UPS Collaborates with Jumia to Expand its Logistics Services in Africa
Jumia, Africa’s first financial startup and now e-commerce behemoth, and UPS, the world’s largest shipping and receiving firm, have announced…
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Egyptian e-grocery marketplace, ON Market secures $215k pre-seed funding
ON Market, an Egyptian e-grocery marketplace, has raised US$215,000 in pre-seed capital to extend its operations in Cairo, Alexandria, Tanta,…
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Nigerian Government Orders Telcos to Bar 75-Million Unlinked SIMs
Telecommunication providers in Nigeria obeyed the Federal Government’s order on Monday to block any unlinked Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card…
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Churpy, a Kenyan fintech startup completes $1 million seed funding for pan African expansion
Churpy, a Kenyan fintech startup, has raised $1 million in seed funding to support growth into Egypt, Nigeria, and South…
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Twitter is Working on a Co-Author Feature
Twitter has begun testing the ‘co-author’ tweet feature, which Instagram will launch on its platform in 2021. This functionality comes…
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Moove collaborates with Swvl for EV buses in the Middle East, North Africa & Pakista
Swvl, Inc. (“Swvl”), a global provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, and Moove, the world’s first mobility fintech, announced…
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Eskimi Founder, Vytautas Paukstys, Highlights Global Digital Trends to Watch in 2022, Beyond
Today, we can attest to the rise in connected consumers who are demanding almost immediate engagement with brands to satisfy…
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Stax is bridging the gap between USSD and bank apps
Stax is a firm that moves banking with Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) from the phone dialer to an offline…
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Egyptian healthtech startup, O7 Therapy secures $2.1 million Seed round for expansion
O7 Therapy is a refined, scientific, and evidence-based online platform designed to assist clients from all over the world in…
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Strove, a South African employee wellness firm, plans to expand throughout Europe following its launch in the United Kingdom
Strove, a South African employee wellness firm, is looking to expand further in Europe after debuting in the United Kingdom…
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Klas, a Nigerian ed-tech startup, has received $130,000 in angel capital
Klas, a Nigerian ed-tech firm that allows anyone to create an online school and provide live classes, has acquired $130,000…
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Africa Data Hub Announces Community Journalism Fellowship (ACJF) 2022/2023
Africa Data Hub (ADH) is commencing its Community Journalism Fellowship Programme. This initiative aims to improve the coverage of under-reported…
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Red Flag for Ransomware: Attackers Are Using the Log4Shell Vulnerability to Deliver Backdoors to Virtual Servers, Sophos Research Shows
OXFORD, U.K. – March 31, 2022 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has released findings on how attackers are using…
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How two Nigerian companies are using technology to transform the reuse of waste
Wura is a mobile app that allows you to give and receive used stuff from people in Nigeria that are…
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Kenya’s New Cyber Shujaa Program To Equip 2,000 Youth
A cyber training project has been launched by USIU-Africa, Kenya Bankers Association, and Serianu. The program will train 2,000 people,…
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Nigeria’s Techiva Technologies bags SheTrades Hackathon with a cash prize of $10,000
Techiva Technologies, a Nigerian IT consulting firm, was named the winner of the SheTrades Hackathon and received a cash reward…
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Andela unveils talent-matching platform
Andela Wednesday, a talent outsourcing firm, has announced that it is expanding its services beyond engineering to encompass design, data,…
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Tushop Completes $3M Pre-Seed Funding to Boost Community Group-Buying in Kenya
Tushop, a Kenyan social-commerce site that allows Nairobi residents to buy goods for less money with free delivery, has raised…
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Egyptian financial super app Khazna completes $38m in Series A round to boost expansion
Khazna, an Egyptian financial super app that provides underprivileged consumers and micro-businesses with easy-to-use, technology-driven financial services, has received a…
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Bridging the Skills Gap in Institutions of Higher Learning in Nigeria
What is Skill Gap? The concept of skill gap characterizes the divergence that currently exists in what potential job prospects are required…
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Telkom and PEACE Cable Company Launches New High-Speed Submarine Cable in Kenya
PEACE Cable, in collaboration with Telkom, Kenya’s third largest telecoms company, has landed a new submarine cable in Mombasa. The…
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The Mobile Money Sector Processes $1 Trillion in 2021
The GSMA has released its tenth annual ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’ today. It reveals that mobile…
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NowNow is working on a financial literacy program ‘for all Nigerians’
NowNow Digital Systems, a fintech founded by Sahir Berry in 2018 that provides payment gateways to merchants, announced Wednesday at…
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Egyptian Market research startup, Intella completes $1 million Seed round for expansion
Intella, the Middle East and North Africa’s first real-time intelligence provider, has announced a $1 million seed funding round led…
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SA fintech startup, Sticitt secures oversubscribed round of seed funding
Sticitt, a South African fintech startup, has received an oversubscribed round of seed funding to help it grow. Sticitt, which…
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Women, Youth & the Next Generation
In the last few years, we’ve seen great innovation across various industries, breakthroughs for marginalised communities, and a digital revolution…
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Egyptian Robo-advisory startup Xpovi completes $300,000 pre-Seed round for expansion
After closing a USD300,000 Pre-Seed Round led by StrategicAngel Investors, Xpovi, a Robo-advisory startup, plans to scale-up autonomous financial and…
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Egyptian Startup Otida completes $340k in Pre-seed Round for expansion
Otida, an Egyptian health-tech startup, has raised $340,000 in a pre-seed round led by Texas-based VC Lofty Inc., with participation…
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SA startups can start applying for the latest edition of Grindstone accelerator
Grindstone, a South African business accelerator that provides selected companies with access to a structured entrepreneurship development program, is now…
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CredPal completes $15m debt equity funding, set for Ghana, Kenya expansion
CredPal, a digital lending startup, has announced a $15 million debt financing from Credit Direct, a subsidiary of First City…
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