Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun

Nigeria’s financial services institution, Access Bank has established a new subsidiary in Paris, France to help boost trade and investment between Africa and Europe. The move is a testament to the bank’s commitment to strengthening cross-border trade and investment between Africa and the world, connecting businesses to opportunities within the…

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Tech-driven Human Resource company, Shortlist in partnership with the African Management Institute (AMI) have launched the Energy Access Talent Initiative (EATI), a new £2.5 million collaboration dedicated to training and securing employment in the clean energy sector for over 1,600 African youth across sub-Saharan Africa. The initiative is focused on building…

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Early-stage company, Amini, committed to solving Africa’s environmental data gap through artificial intelligence and satellite technology has secured $2Million pre-seed funding in an oversubscribed round led by Pale Blue Dot, a leading European Climate Tech fund. Other investors include Superorganism, RaliCap, W3i, Emurgo Kepple Ventures and a network of angel…

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Gricd, a technology company that develops Internet of Things-powered solutions to support the last-mile delivery of perishable goods, has secured $1.5 million in a seed funding round led by Atlantica Ventures, with participation from Vested World, Jaza Rift and Katapult, to expand across Africa and deliver new solutions that will…

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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a $3 Billion Country Programme with the Government of Kenya. The programme will support viable trade and trade-related investments in Kenya in both the private and public sectors. The financing package will be implemented using several instruments, including loans, guarantee facilities, trade services,…

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One of the fastest growing streaming platforms in Africa, Wi-flix has expanded its operations to Zambia following the launch of its attractive packages with mobile telecommunications giant MTN. With success already seen in Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria, the streaming service is now available to consumers in the southern African country,…

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Mastercard and IT banking solutions company, egabi FSI have teamed up to expand financial institutions and non-traditional partners’ access to new embedded finance and digital lending products across Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Embedded finance enables consumers access to financial services even if they are on non-financial platforms…

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Web3 technology company, OKX has launched a new interactive metaverse avatar campaign with the English Premier League champions, Manchester City. The new experience at playforthecity.com allows fans to personalise their digital avatars in Manchester City training kits and pre-match warm-up apparel with OKX branding. To mark the kick-off, a hero…

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