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WhatsApp has joined the ranks of the world’s most-used apps, surpassing 3 billion monthly users,…
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and TLG Capital have raised $75 million in the first…
Salad Africa, a rising fintech specializing in embedded lending, has teamed up with Glovo, the…
The wait is over—Dan da dan is officially coming back for a second season, and…
Meta has launched its own standalone AI app, powered by the new Llama 4 model…
Far from a typical mentoring program, Showpo’s Future Female Founders Program represents a bold investment…
Aruwa Capital Management, a female-founded and led investment firm based in Lagos, has announced it…
At first glance, it looks like a loyalty card. A simple digital ID bearing a…
It’s official — WAEC and NECO are going digital. According to Nigeria’s Minister of Education,…
Ghanaian fintech firm Zeepay has secured $18 million in senior secured debt funding to strengthen…
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has announced an expanded three-year global partnership with TECNO, the…
OpenAI has unveiled a major update to ChatGPT’s search capabilities, aiming to create a more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all banks operating in the country to…
In a strategic move to expand its footprint in grassroots financial services, C-One Ventures Platform…
BUSINESS
Telkom Kenya has successfully secured a $4.4 million grant aimed at developing Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) technology, with contributions of $3 million from Rakuten Symphony and $1.4 million from Airspan Networks. This strategic investment is designed to enhance mobile connectivity, reduce infrastructure costs, and promote flexible network architectures…
Global B2B payment platform Nilos has announced its strategic expansion into West Africa, specifically targeting the Ivory Coast, Senegal, Benin, and Togo. This move aligns with the company’s mission to simplify cross-border transactions by introducing instant payouts in the West African CFA franc (XOF) and integrating mobile money services, thereby…
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced a strategic partnership with the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and FSDH Merchant Bank Limited to launch applications for its flagship AWIEF Growth Accelerator Programme. This initiative is designed to enhance access to finance and markets for women-owned and women-led small…
Centi, a Switzerland-based fintech company, has announced an exciting new collaboration with Yellow Card, a prominent pan-African cryptocurrency exchange. This partnership enables Centi users in Europe to transfer funds to 20 African nations, significantly enhancing Centi’s presence on the continent. With this collaboration, Centi expands its reach from eight to…
Startup
Ifeoma Nwobu, the co-founder and chief operating officer of Sendstack, has officially departed from the…
Ghanaian fintech startup Oze, which specializes in providing digital recordkeeping tools integrated with embedded finance…
Smallholder farmers are essential to the agricultural landscape of Ghana, comprising 70% of the nation’s…
The British International Investment (BII) has announced a significant additional investment of $4 million in…
Dabchy, an innovative e-commerce marketplace specializing in second-hand fashion, has successfully completed a pre-Series A…
Vendease, a food procurement startup backed by Y Combinator and operating across six cities in…
people
Tosin Osinbodu, the founder of Nigerian startup, Chaka, has exited the company five months following…
Frederik Zietsman has been named the new group chief executive officer of online retailer Takealot.…
Thabi Leoka, an economist under scrutiny, has stepped down from her role on the board…
Dan Marokane, the new CEO of Eskom, is set to take up his duties 30…
John Felton, Amazon’s top logistics executive, is set to take the reins as the Chief…
Norwegian technology firm, Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (PCS), is venturing into more opportunities in the…
Cryptocurrency
The ongoing saga between Nigeria and cryptocurrency exchange Binance reaches a new chapter as Nigerian…
Two senior executives from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, have taken legal action against…
Sam Bankman-Fried, once hailed as a visionary entrepreneur in the cryptocurrency world, has been sentenced…
The cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, renowned for its global presence, has found itself entangled in legal…
Worldcoin, the controversial crypto biometrics venture, is now banned from nearly all of Europe with…
Kenya’s Interior Minister, Kithure Kindiki, announced in parliament that the US government has been putting…