Topship, freight startup secures $2.5m seed fund from Flexport, others
Topship, a Nigerian digital freight company, has raised $2.5 million in seed capital. Flexport led the investment round, which included…
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Google is Removing Nearly 900,000 Apps From the Play Store
Nearly 900,000 apps have been removed from the Google Play Store. The IT giant announced that it is removing Android…
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Nigeria Will Join Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Africa in 5G Rollout
The 5G rollout in Nigeria will be overseen by MTN Nigeria in conjunction with Mafab Communications. According to the Nigeria…
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Nigerian fintech startup Bridgecard completes $440k pre-seed funding round
Bridgecard, a Nigerian fintech firm, has acquired $440,000 in pre-seed capital to expand its user base and develop its platform….
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Eko Innovation Centre & Gdm Group to Round Off Markhack 1.0 Hackathon With a Closing Ceremony & Gala Night on 18TH May 2o22
Eko Innovation Centre, one of the leading tech hubs in Nigeria, curators of events like Art of Technology Lagos, and…
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Android Auto receives update to support bigger screens, split-screen view
Android Auto is being updated. The latest version takes into account the ever-changing screen sizes of new autos. The split-screen…
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Africa Finance Corporation unveils US$2bn facility to speed up Africa’s economic recovery
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has established a US$2 billion facility to promote bank-driven economic recovery in Africa and the…
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How to add an extra layer of security to your digital business
Cybersecurity has become a requirement in the digital age, when everything is digital. Data breaches and cyberattacks have occurred in…
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Here are the major factors stalling the economic growth in Africa
Africa lags behind all other continents in terms of economic development. Some may believe that African countries lack resources, however,…
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Interswitch raises $110 million to bolster digital payments
According to a statement made by the two private investment firms on Wednesday, Interswitch has received $110 million in a…
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South African social innovators can now apply for SAB SHARP Awards
The SAB SHARP Awards, created in collaboration with the SAB Foundation, are aimed at innovators and social entrepreneurs with creative…
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Egyptian B2B?? e-commerce startup Teegara completes bridge funding round
The Alexandria Business Angels Network led an undisclosed bridge round for Egyptian company Teegara, a B2B e-commerce platform focused on…
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Abantu AI, a Kenyan startup introduces technology that can translate anything into indigenous African languages
Abantu AI, a Kenyan firm, has developed a deep learning engine for natural language processing (NLP) that can translate between…
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The Elon Musk-Twitter Deal Has Been Put on Hold: 10 Things to Know
Elon Musk revealed on Friday that the Twitter transaction is currently on hold due to the quantity of spam and…
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TopUp Mama, a Kenyan startup, earns $1.7 million in a seed round to help African businesses
TopUp Mama, a Kenyan startup that connects African eateries with supplies, banking services, and business management tools, has raised US$1.7…
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Identitypass, an African identity verification API, has raised $2.8 million in preliminary funding.
As more individuals gain access to the internet for the first time, mobile penetration in Africa is rising to around…
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Bankingly Keeps Revolutionizing Africa’s Fintech Landscape with Innovative Solutions
As the globe settles into this technological era, it becomes evident that digital banking is the way of the future….
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MARA secures $23M to develop Africa’s portal to the crypto economy
MARA, a Pan-African cryptocurrency exchange, has raised $23 million in funding from Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research (FTX), Distributed Global, TQ…
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Google Rolls out 30,000 Scholarships for African Developers
For aspiring and professional developers in Africa, Google has announced 30,000 Android and Google Cloud training scholarships. The goal of…
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Nigerian clean-tech startup Kaltani secures $4m to combat plastic pollution in Africa
Kaltani, a Nigerian clean-tech plastic waste recycling company, has received initial capital of $4 million to extend its recycling operations…
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Cellulant partners with UBA to launch gateway for cashless payments in Kenya
United Bank of Africa (UBA) Kenya has teamed with Pan-African payments business Cellulant to build a payments gateway to help…
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Paradigm Lands in Africa With $30M Series A Funding for Congo Based ‘Super App’ Jambo
Jambo, a Congo-based Web 3 super app firm, has raised $30 million in a series investment round headed by Paradigm….
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Egyptian startup, Paymob completes $50 million in a Series B funding round
Paymob, an Egyptian fintech firm, received $50 million in funding from PayPal Ventures, Kora Capital, and Clay Point. Additional investors…
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Zambian Africa GreenCo secures $15.5 million to expand its business operations
Africa GreenCo (GreenCo), a Zambian firm, has received $15.5 million in funding from InfraCo Africa, the Danish Investment Fund for…
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The World Economic Forum chooses Sendy as one of the leading 100 most promising 2022 Tech Pioneers
Sendy, a logistics startup based in Nairobi, has been selected one of the World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers” for 2022….
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54gene concludes the first phase of landmark Nigerian 100k Genome project
Through its non-profit initiative, the African Centre for Translational Genetics (ACTG), 54gene, the health technology company advancing African genomics research…
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Adeola Ajayi, Savings Manager for Nomba, Shares his Experiences Running one of Nigeria’s biggest fintech companies
Adeola Ajayi, the savings manager at Nomba, speaks in this interview on recent developments in the financial sector and shares…
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Liquid Intelligent buys Telrad to expand its digital solutions offering
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a pan-African technology company, stated on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy Telrad,…
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HAVAC, a South African venture capital firm completes a $20 million fund for early tech investments in Africa
HAVAC, a South African venture capital firm, has announced the third and final closing of the HAVAC Universum Core African…
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GoMetro, a South African logistics startup, has raised a $1 million seed round to help it expand
GoMetro, a South African logistics startup, has secured $1 million in a seed extension round to accelerate its growth, enhance…
