In accordance with the National Payment System (NPS) Act, 2011, NPS Regulations 2014, Virtual Pay International Limited, a Pan-African, omni-channel payment service provider, has been authorized to perform payment gateway services as a Payment Service Provider (PSP). With the aid of this license, Virtual Pay is able to provide local and international merchants with its…
One of the top six Higher Education players globally, according to a new analysis on the global tertiary e-textbook and multimedia industry, is edtech business Snapplify. The pandemic and, more broadly, the pressure on institutions to adopt digital tools and get ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution have both contributed to Snapplify’s significant growth in…
Most offices operate their days from 9:00 AM to5:00 PM which only lasts during the daytime and because the cost of running a shift by servicing the office at night with an equal number of staff if need be might be cost-intensive, most organizations suffice to the normal routine of running an office by the…
The 25 businesses that will participate in Grindstone’s year-long program, which helps high-growth, innovation-driven tech start-ups become more investable, sustainable, and exit-ready, have been announced. Grindstone is situated in Cape Town. The program has two cohorts, one located in Cape Town and the other in Johannesburg, and it gives companies access to knowledge, networks, money,…
Among the 20 winners of the Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2022 this year are firms from Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Tunisia. The prize is awarded to socially-driven startups whose goal is to improve migrants’ inclusion in the Middle East and Africa. The Migration Entrepreneurship Prize, a public-private collaboration between Seedstars and the Peace and Human Rights…
Cote d’Ivoire and Togo are two new adjacent nations that the Nigerian solar-powered internet service provider Tizeti has stated it plans to operate in addition to expanding its operations within Ghana and Nigeria. Additionally, the corporation is thinking of listing its Nigerian subsidiary. The company is investigating an Initial Public Offer (IPO) in the stock…
The African Women Impact Fund (AWIF), a partnership between Standard Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, has been awarded funding by Visa as of today (UNECA). The award will be used to meet the working capital requirements of 55 women who responded to AWIF’s call to action and have been a part…
The inclusion of coding as a subject in Kenya’s elementary and secondary school curricula was announced by the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, last Friday at the State House in Nairobi. With this new breakthrough, Kenya becomes the first nation in Africa to permit the study of coding in the two early schools. At the event,…
Dolos, a cybersecurity expert located in South Africa (formerly Panda Security Africa), has opened offices in Africa and the Middle East to provide cyber security solutions to its partners there. With a customizable program, a strong and broad product portfolio, and an ecosystem of technological integrations, Dolos offers MSPs and MSSPs a unique value proposition…
In order to encourage and hasten the digital transformation inside the boundaries of Nigeria, the continent’s most populous country, the Lagos State branch of the Global Shapers Community has launched an international cooperation with HP Life. The Project Digiterate program has been run by Global Shapers Community in Lagos for the past four years. The…
Licensed therapists may now be reached quickly and affordably via a platform created by the Nigerian business Blueroomcare. Blueroomcare, which was introduced around the end of last year, enables customers to speak with therapists via voice, video, and in-app messaging. Moses Aiyenuro, the startup’s founder and CEO, told Disrupt Africa, “We have a safe online…
In June 2022, Mdundo.com, a music streaming business with a Kenyan base, reported 20.3 million monthly active users, exceeding the revised monthly target of 19 to 20 million subscribers and increasing by 74% from June 2021. For the fiscal year that ends in June 2025, the company, which unveiled its 2025 strategic direction in June…
Global crypto bank Xend Finance, based in Nigeria, has announced the release of SwitchWallet, a free public wallet infrastructure, and XendBridge, a crypto payment API. A platform that offers everyone access to the global money market so users may save and invest in safe currencies has been developed by Xend Finance, which in 2019 participated…
The second annual bootcamp for aspiring African game developers, GameUp Africa 2, has started. GameUp Africa 2 is a training program for prospective game creators that is run by Maliyo Games, a renowned game development studio. Its goals are to upskill African youth in the fundamental skills needed for Android game creation while supporting the…
Cashlinq is a banking platform software as a service developed by Mugonat Systems Inc., a Zimbabwean software development and consultancy company that offers enterprise software solutions, website services, mobile apps, e-commerce, and chatbots. Cashlinq aims to empower entrepreneurs across the continent to offer superior banking services by making it simple for them to access high…
