Uber Kenya has petitioned Kenya’s Supreme Court to overturn new digital taxi-hailing regulations that limit commission fees to 18%, down from 25%. According to Uber, the cap would reduce the company’s earnings and prevent it from investing further in Kenya. The rule is expected to go into effect in the coming weeks. The regulations have…
Huawei Digital Power has launched a talent development program with the goal of upskilling 1,000 practitioners and tertiary students in the digital power space. The program is being launched in seven countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia, as the demand for technical staff in renewable energy continues to rise year after year. The program,…
The Africa Money & DeFi Summit, an African fintech, decentralized finance, mobile money, and crypto event, has announced the final shortlist of exciting ventures that will pitch live on stage in West Africa to over 400 fintech and crypto leaders on September 27th and 28th in Accra. Pitch Live West Africa has received over 200…
Africa has the world’s third fastest-growing cryptocurrency market, with adoption increasing by more than 1,200% in the last two years. Countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa are largely to blame for skyrocketing adoption rates as citizens seek to protect themselves from currency depreciation and build wealth. Despite African governments’ mixed feelings about cryptocurrencies,…
PEG Africa, based in Ghana, is one of the largest providers of distributed energy in West Africa, and its acquisition by Bboxx solidifies the latter’s position as Africa’s leading super platform for essential products and services. PEG is a solar energy leader in West Africa, with operations in four countries, close to 100 service centers,…
08.09.2022 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Retail 2022, which found that retail had the second highest rate of ransomware attacks last year of all sectors surveyed after the media, leisure, and entertainment industry. Globally, 77% of retail organizations surveyed were hit—a 75% increase…
According to a Google for Firms Black Founders Fund (BFF) for Africa announcement, 60 qualified black-founded startups from across Africa have been chosen for the second cohort. To enable them to expand their current work, the startups that join the program will receive a total of $4 million in investment and support. Every one of…
For many Nigerians, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the importance of the Internet and digital technologies as a critical part of daily living hence, the necessity to deliberate on the theme “Advancing Digital Transformation and Trust in Nigeria” as a community of Nigeria Internet Stakeholders. As digital transformation evolves, the focus from both the…
Today, the energy industry works against enormous technical challenges to maintain safe and profitable operations. Energy companies also face familiar cost, performance, and efficiency imperatives as well as unprecedented social, political, and regulatory demands for sustainability. All these factors combine to create a fairly volatile market. The possibilities of untapped data Can big data transform…
A South African startup called Thumela has created a counter-to-counter last-mile logistics system to make it easier, quicker, and more affordable for e-commerce companies and people to send and receive packages. Thumela, a May launch, delivers packages using vetted and trustworthy public taxi drivers who follow predetermined routes. The logistics start-up uses tuck stores in…
Women in Tech and Binance Charity, the philanthropic arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain infrastructure provider, Binance, respectively, today announced a landmark global partnership to educate 2,800 women from marginalized communities in Brazil and Africa about blockchain technology. The first courses will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Cape Town,…
Following the successful debut of the EdTech platform RiseBack.org, which provided students in the USA with access to affordable higher education, Indian American social entrepreneur Dr. Tausif Malik has now introduced a similar platform for African professionals and students. RiseBack is a pioneering EdTech platform that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs. RiseBack has partnered…
Notion Technology Limited (NTL), the representatives of American #1 Technology Company – Comway and Hsv Products in Nigeria, has opened a new office in Abuja. The multiple-award winning IT services company has commissioned a new office located at the Ground Floor, Ekiti House, Plot 1042, Kur Mohammed Street, Central Business District, Abuja, FCT. “Our vision is…
SMFEST (Social Media Fest) has announced that its second edition themed “CREATIVE DISRUPTION” will hold on 22nd October 2022 at the Landmark Event Centre Owerri, Imo State. SMFest is a global annual conference that seeks to bring together the best and brightest minds in the world of technology. It is a platform that teaches its audience to…
