Al Gore puts $600M into UK Green energy-tech startup Octopus Energy Group
Former Vice President Al Gore has invested $600 million of equity into U.K. energy startup Octopus Energy Group via his Generation Investment Management vehicle,…
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Pan-African fintech startup KamPay launches blockchain-based payments, lottery platform
Pan-African fintech startup KamPay has launched a blockchain-based financial platform that is at the same time a payment system, a…
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Bitcoin Price Climbs to Highest in Nearly Two Weeks
Bitcoin rose on Friday to its highest level since around mid-September, bolstered in part by seasonal factors as well as…
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Amid lawsuit, eNaira website down as CBN postpones launch
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has postponed the launch of the eNaira — its digital currency — slated to launch on…
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Oaklinks.NG launches e-Commerce services to tackle sub-standard products
A Nigerian e-Commerce website developed by a startup, Oaklinks.NG has launched its range of services into the market on the month that…
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Internet Society Foundation launches new grant program to improve connectivity
The Internet Society Foundation has launched a new grant program to advance Internet access and connectivity around the world. Known as the BOLT program,…
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A new payments platform for African currencies is a push for independence from the dollar
High hopes for seamless intra-Africa trade under the terms of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) got a boost this week…
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Zimbabwe cracks down on currency dealers on social media and mobile money platforms
Zimbabwe is cracking down on social media and mobile money platforms to root out alleged “illegal currency dealers” that the…
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Twitter ban in Nigeria to be lifted if platform sets up a local office and pays taxes, president says
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari announced on Friday that the current Twitter ban would be lifted, but only if the social…
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TikTok starts flirting with NFTs
The NFT space has had quite the year, and while it can be difficult to separate the billions of dollars…
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NCC, NITDA, GBB, Zoho, others support #AfriTECH2021
Africa Tech Alliance Forum 2021 (#AfriTECH) has received support from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA),…
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Facebook Messenger, Instagram Get Cross-App Group Chat Feature, Group Typing Indicators, More
Facebook has announced a set of new features to enhance integration between Instagram and Messenger. The new features include cross-app…
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South Africans Are “Extremely Bullish” About Crypto – Luno
Cryptocurrency buying and selling platform Luno has conducted a survey of over 1000 of its customers in South Africa in August…
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Africa’s 5 Unicorn Startups – Which Has the Highest Valuation?
Recently, global engineering talent outsourcer Andela reached the highly exalted status as a unicorn startup – a startup with a…
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Nigeria’s Andela Achieves $1.5-Billion Valuation in Latest Series E Round
Andela, a global engineering talent outsourcing company launched in Nigeria in 2014 has secured a $200-million investment during a Series…
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Nigerian B2B payments platform Verto raises $10m Series A round
Nigerian startup Verto, a B2B payments platform that provides a fast, simple, and reliable way for small and medium-sized enterprises…
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Egyptian blockchain platform Pravica raises investment to drive decentralised identity
Cairo based Pravica, a communication platform using Blockchain technology to empower user privacy and security through decentralised identity, has announced an investment…
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SA’s Sun Exchange secures $2.5m funding to boost scaling efforts
South African startup Sun Exchange, a peer-to-peer solar leasing platform, has raised a further US$2.5 million in funding by way…
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SA startups invited to apply for mLab accelerator programme
mLab Southern Africa has opened applications for its StartUp Accelerator, offering selected companies access to mentorship, business clinics and grant…
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Nigerian ed-tech startup Edves raises $575k to bring more schools online
Nigerian ed-tech startup Edves has raised a US$575,000 seed funding round to help it improve its product and bring more…
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General Motors’ new software platform Ultifi is coming to vehicles starting in 2023
General Motors is rolling out Ultifi, a new end-to-end software platform in vehicles starting in 2023 that executives say will…
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Google is redesigning Search using AI technologies and new features
Google announced today it will be applying AI advancements, including a new technology called Multitask Unified Model (MUM) to improve Google Search….
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TikTok Shopping expands with more partnerships, LIVE Shopping, new ads and more
TikTok is expanding its investment in e-commerce. Earlier this year, the video platform began piloting TikTok Shopping in the U.S., U.K. and…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria Launches eNaira Website
Nigeria’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) website has gone live, signaling that the eNaira digital currency will be launched on October 1….
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TikTok now has over one billion monthly active users worldwide.
Tiktok announced in a blog post that it now has more than one billion monthly active users throughout the world,…
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Vodacom SA Partners Cybersecurity Firm Evina to Fight Mobile Fraud
Vodacom, one of SA’s leading network providers, has announced a partnership with mobile payments cybersecurity company, Evina, in a major…
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Andela Announces $200M Investment Led by SoftBank
Andela helps companies build remote engineering teams by providing them with access to the best software engineers in the world….
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Open banking in Africa after COVID-19
Open banking is a system where banks allow or authorize third parties, such as financial technology or fintech companies, to…
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Cyberchain Conference: Hackathon Competition Registration Is On
The third edition of the Cyberchain Conference, which is a two-day event, will kick off on the 19th of November…
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Nigeria’s Gokada expands into Ibadan, moves towards resuming ride-hailing
Gokada, the Nigeria-based last mile delivery, logistics and transportation startup, has launched in Ibadan following consolidated growth in Lagos. Founded…