ZohoDay – Austin, Texas — Zoho Corporation, a leading global technology company, announced achieving a rate of 38% year-over-year growth and surpassing the 80 million user mark. In addition to ongoing global expansion, the company continues to grow its product portfolio and make investments in automotive, robotics, and health care technologies. Zoho also celebrated opening 59 new global hub-and-spoke…
African businesses can now manage all of their operations and data in one digital space thanks to the Nigerian startup GreenBii, which was created as an offshoot of the ed-tech platform Traindemy. The company behind Traindemy, which provides consumers with access to online courses offered by technical and vocational schools to help them develop marketable…
African startups, accelerators, and incubators are invited to the Japan Innovation Bridge (J-Bridge) Launch event with the theme: “The Future of Innovation in Africa – Securing Business Opportunities Through Collaboration with Japanese Companies” by the Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). A business platform called Japan…
Quality African companies looking for finance now have access to capital through the cutting-edge crowdfunding website GoGetta. With merely R1000 or more, local and foreign angel and venture capital investors can now choose from pre-screened possibilities and make rapid, risk-free investments to acquire shares in a variety of African companies. Co-founder of GoGetta Sthembiso Zwane…
The HerMeNow accelerator program has asked women-led social entrepreneurs in Africa and the Middle East and North Africa to apply if they are creating significant solutions for culture, attitude, and education. The three-month HerMeNow program, which is entirely virtual, offers technical, financial, and mentorship support to 10 women-led social entrepreneurs in the accelerator phase as…
The third Google News Initiative Innovation (GNI) Challenge winners have been revealed by Google, and they include 34 media platforms. These award winners, who come from Turkey, the Middle East, Israel, and Africa, were chosen for their commitment to advancing inclusion, equality, and diversity in the journalistic sector. 21 awardees from ten African countries were…
The Fintech Incubation Programme was introduced by Co-creation Hub in Rwanda in December 2021, with the first cohort’s completion scheduled for July 2022. The second cohort of beneficiaries is about to be accepted into the project, which is supported by Google, the Mojaloop Foundation, and the Rwandan government. Eight (8) startups will receive support from…
TeamApt, a fintech business in Nigeria, announced its Series B investment in July 2021. Global Ventures, Oui Capital, Kepple Africa Ventures, Gbenga Oyebode, and a few more angel investors and venture capitalists participated in the round. The Oui Capital Mentors Fund II, a $30 million fund, is being launched today by Oui Capital, one of…
Nairobi, August 1 – The 2022 SweepSouth Report on Pay and Working Conditions for Domestic Workers for Kenya and South Africa has been released. This is the fifth year that SweepSouth has released their annual report, each year painting a picture of what domestic workers go through and endure. This year, the survey was sent…
The future of African banking is digital. A 2021 Fiserv report showed that “78% of people under the age of 40 would stay with their bank if it went all digital, compared to only 47% of people over 40”. Africa has the youngest population in the world, with over 70% of sub-Saharan Africa under the age…
Aerobotics, a South African agri-tech startup, has launched a new yield management platform, providing growers with tools to measure, manage, and protect their yields. Aerobotics, founded in Cape Town in 2014, uses aerial imagery from drones and satellites and combines it with machine learning algorithms to provide tree and wine farmers with early problem detection…
Applications for the second year of DMZ’s incubator program, which aims to support early-stage tech startups, are now open. DMZ Cairo, which will open in 2021, will provide the next generation of tech entrepreneurs with the tools they need to build, launch, and scale highly impactful startups in Egypt’s capital. The Academy of Scientific Research…
Safaricom customers can now purchase tokens for coding lessons through the mobile operator’s financial services platform, M-Pesa. Customers will be able to activate the coding lessons on their children’s tablets, laptops, and desktop computers after making a successful purchase. Safaricom will collaborate with Kodris to see this new business venture through to completion. “We are…
Paratus, a telecommunications company, will open Armada, a new data center in Windhoek, Namibia come August 20222. For the first time, colocation customers will have the option of using infrastructure hosting services. Any client hosting within the facility will be able to select which telecommunications provider they want to use. Schalk Erasmus, COO of the…
Kodris Africa, an education technology firm, has partnered with Safaricom to promote coding education by purchasing annual lessons through the M-PESA app. Customers can now use the M-PESA platform to purchase tokens that provide a year’s worth of coding lessons and then activate them on a tablet, laptop, or desktop computer for their children to…