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Reddit, recognized as a social media entity hosting a myriad of web discussions from ordinary…
Kenya has inked a groundbreaking agreement with the United Arab Emirates to establish the world’s…
Villgro Africa, a healthcare-centric incubator and investment firm, is extending its support to African female…
EMURGO Africa, which serves as the investment and commercial division of Cardano in Africa, has…
Uber, the global ride-hailing company, has refuted claims that it failed to adhere to a…
Vodacom, a leading African mobile company, is allegedly in discussions with a former employee, Kenneth…
RasMal, a Saudi-based equity management platform, has acquired Pentugram, a cloud-based software as a service…
Planet42, a car subscription service based in South Africa, has raised $16 million, the equivalent…
Four seasoned ex-managers from Nigerian fintech company, Paystack, are stepping down to establish a new…
The Aurora Tech Award 2024 has concluded its celebration of women founders actively challenging gender…
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has granted licenses to 19 new digital credit providers…
Editor’s correction note: The headline of this article has been revised to mirror the IFC’s…
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), South Africa’s body responsible for business registrations and…
MTN Nigeria, one of the largest telecom providers in the country, has managed to reclaim…
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Discord, the popular messaging service for gamers, has confirmed that it is laying off 17% of its workforce, amounting to 170 employees. The company had previously laid off around 40 employees in August. The recent layoffs were deemed necessary for efficiency following a hiring surge in 2020, according to Discord…
The European Union (EU) is investigating the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI to determine if it could necessitate a full merger investigation. This follows increasing scrutiny of OpenAI, known for its significant influence in the AI industry, which experienced a leadership crisis last year leading to the abrupt dismissal and…
Microsoft has overtaken Apple to become the largest company globally by market value, influenced by the surge in artificial intelligence. Microsoft’s share price increased by approximately 1% in early trading, pushing its market value to $2.87tn, nudging ahead of Apple whose shares declined nearly 1%. Throughout the trading day, the…
BlackRock, the world’s largest money management firm, is set to sack around 600 employees as a strategy to reallocate resources in response to the evolving technological landscape in the finance sector. The speed at which the industry is changing is unprecedented since the foundation of BlackRock, according to an internal memo…
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South African data analytics startup Inoxico a provider of business-to-business credit risk solutions which combine quality…
A review of recent funding reports reveals a trend of investors’ emphasis on industries with…
Newly established SA fintech startup Spot Money offers locals a mobile open banking platform that…
Africa-based entertainment startup Hitchat creates affordable on-the-ground and digital entertainment in emerging markets by finding, developing, and…
WeThinkCode, a South African edtech startup that opened in Johannesburg five years ago is on…
Pargo Co., Ltd. is a South African-based smart logistics startup that develops a proprietary and…
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The Ghanaian branch of MTN in partnership with the Ministry of Education in the country is planning to offer free internet access to Wikipedia.
The Charlie Hebdo massacre is still heavy in the hearts of many around the world…
The founder of 9jaBookings.com, Mr. Balogun Danjuma, has told Innovation Village that in addition to…
At the TEDxIfe event in Nigeria, polish entrepreneur and managing director of Jovago.com -Africa’s largest…
Airtel Africa has announced the appointment of Daddy Mukadi Bujitu as the as Chief Regulatory…
A military court in Tunisia has sentenced Yassine Ayari, a blogger, to three years imprisonment…