Seedstars launches EWEA, a Program for Supporting Women-led Startups and Organizations in Africa
Women-led small to medium enterprises (WSMEs), as well as community enablers and entrepreneurship support programs in Africa, are encouraged to…
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4Di Capital Completes Second Close of a new $25 Million Seed Fund
The second closing of the new $25 million fund managed by South African seed capital firm 4Di Capital has recently…
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Heifer International CEO Reaffirms Commitment to Empowering More Smallholder Farmers in Africa
During a recent visit to Heifer International’s operations in Africa, Heifer’s new President and CEO, Surita Sandosham, reaffirmed the commitment…
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Kelvin Strengthens Executive Leadership Team to Serve Its Customers Better
Kelvin, the leading collaborative control software company delivering industrial intelligence, has bolstered its executive leadership team with strategic hires and…
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Kapu, a Kenyan Social Commerce Startup Founded by ex-Jumia Executive Raises $8 Million
The social commerce startup Kapu from Kenya has announced the raising of $8 million in early money. As food costs…
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Application is now Open for the 2nd Cohort of Venture for Africa Talent Programme
For its second batch of the VFA Fintech Product Management Bootcamp, Venture for Africa (VFA), an immersion program and talent…
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Nigerian Government to Introduce Crypto, Digital Assets Tax come 2023
According to Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning of Nigeria, the 2022 Finance Bill contains a…
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Sophos Launches Industry-First Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Service from an Endpoint Security Provider that Integrates Vendor Agnostic Telemetry
· Introduces Sophos Marketplace and $1 Million Breach Protection Warranty · Sophos X-Ops Identifies LockBit 3.0 Similarities to BlackMatter; Attackers Use Pentesting…
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Kenya-based Skincare Brand, Uncover secures $1M for Expansion across Africa
Africa’s beauty and personal care market is expanding rapidly as a result of its growing young and fashion-conscious population, rising…
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86 New African Graduates Emerge From the Alibaba Netpreneur Training
The latest edition of the Alibaba Netpreneur Training (“ANT”) Program has graduated 86 African entrepreneurs, according to Alibaba Global Initiatives…
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Google’s Hustle Academy has graduated 5,000 entrepreneurs.
Google held graduation ceremonies in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa to honor the 5,000 entrepreneurs who completed its Hustle Academy…
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The Cloud is a Growing Target for Cyberattacks, A New Sophos Survey Finds
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today published findings of a new survey, “The…
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MTN Zambia Unveils the Country’s Debut 5G Network
After successfully completing trials of the revolutionary technology over the previous 11 months, MTN Zambia has now launched its 5G…
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Despite being fragmented, Africa’s gaming sector is still the “next big thing.”
The gaming business in Africa is currently quite fragmented, consisting of only a few tiny studios, but it is still…
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Heifer Announces Three New Tech Innovators as Winners of Ayute Africa Challenge in Nigeria
Three young agric-tech innovators in Nigeria have emerged final winners of this year’s Agriculture, Youth and Technology (AYuTe) Africa Challenge…
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Orda, a startup in restaurant management in Nigeria, raises $3.4 million in an early round.
Orda, a Nigerian company that develops cloud operating systems for restaurants, has raised US$3.4 million in a seed round to…
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500 Global Join Forces With ITIDA to Open Egypt Office
As part of a holistic ecosystem plan that also sees it create an office in the nation and hire Amal…
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Apply: ygap Kenya Accelerator Programme
Applications are now being accepted for the ygap Kenya Accelerator Programme, which aids businesses in developing and validating their business…
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LoftyInc, an Early-stage Afrocentric VC Firm Completes Oversubscribed $14.3m Fund
An early-stage venture capital business called LoftyInc Capital Management has announced the final close of its LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund 3…
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Africa Data Centres to Construct 2MW Data Centre in Rwanda
An African technology company called Cassava Technologies has revealed that Kigali, Rwanda will be the site of its first data…
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African Fintech Startup, Djamo Secures $14 Million to Penetrate new Markets
Djamo, a fintech firm in Francophone Africa building a personal finance business, has acquired $14 million in equity funding to…
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Google Rolls out new Features for Gmail, Workspace Apps
Google has announced that its Workspace apps will soon receive updates that include new functionality. According to the search engine…
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Report: WhatsApp is Testing Voice Status Update for iOS Beta
iOS users will be able to send voice notes in their status updates thanks to a feature being developed for…
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Huawei Unveils Digitruck, an Initiative to Improve Ethiopian Students’ Digital Skills
In coordination with the Ministry of Education and iCOG Anyone Can Code, Huawei has launched its flagship initiative in Ethiopia…
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How SMEs Can Take Advantage of Social Media Advertising for Scalability
For every company out there, there is an in depth goal to increase her market share in both the local…
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We Have Almost Covered the Country with Our Connectivity Rollout- Galaxy Backbone
Galaxy Backbone, an information technology and shared services provider of the Federal Government of Nigeria, has said that it has…
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Solarise Africa Secures $33.4M for Pan-African Expansion
Solarise Africa, a pan-African Energy-as-a-Service provider, has received a $33.4 million facility from Lion’s Head managed fund, the Facility for…
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Multichoice Accelerator Programme Extends to 8 African Countries
The Multichoice Africa Accelerator Programme, which awarded $16 million in funding to six emerging tech companies last year, is now…
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Tanzanian, Kenyan, and Egyptian entrepreneurs have won Africa’s Business Heroes competition.
Founders from Tanzania, Kenya, and Egypt have been named Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) competition winners, a flagship philanthropic program established…
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Blockchain Will Redefine Company of the Future – Digital Encode CTO
Dr. Oluseyi Akindehinde, the Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Digital Encode Limited, has identified blockchain and the mobile…