Flutterwave, a major payments technology firm in Africa and in Nigeria, has announced that the Central Bank of Nigeria has granted it a Switching and Processing License (CBN). Flutterwave will be able to issue payment cards to customers directly thanks to the Switching and Processing license, as well as process financial transactions for other fintech…
Seven of the 219 startups that have been disclosed so far are from the continent, and three more startups from the continent have been confirmed as members of the S22 batch of the famed Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator. The S22 batch of the Y Combinator program, which helped launch businesses like Airbnb, Coinbase, and…
14 founders have been chosen for the 2022 class of the flagship Venture Showcase program for women-led enterprises by VC4A, The Africa platform for startup investment. Each firm in the portfolio is aiming to raise $250K to $10M in Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A funding. Speaking about the significance of highlighting these businesses, Ben White,…
The e-track programme, a three-phase venture acceleration program run by UCT GSB solution Space, has chosen fifteen African startups to participate. Venture Launch, the first stage of the most recent iteration of the e-Track Program, began about five weeks ago. It is managed by the UCT GSB Solution Space. UCT GSB is a specialist centre…
Global analytics leader, SAS has partnered with three South African universities to launch the Teachers4DataAnalytics program, a teacher training initiative that aims to reach hundreds of teachers and provide them with the knowledge and tools to inspire their students to pursue careers in data analytics. Teachers4DataAnalytics will also form part of a bigger SAS driven program focused…
The 25 finalists for the third iteration of The Future is Female Mentorship Program, the first PR and communications mentorship program specifically for African female startup innovators, have been revealed. In comparison to the applications submitted in the 2021 edition, the program received 343 applications from 36 different African nations in this edition, a 91%…
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Mungenow Technologies, a startup based out of Buea (popularly referred to as Silicon Mountain), Cameroon has launched a guest house booking platform aimed at helping travelers to and across Cameroon’s major cities and eventually the rest of Africa to find verified and affordable places to stay during their trip no matter what their budget is….
The fifth Ecobank Fintech Challenge has been announced by pan-African banking organization Ecobank Group, which invites African Fintech business owners to participate. A top prize of US$50,000 in cash and the ability to partner with and scale their solutions throughout Ecobank’s 33 African markets are up for grabs for fintechs that are in line with…
On Wednesday, Binance, one of the top blockchain ecosystems in the world and a prominent provider of cryptocurrency infrastructure, announced the opening of a crypto teaching center in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The center will collaborate with non-profit digital hub Inoni tech to offer resources and training to young people throughout Francophone Africa. The hub will be…
The launch of MTN heralds some intriguing applications across numerous industries, but the technology will only be accessible in a few significant cities. The service may not reach your neighborhood even though it will reach several major cities. The company’s website states that 81 locations in Lagos, 42 in Abuja, 30 in Port Harcourt, and…
The recently formed DigiFemmes Entrepreneurs program aims to equip female company owners in the Ivory Coast with data and digital skills to support the expansion of their enterprises. The DigiFemmes program, which supports existing women-led small and medium enterprises (W-SMEs) in their growth efforts, builds a strong pipeline of new W-SMEs, and collaborates with ecosystem…
South Africa is the first country in Africa that Google Wallet will serve after it underwent a recent rebranding from Google Pay. With the help of Google Wallet, users can send and receive money directly from their Android phones and smartwatches. It functions as a virtual wallet. With the most recent update, customers may now…
35 female business owners from nine different African nations made up the first cohort that successfully completed the Ecobank Ellevate Leadership Training Program. This program, which is impact-driven and innovative, is made to provide women entrepreneurs with the leadership skills they need to better themselves, their companies, and their communities. The Commercial Banking Division of…
Analytics leader SAS has joined forces with SingleStore to help organisations remove barriers to data access, maximise performance and scalability, and uncover key data-driven insights. SAS® Viya® with SingleStore enables the use of SAS analytics and AI technology on data stored in SingleStore’s cloud-native real-time database. The integration provides flexible, open access to curated data to help…