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The Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) has announced the 9th edition of its annual event, slated…
Rising petrol prices and increasing operational costs have become significant challenges for businesses across Nigeria,…
Mastercard, in partnership with the African Development Bank Group, has unveiled a new initiative aimed…
Android users could soon be streaming Apple TV+’s award-winning content directly from their smartphones. A…
American Express and Ecobank Group, a leading pan-African financial services provider, have announced a landmark…
OpenAI has announced a significant milestone in its journey to integrate artificial intelligence into the…
In a strategic move to expand its cloud footprint in Africa, Amazon Web Services (AWS)…
YouTube is rolling out “Playables”, a collection of free games you can play directly on…
Safaricom in partnership with M-PESA Africa and Sumitomo Corporation has shortlisted nine startups to benefit…
Brass, a Nigerian startup that provides tailored financial solutions to SMEs, has been acquired by…
Pick n Pay’s on-demand grocery service, Asap!, has emerged as a dominant force in the…
YouTube Music’s latest feature is transforming how we find songs. Now, you can simply hum…
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has been fined R500,000 by the Independent Communications Authority…
Elon Musk’s xAI, an ambitious artificial intelligence venture, has successfully raised $6 billion in a…
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Following a series of preliminary and unverified reports, the Financial Times has now definitively confirmed the arrest of two top executives from the cryptocurrency company, Binance, in Nigeria. The two executives had traveled to Nigeria the previous week due to a ban imposed on their website in the country. They…
The recent ruling of South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ordered Vodacom Group Limited, a prominent telecommunications corporation, to pay Kenneth Nkosana Makate, the innovator behind the Please Call Me (PCM) service, a considerable sum estimated to be between 5% to 7.5% of the total revenue derived from…
Visa has partnered with the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation in an effort to promote financial inclusion, aiming to assist 20 million individuals in low- and middle-income countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The plan, titled the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative, targets various underserved groups, including women,…
Growth4Her, a six-month Investor Readiness Accelerator Programme, is currently accepting applications from women in West and Central Africa. The G4Her initiative aims to close the gender financing gap in Africa by equipping women entrepreneurs with the skills and tools needed to evolve their small businesses into high potential, fundable growth…
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Startup Wise Guys, Europe’s most experienced startup accelerator and one of its most active investment…
Google has opened applications for its three-month virtual accelerator programme for startups located in Algeria,…
Nairobi-based startup, Workpay, has launched in Nigeria. The startup enables SMEs to easily manage and…
The Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator welcomed four Ghanaian digital commerce companies, OZÉ, Shopa, Swoove,…
VC4A and the Africa Business Angels Network (ABAN) have partnered with the UK Government to…
TLP Advisory, a Nigeria-headquartered legal firm focused on Africa’s tech industry, today announced its expansion…
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Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i yesterday announced that more than 100 investors from India…
The complete list of 30 African startups that would pitch at DEMO Africa holding in…
10 winners have emerged for the 2015 eNNovation Challenge that was organised by the Nigeria…
Telecoms company Tigo Tanzania have launched Millicom University to develop the learning and development experiences…
Nigeria’s fastest growing and most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat has announced the call for entries…
The growing popularity of Emoji is brought to the fore today with the celebration of…