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Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and venture capital firm Flat6Labs have launched the…
Egyptian interior design startup Efreshli has successfully raised a seed round of funding aimed at…
Bootstrap Europe, a EUR250 million (US$270 million) growth debt fund that has already provided over…
Female entrepreneurs in Nigeria are encouraged to apply for the Growth4Her Accelerator programme, an initiative…
In a significant step toward advancing digital infrastructure, Next Gen Infraco has launched Ghana’s first…
Elon musk’s Starlink has gotten approval from Chad Government to operate in the country. Chad…
As inflation drives food, fuel, and electricity prices ever higher, has Multichoice Group—facing its own…
Standard Chartered Bank and British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution, have entered…
vivo has officially introduced the V40 Lite to the Kenyan market, adding an impressive new…
Watu, a Pan-African asset finance provider, has reached an impressive milestone in Kenya’s mobile device…
Energenic Holdings, a company delivering energy solutions across 32 African countries has secured an R87.5…
Safaricom’s recent suspension of advertising on Nation Media Group (NMG) has sparked widespread public interest,…
Several things seem ever-evolving in the advent of the technological era. It has brought with…
ChitChat has expanded its social commerce services beyond Africa, now targeting advanced economies such as…
BUSINESS
Globacom is poised to appoint Ahmad Farroukh, a former CEO of MTN Nigeria, as its new chief executive. This appointment signifies a major leadership transition for Nigeria’s third-largest mobile network operator and will be the first time the company experiences a change in leadership since its inception on August 29,…
Airtel Africa, a prominent telecommunications and mobile money services provider, has announced its financial results for the half-year ending September 30, 2024. In conjunction with these results, Airtel Africa revealed the renewal of its tower lease agreements with American Tower Corporation (ATC). This renewal extends the lease for an additional…
Sony has officially decided to terminate Concord and close the studio responsible for its development. Just two weeks after the launch of the competitive team shooter by Firewalk Studios, Concord’s servers were taken offline due to disappointing sales. In response to the game’s struggles, Firewalk’s game director, Ryan Ellis, opted…
Netflix’s gaming division, initially renowned for its indie and mobile titles, recently ventured into the AAA gaming space by recruiting executives from renowned franchises such as Halo, Overwatch, and God of War. However, this strategy appears to be concluding as Netflix has confirmed the shutdown of its AAA studio, Team…
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TLcom Capital, a prominent venture capital firm with a focus on Africa, is set to…
FSDAi Nyala Facility BV, an entity created by FSD Africa Investments, has declared a significant…
The Senegalese fintech startup Rubyx has secured a loan of EUR400,000 (approximately US$440,000) from Proparco,…
The venture capital firm Launch Africa Ventures, known for its focus on early-stage investments, has…
Thepeer, a fintech startup founded in 2021, concluded its operations in April 2024 and has…
African insurtech startups are presented with an opportunity to secure funding ranging from $100,000 to…
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Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk, announced a temporary cap on the number of tweets users can…
Former SuperSport CEO Gideon Khobane has been appointed as the director for Prime Video Africa…
Telecoms operator Cell C has appointed Rachael Ayo-Oladejo as its Chief of Staff, Strategy and Business…
Juliet Ehimuan, Google West Africa Director announced that she is leaving the company after 12…
Former Telkom group chief executive officer (CEO) Sipho Maseko has joined Africa’s largest retail group Shoprite’s…
Kairan Quazi became the youngest engineer ever hired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, and in a…
Cryptocurrency
Opera is rolling out a feature which enables users to mint NFTs using the Alteon…
Binance, a platform for exchanging cryptocurrencies, has announced it will begin accepting bank transfers from…
Chipper Cash, an African platform for international payments, laid off another 12.5% of its workforce…
The National Bank of Rwanda has told all financial institutions in the country that they…
Localbitcoins, one of the first peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchanges, announced that is shutting down operations citing…
Cryptocurrency giant, Binance, has temporarily suspended US Dollar Deposits and Withdrawals via Bank Accounts. This…