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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African tradetech company, Norebase completes $1m raise in pre-seed funding
Norebase, an African trade technology company that has built a single platform for firms to start, scale, and operate in…
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Kenyan startup, Phindor introduces AI-based shop assistant system
Phindor, a Kenyan startup, has released a next-generation shop assistant system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to support local companies…
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South Africa’s Zapper Unveils Tap-On-Phone Payments
Merchants using Zapper’s platform will soon be able to take tap-on-phone payments, according to the company. Zapper is a South…
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Hello Tractor, Heifer International unveils pay-as-you-go tractor funding for local farmers in Nigeria.
Hello Tractor, a Nigerian tractor-booking website, has received $1 million in funding from Heifer International to give tractor loans that…
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Mindjoy SA ed-tech startup is making coding more accessible for kids
Mindjoy, a Cape Town-based ed-tech company, wants to make coding skills available to kids – and adults — on any…
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SA fintech Stitch announces new payment LinkPay
Stitch, a South African fintech firm, has introduced LinkPay, a service that allows customers in South Africa and Nigeria to…
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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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FibreOne Records 300% Growth of its High-Speed Internet User Base
FibreOne Broadband, Nigeria’s broadband and fiber-to-the-home provider, reports a nearly 300 percent increase in customer base. Residential customers increased by…
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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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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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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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How Fleet Managers Can Keep Their Trucks and Cargo Safe on SA Roads
Truck hijackings in South Africa continue to affect the country’s economy. These crimes have been on the rise for some…
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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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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…
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South African Health App, Kena Health Allows You to Consult Doctors from Your Smartphone
Kena Health is a new health app located in South Africa that allows users to interact with a nurse, doctor,…
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Meet the Cohorts charting the new course for marketing and media in Nigeria.
We are ready for Markhack 1.0! Register to attend the launch event on Friday, 8th April Register here
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Stax is bridging the gap between USSD and bank apps
Stax is a firm that moves banking with Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) from the phone dialer to an offline…
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Women, Youth & the Next Generation
In the last few years, we’ve seen great innovation across various industries, breakthroughs for marginalised communities, and a digital revolution…
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eWAKA Joins The League of Electric Vehicles Startups, Unveils EV Bodabodas
Climate change has piqued the public’s interest for several decades. As a result, in the recent past, innovations toward engines…
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How Egypt’s FreshSource is simplifying the B2B agri-supply chain and looking to expand into the MENA region
FreshSource, an Egyptian startup, is a B2B agri-supply chain platform that connects food producers to businesses and exporters, increasing their…
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Yemaachi, a Ghanaian cancer diagnostics and research company completes $3 million in a seed round
Yemaachi Biotech, a Ghanaian cancer research and diagnostics company, has raised $3 million in a seed round to advance its…
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ADAS the new Digital Addressing APP
A swift buzz has taken over the streets and suburbs of Kampala about this new and amazing technology, you can…
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Google internet cable lands in Africa, to Connect Togo to Europe
According to Google, an undersea cable that will boost internet speeds for millions of Africans has arrived in Togo, the…
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YC-backed, Simplifyd is evolving to Africa’s destination for data-free internet access
Simplifyd Systems Inc., a YCombinator-backed Nigerian startup aiming to become the platform of choice for data-free Internet access across Africa,…
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How the Internet is Providing an Enabling Environment for the South Africa Side Gig Landscape
South Africans aren’t unfamiliar with the concept of a side hustle. Indeed, according to a recent Momentum/Unisa Household Index, an…
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How Technology is Making it Easier to Launch a Company
It is not easy to start a business. To get a business off the ground, you must put in a…
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YC-backed Nigerian insurtech startup, Curacel announces new product Grow
Curacel, a Nigerian insurtech startup that offers an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management in Africa, has announced…
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Have a big idea to disrupt the Marketing and Media in Nigeria? Apply to win upto $20,000 at the MarkHack 1.0.
Are you a student, entrepreneur, tech enthusiast, creator, developer, marketing professional, media practitioner, or project manager with a big idea…
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3 Technologies that are Transforming the Banking Sector in Africa
Technology has transcended race, culture, and class to become a powerful tool for transforming businesses across the African continent. The…
