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In an ongoing effort to maintain a safe environment for its users, TikTok recently announced…
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Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and venture capital firm Flat6Labs have launched the…
Egyptian interior design startup Efreshli has successfully raised a seed round of funding aimed at…
Bootstrap Europe, a EUR250 million (US$270 million) growth debt fund that has already provided over…
Female entrepreneurs in Nigeria are encouraged to apply for the Growth4Her Accelerator programme, an initiative…
In a significant step toward advancing digital infrastructure, Next Gen Infraco has launched Ghana’s first…
Elon musk’s Starlink has gotten approval from Chad Government to operate in the country. Chad…
As inflation drives food, fuel, and electricity prices ever higher, has Multichoice Group—facing its own…
Standard Chartered Bank and British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution, have entered…
vivo has officially introduced the V40 Lite to the Kenyan market, adding an impressive new…
Watu, a Pan-African asset finance provider, has reached an impressive milestone in Kenya’s mobile device…
Energenic Holdings, a company delivering energy solutions across 32 African countries has secured an R87.5…
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The Eastgate Shopping Centre is on track to claim the title of having the largest registered rooftop solar installation in Africa, with the project’s completion slated for the end of this year. This grand project involves the fitting of over 13,000 solar panels, which will span an impressive area of…
NeoNomad, a South African startup, has unveiled a pioneering web application, Africa’s first hybrid exchange platform, designed to tackle the critical challenges of financial inclusion, elevated transaction costs, and limited access to banking services across the continent. The innovative NeoNomad app introduces the ZARcoin (ZARC), a South African stablecoin that…
South African entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply for the upcoming intake of the SAB Foundation’s Tholoana Enterprise Programme. This initiative targets small business owners with significant growth potential who are dedicated to advancing both their personal development and business success. Since its inception in 2015, the Tholoana Enterprise Programme has…
In a notable shift within the executive ranks of MTN’s MoMo Payment Service Bank (PSB), Eli Hini, the CEO, and Elsa Muzzolini, the Chief Commercial Officer, have both departed from the fintech company. Elsa Muzzolini has since embarked on a new journey as the CEO of M-PESA Ethiopia, a mobile…
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Cova, a Nigerian wealth-tech start-up co-founded by the former CEO and founder of Printivo, Olu’yomi…
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is inviting ambitious African entrepreneurs to apply for their Entrepreneurship…
Crealo, a Moroccan startup specializing in copyright management, has successfully secured 14.1 million dirhams ($1.42…
The African startup landscape is developing beyond the conventional markets of Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and…
In defiance of the global investment downturn in 2022, venture capital (VC) investments in African…
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Former Managing Partner of Nest VC, Aaron Fu, has joined Ghana-based Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of…
Chinelo Anohu-Amazu a Nigerian lawyer, public servant and administrator had to overcome several obstacles in her…
Our world is made more colourful with the ones that have broken barriers and refused…
Jumia Travel has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, Joe Falter, succeeding Paul Midy who…
Alexander Nwuba is indeed a man of many parts. I first met him in 1998…
Safaricom has appointed four new directors days after Vodacom concluded the acquisition of a 35…