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Maliyo Games has officially announced the commencement of the fourth iteration of GameUp Africa, an…
Nigerian startups are being called to participate in the third installment of the Grooming Endowment…
Jumia’s CEO, Francis Dufay, is taking further steps to streamline operations, as revealed in the…
Meta has rolled out two innovative monetization tools designed to enable eligible content creators in…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has officially sanctioned the merger of Providus Bank and…
Mobius Motors, the Kenyan car manufacturer known for its affordable SUVs, has opted for voluntary…
Kenya has given the green light to a substantial $907 million project proposal from Adani…
Sendsprint, an emergent cross-border payments startup with operations spanning the UK, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa,…
After a successful four-year stint in accelerating startups, Founders Factory Africa has undergone a strategic…
Google has unveiled the latest cohort of ten promising startups from across Africa for the…
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), renowned as the preeminent sustainable infrastructure equity manager on the…
Egypt-based fintech newcomer Qardy has just announced a substantial enhancement to its operational capabilities, having…
The South African telecommunications giant Telkom has disclosed its financial results for the quarter that…
MTN Ghana has reported a robust performance for the first half of 2024, with a…
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Vodacom Tanzania PLC (VTPLC), a leading telecommunications provider in Tanzania, has finalized the acquisition of Smile Communication Tanzania Limited, a smaller telecommunications company, for a purchase price of 68.8 billion Tanzanian Shillings (approximately $27.4 million USD). Notably, the transaction was structured as a “debt-free, cash-free” deal, meaning that VTPLC will…
Crypto exchange VALR has confirmed that it has acquired the necessary approval from the South African Financial Services Conduct Authority (FSCA) to operate within the regulatory framework. This development occurred shortly after two other entities in the digital asset space—Luno, a crypto asset service provider, and Zignaly, a platform enabling…
Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), the umbrella organization for Guaranty Trust Bank which ranks as Nigeria’s fifth-largest commercial bank in terms of assets, is preparing to petition its shareholders for the green light to accumulate an additional $750 million in capital. This strategic move comes on the heels of a…
MasterCard, the renowned global payments company, has entered into a partnership with Kenya’s Equity Bank to facilitate international remittance services to a network of 30 countries. This collaboration is set to benefit Equity Bank’s customers by providing them with the ability to send money abroad directly through MasterCard’s cross-border services…
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At the Innovation Village – Live webinar on “how to increase funding for startups in…
Egypt-based Boyot, a startup that offers an end-to-end operating system for payments and financial services…
Nigerian Lending startup VeendHQ has raised a $330,000 pre-seed fund. The round was backed by…
Studies show that around 60 percent of adults suffer from chronic sleep problems, which have…
The government of Lagos State has said that the Nigeria Startup Bill will be enacted into law…
Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE has secured $8 million in a Series A round led by…
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AdewfThe number one citizen of the United States of America, President Barack Obama, has opened his…
In its Q3 IT Threat Evolution report, Kaspersky Lab has published the details of the…
Banky W is bringing lucky fans with their besties to an exclusive Meet and Greet…
In a bid to show appreciation to its teeming customers, Nigeria’s largest online mall Konga.com…
Zimbabwean entrepreneur and founder of Econet Wireless, Strive Masiyiwa has bagged new awards in New…
MTN, this morning, announced the appointment of Phuthuma Nhleko as Executive Chairman in a temporary…