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Ecobank has launched RapidCollect to allow its customers to receive prompt payments at cheaper rates…
Egypt’s Endure Capital has completed the first close of its new $50 million fund to…
Infrastructure-focused equity investor, STOA and candi solar, a clean energy company providing solar power to…
KCB Bank Kenya has secured a $150 million loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC)…
Bitso, a cryptocurrency platform has partnered with Africhange, an African-Canadian remittance platform to facilitate cross-border…
Uber has launched several products and features which are going live this month in South…
Google has released the list of recipients of the 2022 Google for Startups Black Founders…
Kenya-based Seedstars Africa Ventures has announced a new appointment – Bruce Nsereko-Lule, the company’s General…
Egypt-based seed and early-stage venture capital, Flat6labs in partnership with SANAD Entrepreneurship Academy has launched…
African video streaming service, Showmax, has announced the appointment of Opeoluwa Filani as General Manager for its…
Pan-Africa microfinance bank, Carbon Finance has extended its partnership with Mambu to continue growing its…
Meta has launched a new campaign, Creators of Tomorrow to celebrate emerging talents from around…
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) is in talks with Binance and Talent City…
The Federal Government, on September 5th, announced the suspension of the controversial 5% excise duty…
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Sokowatch, the innovative e-commerce platform that supplies and finances mom-and-pop stores across East Africa, has today been named in Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (MIC) for 2021. The company currently has an established network of over 18,000 shops across Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda,…
Innovative payment network and a new kind of money, Bitcoin rose to its highest level since Feb. 23 on Tuesday amid continued interest in digital assets from big institutions. The largest cryptocurrency rose as much as 3.6% to around $53,761. Rival Ether also reached its highest level in two weeks,…
SpaceX wants to begin connecting large vehicles – from trucks to jets to ships – to its Starlink satellite internet network, according to a request the company filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The request, filed last Friday with the Federal Communications Commission, marks SpaceX’s biggest step yet toward…
Following a Microsoft initiated third-party audit of its cloud migration practices and after meeting stringent criteria including demonstrable global customer success stories, proven upskilling of staff, and best practice frameworks and architecture, Altron Karabina, a leading technology solutions provider across Africa and the Middle East, has earned the much-coveted Windows…
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has digitally released a documentary film on how entrepreneurs trained…
Fresh from its stop in New York City earlier this month, She Leads Africa brings its four-day…
Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan’s social issues-minded fund has invested $24 million in Andela,…
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The Dangote Foundation is partnering with payment solution company, Paga, for the Lagos leg of…
Nigerian startup Amplify today officially becomes the latest player in Nigeria’s highly competitive payment space.…