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South African entrepreneur Samantha Rosenberg and her business partner Avion Grey have made headlines by…
Ebury partners with dLocal to broaden reach in Africa, following prime financial markets acquisition
Ebury, a leading financial services firm based in the UK, has recently forged a strategic…
AT&T has confirmed that sensitive data of approximately 7.6 million of its current customers and…
Instagram is in the process of developing a new function called “Blend”. This feature was…
X is developing features to allow administrators of its “Communities” function, a tool similar to…
The upcoming edition of the eLearning Africa conference and exhibition is scheduled to happen from…
Google is set to discontinue its Podcasts app in the U.S. and has alerted users…
LinkedIn is experimenting with a new TikTok-style short-form video feed, as confirmed to TechCrunch recently.…
The Bank of Uganda has granted approval to Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) to downgrade its…
South African telecommunications provider, Telkom, is subsidizing the cost of Amazon service subscriptions, like Prime…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has established the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) and…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently revised the minimum capital requirements for different categories…
Yango Delivery, an African logistics startup specializing in urban service delivery, has launched a new…
The Tunisia-based fund of funds, ANAVA, has invested €4 million ($4.3 million) in the Janngo…
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Africa’s largest bank by assets, Standard Bank Group, with operations across 20 African countries, has joined forces with UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China’s UnionPay, to boost eCommerce in several African nations. This new initiative is expected to increase the adoption of UnionPay, attracting more eCommerce businesses and customers to…
Egypt’s state-owned telecommunications company, Telecom Egypt, has become the country’s first mobile operator to secure a 5G license. The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) granted the company a 15-year license, valued at $150 million, to operate 5G. However, the license does not guarantee automatic renewal at the end of the…
Apple has offered to provide competitors with access to its contactless payment technology in an attempt to satisfy antitrust regulators in Europe. The company’s mobile wallet feature, Apple Pay, exclusively operates on its iPhones, thereby limiting third-party mobile wallet developers’ access to its technology. However, the European Commission identified in…
Egypt-based Paymob, a leading financial services enabler in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP), has been granted a Payment Service Provider (PSP) license by the Central Bank of Oman (CBO). Thus, making it the first international fintech firm to receive full licensing in Oman. Founded in 2015, Paymob…
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Lagos-based Pricepally, an innovative eCommerce platform, and digital food cooperative which enables consumers to buy…
Egyptian-based venture capital firm, Sawari Ventures, announced that it has closed a fund with total…
Microsoft’s Microsoft 4Afrika initiative focused on improving digital access and supporting innovation in Africa has partnered with Wentors, a…
Applications for the SAB Foundation’s 11th annual Social Innovation Awards and 6th annual Disability Empowerment…
South African-based security tech startup and medical response platform AURA has announced that it will…
South African-based fintech startup Payflex has launched a new offering that offers an online payment gateway solution…
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A military court in Tunisia has sentenced Yassine Ayari, a blogger, to three years imprisonment…
Even though Nigeria’s 2015 General Elections are several weeks away, the polity is heating up…
Bharti Airtel has announced the appointment of Farhad Khan as the new Chief Commercial Officer…
Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria found its way into the Guinness World records by producing…
CNN has named Apple Chief Executive, Tim Cook its 2014 CEO of the year. CNNMoney rankings…
Premium Times claims that the APC Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, joined social media because PDP labeled…