Nearly every week, we hear startups in Africa raise one funding round or another. But…
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Ericsson has announced that Team OwnLabs, from Senegal, is the overall winner of the Ericsson…
VC4A is calling for disruptive African scale-ups looking to raise between $250K and $5M. An…
The Digital Africa initiative launched by the President on behalf of the country’s development agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD) aims to provide a platform to promote African entrepreneurs, through encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing, providing an online database of resources, hosting events, and facilitating access to funding.
Tech giant Google has announced that it will invest $550 million in Chinese e-commerce company,…
Truecaller has acquired multi-bank payments app Chillr for an undisclosed amount. Chillr’s team and its founders, which…
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe takes charge in the use of clean energy, putting the entire H/Office complex in Msasa, Harare on solar power.
There is a new investment guide for startups looking for VC to invest in their…
Africa’s early stage investor community will convene on November 11th and 12th, 2018 for the…
Pangea, a Norwegian accelerator that launched trade in the East African nation of Kenya earlier…
Microsoft has agreed to buy GitHub, a large code repository that has become very popular with…
Like the scramble for Africa that saw European powers invading, occupying and colonizing African territories without their…
Steward bank is now the largest bank in Zimbabwe by customer numbers at 600,000 which is an equivalent of 28% of Zimbabwe’s total banker population.
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe paid for a 20 year operating licence in 2013, at a cost of US$137.5 million. Total payments to Government and statutory bodies since dollarisation in 2009, exceed US$1.3 billion.
Nigeria’s Piggybank.ng has secured $1.1M seed funding led by LeadPath Nigeria with Village Capital and Ventures…
Applications are currently open for the 2018 Agrictech FCMB – Wennovation Hub Incubation Programme. Wennovation…
Mercedes-Benz-owner Daimler has taken a stake in Taxify in a funding round that values the…
Emmanuel Macron, the President of Frances has announced his country’s plans to invest €65M ($76m)…
Lidya, the digital financial services platform focused on improving access to credit for micro-, small-,…
Finland based start-up, HMD Global – the home of Nokia phones, has announced that it…