Rwanda is unarguably Africa’s leading tech destination with a new $1bn innovation hub
With Timbuktu, the home of the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) new innovation funding hub, Rwanda is quickly becoming Africa’s…
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Apple Is Working on Accessibility Tools For People With Disabilities
Apple intends to make accessibility tools available to people with disabilities. In honor of World Accessibility Day on Thursday, Apple…
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Android Auto receives update to support bigger screens, split-screen view
Android Auto is being updated. The latest version takes into account the ever-changing screen sizes of new autos. The split-screen…
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Abantu AI, a Kenyan startup introduces technology that can translate anything into indigenous African languages
Abantu AI, a Kenyan firm, has developed a deep learning engine for natural language processing (NLP) that can translate between…
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Bankingly Keeps Revolutionizing Africa’s Fintech Landscape with Innovative Solutions
As the globe settles into this technological era, it becomes evident that digital banking is the way of the future….
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Cellulant partners with UBA to launch gateway for cashless payments in Kenya
United Bank of Africa (UBA) Kenya has teamed with Pan-African payments business Cellulant to build a payments gateway to help…
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54gene concludes the first phase of landmark Nigerian 100k Genome project
Through its non-profit initiative, the African Centre for Translational Genetics (ACTG), 54gene, the health technology company advancing African genomics research…
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Kenya Power is set to Offer Fixed And Affordable Internet Services
Kenya Power, a power corporation, aspires to become one of Kenya’s largest internet service providers. The startup intends to package…
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Mobile app trends 2022: A global benchmark of app performance
2021 was a truly transformative year for the mobile app industry. In light of multiple lockdowns as well as wholesale…
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Orodata Science Launches Vaccine Tracker Towards Equitable Economic Recovery To Improve Access To Data
Orodata Science sets another significant milestone with the launch of its vaccine tracker, “Orodata Covid19 Vaccine Tracker” driven towards achieving equitable…
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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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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…
