Amazon is Planning to Penetrate the African Marketplace
According to news initially reported by Business Insider, Amazon, a global e-commerce technology company, plans to expand to African countries…
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Vetwork, Egyptian Petcare Provider Secures Bridge Round To Transform The Pet Care Industry
Vework, an Egypt-based petcare platform that connects pet parents with pet care service providers in a timely and convenient manner…
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Trends in Financial Inclusion Products: Opportunities for Fintech in Africa’s Unbanked, Underserved Segements | By Nelly Nneli
In the world’s population today, Africa holds the ranking of the second largest and second most populous continent, with nearly…
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ADVA, an Egyptian Fintech Startup Receives Six-Figure Seed Round From Sawari Ventures for Expansion
ADVA, an Egypt-based fintech, has raised an undisclosed “six-digit figure” Seed round from Sawari Ventures in order to extend its…
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Uber & AURA Are Working Together to Promote Safety
Uber and other ride-hailing services are revolutionizing the way we get around. With only a few taps on a smartphone,…
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MFS Africa Acquires Global Technology Partners for $34 million
MFS Africa has agreed to buy Global Technology Partners for $34 million in cash (GTP). GTP is Africa’s top prepaid…
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Moroccan Startup Chari Buys Ivorian B2B e-Eommerce Startup Diago
Chari, a Moroccan B2B e-commerce and finance firm, said today that it has purchased a 100% share in Diago, an…
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Nigerian Lender, Access Bank Acquires Sidian bank From Centum for Sh4.3 bn
Centum Investment Company Plc has agreed to sell its entire equity stake in Sidian Bank Limited (‘Sidian’) to Access Bank…
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KAM Partners With Kenya Development Corporation to Facilitate SME Recovery
The Kenya Development Corporation (KDC) has teamed up with the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) to help the manufacturing sector’s…
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Vantage Health Technologies Partners With Institute of Human Virology Nigeria to Build AI-powered Patient Retention Solution
Vantage Health Technologies and the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) have joined to build an AI-enabled Patient Retention Solution,…
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Appetito Acquires Lamma to Open Office in Tunisia, Morocco, and West Africa
Appetito, an on-demand grocery retail company based in Cairo that delivers food to customers from a small network of dark…
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Kenyan Digital Pharmacy Network, Maisha Meds Records 1,000 Active Facilities, Opens Office in Nigeria
Maisha Meds, a Kenyan-based digital pharmacy network that offers pharmacies, drug stores, and clinics business management software and reimbursement programs,…
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CASF Invests in Fintech Startup, Finclusion Group
Finclusion Group, a sub-Saharan African fintech platform, has received an undisclosed investment from the Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund (CASF). CASF’s…
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Nigerian Fintech Startup, Grey Collaborates With Payments Company, Cellulant to Expand in East Africa
Grey, a Nigerian finance firm, has announced a partnership with Cellulant to expand its service to East Africa, starting with…
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Uber Records One Billion Trips Milestone in Africa
Since entering the African market less than ten years ago, Uber, a worldwide ride-hailing services provider, has completed one billion…
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Yellow Card, Nigerian Crypto Exchange Opens Office in Ivory Coast
As it continues to expand across Africa, Nigerian cryptocurrency exchange Yellow Card has added Ivory Coast to its list of…
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Gebeya Announces Partnership With BIT Foundation to Empower and Connect African Talents
Gebeya Inc., a Pan-African marketplace for freelance professional talent, has announced a new relationship with the Blacks In Technology (BIT)…
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Visa Partners With Trace Academia to Help African Youths Develop Practical Business Skills
The latest development in Visa’s Practical Business Skills (PBS) initiative, which offers potential partners integration and co-branded opportunities to contribute…
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How Digital Lending has Been Evolving Over the Past Decade
A lot has changed since the dawn of technology around the world, especially with the arrival of the internet. The…
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Nigeria’s Autocheck Buys Moroccan startup to Facilitate North African Expansion
Autocheck, a Nigerian auto-tech firm, has purchased KIFAL Auto, a Moroccan competitor, to help it expand into the North African…
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Mastercard Partners With OPay to Promote Advance Digital Financial Inclusion for Millions
Mastercard and fintech firm OPay have launched a strategic relationship that will bring digital commerce to millions of people across…
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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,…
