LinkedIn Raises Membership Fees in Kenya
LinkedIn, an American job-search social networking site, has raised membership fees and tariffs for premium services by up to Sh…
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SA emergency response startup RapidDeploy bags Nedbank investment deal
RapidDeploy, a South African emergency response platform, has raised equity capital from Nedbank CIB, the Nedbank Group’s corporate and investment…
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ICT Authority Partners With Kodris Africa to Implement Coding Curriculum in Kenya
The ICT Authority (ICTA) and Kodris Africa, an online publishing company, have agreed to establish a coding curriculum in a…
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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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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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Elev8 joins AWS Training Partner Program to revolutionize Africa’s cloud technology sector
Elev8 education, a global leader in digital skilling and transformative education, has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training Partner…
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ZOL, Zimbabwe’s Internet Service Provider Evolves to Liquid Home Zimbabwe
Liquid Home Zimbabwe is the new brand identity of ZOL, Zimbabwe’s premier Internet Service Provider. This redesign symbolizes the natural…
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VeelPay aspires to be Africa’s PayPal, offering low-cost international money transfers and payments to nearly everyone.
VeelPay, a new fintech platform, is expected to launch soon to enable rapid money transfers from anywhere to anywhere in…
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Kenya has the fastest growing Fintech sector in Africa.
The Financial Times (FT) has published its first annual ranking of Africa’s fastest-growing companies. In the twenty-first century global economy,…
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The Central Bank Finally Approves Egypt’s Khazna to launch the Khazna Card
Khazna, an Egyptian financial super app that provides underprivileged people and microbusinesses with simple, technology-driven financial services, has announced that…
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Nigerian home concierge startup Eden Life opens office in Kenya, acquires Lynk
Lynk, a Nigerian home concierge services scheduling platform, has expanded to Kenya, with its entry aided by its acquisition of…
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mPharma vows to Keep Providing Affordable Healthcare In Africa
The commitment of mPharma, a prominent African healthcare technology business, to offering affordable healthcare solutions in Africa has been reiterated….
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Cellulant Partners Collaborates With NALA to Facilitate Low-Cost Cross-Border Payments into Africa
NALA, a Tanzanian Fintech firm, has partnered with Cellulant, an African Payments Company, to facilitate remittance payments into Kenya, Uganda,…
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Reddit Releases $1 Million Community Fund to Support its Creators and Projects
With the introduction of a community fund, Reddit is giving new life to the dreams of several projects and creators….
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Kenyan electric vehicle company Opibus evolves to ROAM
The Kenyan electric vehicle company Opibus has rebranded as ROAM, following a strategic shift in the company’s vision as a…
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Techstars Unveils ARM Labs Techstars Accelerator in Lagos, Nigeria
Techstars, a global investment firm that provides early-stage entrepreneurs with access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and customized programming, has launched…
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Elon Musk Finally Acquires Twitter For $44 Billion
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is the sole owner and operator of Twitter at the time of…
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How building strong network can sustain a start-up
The idea of networking contributes to the growth and relevance of a startup. We are often familiar with the saying “no man…
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Egyptian payments startup Paymob opens office in Pakistan
Paymob, an Egyptian digital payments company, has expanded its operations into Pakistan, with the goal of providing online, POS, and…
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Fintech Startup Leatherback Completes $10m Pre-seed Funding For Expansion
Leatherback, a cross-border payments network based in the United Kingdom, has received a $10 million Pre-Seed fundraising round from Zedcrest…
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African Fintech Company, Kudi, Rebrands to Nomba
Kudi, an African payment network, has rebranded as Nomba. This was announced in a press release as part of the…
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TeamApt of Nigeria relaunches its Moniepoint product as a business bank
TeamApt, a Nigerian fintech startup, is relaunching its Moniepoint product as a business bank in order to provide a broader…
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Venture capital plays a “catalytic role” in innovation, but can investors get involved?
Venture capital plays a “catalytic role” in innovation and fills a critical gap in the global financial and business landscape,…
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Ghana’s PAL Announces Proprietary Payment Processing Platform
Founded in January 2020 by Dady Maël and Kader Saka, PAL creates its own payment infrastructure for cash-in and cash-out to…
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Kenyan AI-Driven Conversational E-commerce Startup Elloe Raises $1m Pre-Seed Round
Elloe is a first-of-its-kind AI-powered conversational commerce platform that allows SMEs to buy and sell products online across any messaging…
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Improving Service Experience to Increase Customer Satisfaction
Customer satisfaction should be a business aim as it is vital to success for all brands. Customer satisfaction can be improved…
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The Ultimate Guide for Leveraging Blockchain Technology in Your Business
The most well-known use of blockchain is to facilitate the emergence of digital currency. But did you realize that this…
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Egyptian Edtech Startup Sprints Secures $1.2 million in Series A Round
The Alexandria Angels Network, along with members of MED Angels and AUC Angels, Cubit Ventures, Challenge Fund, EdVentures, Falak Startups,…
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Nigeria’s Lemonade Finance is now Live in 7 new markets
Lemonade Finance, founded in 2020 by Ridwan Olalere and Rian Cochran and a participant in Y Combinator’s W21 batch last…
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Visa Launches its First African Innovation Studio in Kenya
Visa, a global leader in digital payments, announced the opening of a new Innovation Studio in Nairobi, Kenya, today. Its…
