16 startups named finalists for 2021 VC4A Venture Showcase
Sixteen seed and Series A level African tech startups have been named finalists for the 2021 VC4A Venture Showcase, which…
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AstraZeneca, RAEng partnership to boost African healthcare innovators
Global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) have announced a new partnership to establish connections between…
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Tunisian logistics startup Lamma raises funding from Orange Ventures
Tunisian last mile delivery startup Lamma has secured an undisclosed investment from Orange Ventures to fuel its international expansion. Founded…
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The rise of African tech unicorns,with 4 startups having recently reached a $1 billion valuation
African unicorns have made big news in recent months, with four startups having recently reached a $1 billion valuation or more this…
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Kenya’s Sendy invests in Ivory Coast-based logistics startup Kamtar to accelerate pan-African expansion plans
Kenyan logistics startup Sendy has completed a strategic equity investment in Ivory Coast-based counterpart Kamtar to boost the former’s expansion…
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Bitcoin Gets Closer to $60,000, Dogecoin Value Continues to Slip
Bitcoin continues to one-up its previous days best and moves past $57,000 (roughly Rs. 42 lakhs) for the first time…
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TLcom to host 3rd Africa Tech Female Founder Summit
Africa-focused venture capital firm TLcom Capital will host the third edition of the Africa Tech Female Founder Summit virtually tomorrow…
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6 reasons why Africa’s new free trade area is a global game changer
• AfCFTA, the largest global free trade area by countries participating, could transform the continent’s economic prospects. • It aims…
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GitOps Best Practices: Orchestrating Continuous Delivery with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
From my perspective, GitOps has completely changed how to achieve flawless Continuous Delivery. The infrastructure as code (IaC) approach of…
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Zoho emerges Africa Tech Alliance Alliance Forum (#AfriTECH2021) lead sponsor
Zoho Corporation has been named the lead sponsors of Africa Tech Alliance Forum 2021 (#AfriTECH2021), by the organisers. The hybride event (both online…
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Instagram will warn kids if they consume too much ‘sensitive’ content
After accusations of ignoring mental health impact on teens using Instagram, Facebook will roll out new measures to make amends. These measures…
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Nigeria’s Opay is the only African fintech listed in the 2021 Top 250 by CB Insights
The African tech startup space has continued to be dominated by financial technology companies. These fintech companies have gained more…
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A Community feature for WhatsApp is reportedly in the works
WhatsApp was working on adding lots of new features recently. The most recent improvement the popular messaging app is going…
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Favour Ori’s new fintech startup, Payday raises $1m pre-seed to build Africa’s paypal
Payday, a Pan-African financial technology company has announced a $1m pre-seed fund raise. According to the startup, the raise will help…
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Africa Code Week initiative aims to bridge Africa’s digital divide
Africa’s biggest digital skills initiative, SAP Africa Code Week (ACW), officially launched yesterday with a strong focus on virtual learning as the…
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Aggregators are enabling independent voices in Kenya’s controlled news circuit
Kenya is all about the news. No, literally, “Habari”, a common greeting in Swahili, means “Any news?” in English. Everyone…
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Impact of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram outage on businesses
Recently, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook faced a long six-hour outage. Initially, many people blamed it on their internet service provider…
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Digital technology: friend or foe against climate change?
From the energy that goes into making smartphones to the fact that even emails create carbon emissions, the world’s internet…
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Tiger Global backs African fintech Mono in $15M Series A round
Mono, an African startup that helps connect consumers’ bank accounts to financial applications, has raised a $15 million Series A…
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WhatsApp to Add Ability to Pause Recording Voice Messages, Fix for Chat Backup Issue Found
WhatsApp is reportedly working on letting users pause voice recordings while they are being recorded, through a future update. The…
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AB InBev opens applications for Beer Garage Africa Innovation Challenge
The world’s largest beer company, AB InBev, has partnered Hindsight Ventures to launch the Beer Garage Africa Innovation Challenge, which…
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Product Management in ECommerce
Product Management (PM) in general seems to have a different job description depending on the company. Some focus more on…
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VC4A & ABAN bring together the African Early Stage Investor Community at #AESIS2021
Welcoming investors to join the 8th edition of the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit #AESIS2021 online and offline on 4…
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Five emerging cities around the world to launch a startup
America since long has dominated the world of start-ups along with buzzing activities in venture capital. However, now the craze…
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Businesses Need to Be “Data Driven” for True Digital Transformation says Altron
Over and above leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud services; it has been widely acknowledged that the key building block…
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Why is Nigeria So Anti-Tech?
The Nigerian federal government has, within the last 12 months, enacted a series of bans and restrictions across a country…
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Crypto remittances are a lifeline for the world’s most vulnerable
Cryptocurrency remittances are a lifeline for Afghans after the abrupt U.S. withdrawal led to Western Union temporarily ceasing operations and…
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The pandemic put a spotlight on the need to invest in women founders
Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic created catastrophic effects in our communities, educational systems and, most importantly, our careers and…
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Update : Apply for UCT GSB E-Track Programme Cohort Five
Deadline: 11 October, 2021 The University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate School of Business (GSB) Solution Space, in partnership with…
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Kenyan retail-tech startup MarketForce expands to Nigeria
MarketForce, the Kenya-based B2B platform for retail distribution of consumer goods and digital financial services, has made Nigeria its first…
