Unifi is Transforming Zambia’s Credit Landscape
An East African market that is underserved by personal loan providers is where Zambia’s Unifi hopes to reinvent personal credit….
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MTN Y’ellopreneur provides capacity-building and funding for female entrepreneurs.
MTN Y’ellopreneur is a program of the MTN Foundation created in partnership with the Bank of Industry to offer eligible…
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Codehub Africa Arrives in Ibadan to Take Digital Skills to Underserved Areas
The first physical-digital learning hub from Codehub Africa, the creators of Code School Africa, was formally inaugurated on June 28…
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Report: Instagram is Experimenting With how to Turn Video Posts Into Reels
Instagram is now testing a feature that will reel in video posts. The shift is reportedly being tested with a…
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Zoho Launches Custom Tools for Kenyan Businesses
The Zoho suite of applications and services is popularized by India’s Zoho Corporation. It was established in 1996 and has…
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Moove Receives $20m Debt Funding From British International Investment
The UK government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI), the British International Investment (BII), said on Thursday that it has invested $20…
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UK’s Telesmart.io Partners With Africa’s Liquid on Innovative Cloud Computing Solution
According to a press release from the firm, Liquid Cloud, a division of pan-African technology service provider Cassava Technologies, has…
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Afrocentric PR Firm, Wimbart Announces the 4th Edition of Office Hours Programme
The fourth iteration of the PR Office Hours program has been introduced by the London-based Wimbart public relations (PR) firm,…
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Cybersecurity skills survey highlights opportunities for diverse talents in South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa, 30 June 2022 – More than half of cybersecurity professionals agree that people don’t need a university degree…
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Google to Discontinue Hangouts Come November
Hangouts hasn’t been utilized in more than three years. Although the platform was launched in 2013, its last ceremony will…
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Wentors’ Tribe Mentorship Program for Women of Color in Technology is now Open
We can now work from anywhere in the globe thanks to the internet. We experienced the great resignation and the…
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Cloudmania Bags the Microsoft Partner of the Year Award
Ethiopia has been named the Microsoft Partner of the Year for 2022, as revealed on Wednesday by Cloudmania, an exclusive…
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Norway’s Ignite Procurement Secures $7.1 Million in Series A Funding Round
Ignite Procurement, based in Oslo, has secured $7.1 million in a Series A fundraising round. Ignite gives procurement experts a…
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Odibooks, Kenyan Startup Launches Accounting Platform for SMEs
An accounting tool that enables SMEs to automate and manage all of their corporate financial procedures has been released by…
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Mexican Proptech Around Secures $3.8 Million
In order to grow from Mexico to the rest of Latin America, Proptech Around, the “Netflix of real estate,” raised…
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SweepSouth, South African Cleaning Service Startup Arrives in Nigeria
SweepSouth, a new home cleaning company in South Africa, has announced its entry into Nigeria. SweepSouth is an online platform…
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Mozilla Partners With Aga Khan University to Launch Intuitive App for a Smoother User Experience
A user-friendly and interactive App called Pocket has been unveiled by Mozilla in collaboration with the Aga Khan University with…
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Zambia’s Agritech Start-up, Aiponics Announces New Digital Farmers’ Market
The Hrvst digital farmers’ market was introduced by Aiponics, a well-known AgriTech business, to make it easier for customers and…
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Kenya’s Stanbic Bank Supports Over 45,000 Women Entrepreneurs and Businesses to Promote Financial Inclusion
Over the past three years, Stanbic Bank Kenya has had an impact on more than 45,000 female business owners by…
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Proparco Group Closes Pre-Series-A Investment in Moringa to Promote its Africa Expansion
To help Moringa expand outside of Kenya, renowned investor Proparco (AFD Group) has completed a pre-series-A investment in the tech-based…
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Kenyan, Ugandan Business Owners Join Hardware-led Social Innovation Accelerator
The regional winners of the 2022 ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW), a global accelerator of hardware-led social innovation, have been revealed…
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Kenyan Money Transfer Startup, Kyanda Opens Office in South Africa
The money transfer app Kyanda, a Kenyan fintech firm that seeks to enable users to complete a variety of transactions…
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Nigeria’s Abeg Rebrands to Pocket App, Gets AIP for Mobile Money Operator License
If you enjoy watching Big Brother Naija (BBN), you probably know about Abeg, one of the major sponsors for the…
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Students affected by the ASUU strike can upgrade their skills thanks to scholarships from Nexford and PiggyVest.
The next-generation university Nexford University in Washington, DC, announced its most recent collaboration with PiggyVest, an African fintech that assists…
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Fintech Startup, Nomanini Unveils New App for Retailers in Africa
The debut of StockNow, a new supply chain finance solution that connects FMCGs and financial service providers to serve Africa’s…
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British International Investment Partners With Norfund, Scatec to Invest $200 Million in African Hydropower
In its joint venture with Scatec ASA, British International Investment, the UK’s development finance organization, is collaborating with Norfund, the…
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Zoho Unveils Africa Digital Enabler Plan to Assist Small Busineses in Nigeria, Opens new Office
The multinational technology company Zoho today introduced its Zoho Africa Digital Enabler package in Nigeria in order to assist small…
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Ghana’s Fido Secures $30M in Series A Round to Launch New Products and Facilitate Pan-African Expansion
Fido, a fintech company with headquarters in Ghana, has raised $30 million in a Series A round of fundraising with…
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CBE Grants Egyptian Fintech Startup Lucky Approval to Launch Payments Card
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has granted final approval to Egyptian fintech firm Lucky to introduce the “Lucky One”…
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Egypt’s MNT-Halan Buys B2B e-Commerce Platform Talabeyah
For an undisclosed sum, Egypt-based fintech MNT-Halan purchased Talabeyah, a B2B e-commerce site that sells FMCG goods. By utilizing technology,…
