Central African Republic is the First African Nation to Embrace Bitcoin as a Legal Tender
The Central African Republic, a landlocked country roughly in the middle of Africa, has become the first African government to…
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Unicorn Group unveils the first pan-African incubation programme
Unicorn Group, an investment firm, has launched its fourth entrepreneur incubation program, which is open to startups from a variety…
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Trace and the Mastercard Foundation Announces Free E-Learning App for Young Africans
Trace and the Mastercard Foundation have collaborated to launch Trace Academia, a free, interactive, mobile-based learning application designed to help…
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Africa’s Business Heroes Launches Community Leads, Introduces New Scaleup Program
The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition has announced a new Community Lead and ScaleUp Program to provide ABH applicants…
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Google’s internet cable, Equiano arrives in Lagos
A month after its first African landing in Togo, Google’s Equiano mega subsea cable has arrived in Lagos, Nigeria. The…
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6 Budget-Friendly Digital Solutions You Need to Consider
Time is the one commodity we don’t have a lot of in our fast-paced lives. And, as the pandemic has…
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DevCareer is bridging Africa’s talent gap by providing laptops for tech newbies, receives a fresh $100k grant
African startups raised approximately $5 billion in 2021, nearly tripling the amount raised in 2020. While the ecosystem has received…
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Cape Town-based Injini unveils ed-tech think tank to empower entrepreneurs
Injini, a Cape Town-based ed-tech non-profit, is launching a think tank to provide market research to entrepreneurs in the space…
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Jand2Gidi Announces New Technologies to Promote More Seamless Deliveries Worldwide
Mrs. Ujama Akpata and Mrs. Kikelomo Fola-Ogunniya, founders of Jand2Gidi, held a media conference on Wednesday, April 13th. Ms. Nancy…
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Google’s first product development centre in Africa is hiring engineers
Google has announced the opening of its first product development center in Africa, which will be located in Nairobi. The…
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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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Nigeria’s Transfy Experiences Strong Early Adoption of Payments Infrastructure, Plans Continental Expansion
Transfy, a Nigerian fintech startup, has seen strong early adoption of its payment infrastructure, processing $15 million in its first…
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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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Sophos Unveils Powerful Cloud Workload Protection Advancements with New Linux and Container Security Offerings
OXFORD, U.K. – April 14, 2022 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, todayunveiled advancements to Sophos Cloud Workload Protection,…
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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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Apply: e-Track Programme by UCT GSB Solution Space, ayoba
The last e-Track Programme concluded earlier this month with seven of the graduating startups pitching their businesses to an audience…
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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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WhatsApp Expands File Limit, Brings More People Into Group Video Chat Call
WhatsApp has finally caught up to the competition and increased the file limit. Large files of up to 2GB can…
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Elon Musk Offers $43 Billion to Buy 100% of Twitter
According to filings filed with the SEC, Elon Musk, who recently purchased a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, has made…
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Huawei to Empower 100,000 People Across Sub-Saharan Africa With New Programme
At Huawei’s ICT Competition Awards Ceremony on April 9, 2022, the company announced the commencement of its LEAP digital skills…
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Gaviti Completes $9 Million in a Series A Funding Round
Gaviti, an automated service that helps businesses collect and manage customer bills, has closed a $9 million Series A fundraising…
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Egyptian Startup Pylon Receives $19M to Enhance Software for Water and Electricity Distribution
Pylon, an Egyptian infrastructure management business for emerging market water and energy utilities, has raised a $19 million seed round…
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MTN Nigeria Obtains CBN’s Approval to Operate Mobile Money Bank (MoMo)
The Central Bank of Nigeria granted MTN the permission to operate Mobile Money (MoMo). Since its inception in 2019, MTN…
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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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Nigerian, Ethiopian Startups can now Apply for the EatSafe Innovation Challenge
The EatSafe Innovation Challenge, organized by Feed the Future in collaboration with the SUN Business Network (SBN) and the Innovative…
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Eko Innovation Centre Announces Nigeria’s First Marketing and Media Hackathon With $20,000 Star Prize
Nigeria’s first marketing and media hackathon, dubbed MarkHack 1.0, has been established by Eko Innovation Centre, a growth and development…
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Everything You Need to Know About Zoom New Features for Teachers
In response to teacher and administrative requests, Zoom has introduced additional functionality for its Education users. Virtual Background and Blur…
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Nigerian On-Demand Delivery Startup ShapShap Completes Seed Round for Expansion
V8 Capital Partners has given ShapShap, a Nigerian on-demand delivery firm, a seed extension investment to help it expand its…
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Elon Musk Will no Longer Join the Twitter Board
Elon Musk, Twitter’s largest shareholder, has decided not to join the company’s board of directors, according to CEO Parag Agrawal….
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Nigerian gig Economy Fintech, ImaliPay Secures $3m Seed Round
ImaliPay, a $3 million seed fundraising round has been finalized for a Pan-African fintech start-up that focuses on boosting the gig…
