-based fintech platform, announced that it has secured $4.4M in a Seed round of funding from Keen Venture Partners and Yellow Accelerator by Snap Inc. The Dutch company plans to use the funds to double its size and onboard…

15 June 2022 - Africa Data Centres, a pan-African technology firm which forms part of the Cassava Technologies Group, has announced the building of a second data centre in Cape Town, South Africa. The new 20MW facility will cover 15,000 square meters in eight data…

15 June 2022 - CoachHub, a German digital coaching platform, announced that it has secured $200M in a Series C round of funding led by Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Molten Ventures, Speedinvest, HV Capital, Signals Venture Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank/SVB…

15 June 2022 - Bonn-based public-private venture capital investment firm High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has unveiled its fourth fund with over €400 million in commitments to fund early-stage startups in Germany.  This remains the biggest fund unveiled by the company…