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In a dramatic turn of events, NVIDIA, the world’s leading AI chipmaker, experienced an unprecedented…
NjiaPay, a payments-as-a-service provider focused on African businesses, has announced the successful completion of an…
Safaricom, the leading telecommunications company in Kenya, is reportedly in the process of seeking regulatory…
Norfund, the Norwegian Investment Fund dedicated to fostering development in emerging economies, has recently announced…
SC Ventures, the innovation and fintech investment arm of Standard Chartered, has entered into a…
Bluesky, the emerging social network, is intensifying its focus on video content. Following the introduction…
In a landmark move, Oando, one of Nigeria’s leading energy companies, has unveiled plans to…
Qualcomm, a leading global player in wireless technology, has officially opened applications for the latest…
Fincart.io, an innovative logistics startup based in Egypt, has made significant strides in the e-commerce…
Exciting news for Windows users! Microsoft has just announced a fresh visual update for the…
The Lagos State Inland Revenue Service (LIRS) is reportedly looking into allegations of financial impropriety…
The Winter 2025 Anime season kicked off pretty much at the beginning of January 2025…
As the race for electric vehicles (EVs) intensifies across the African continent, Burkina Faso has…
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a collaborative initiative supported by the Gates Foundation, a consortium…
BUSINESS
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is spearheading an ambitious initiative to revolutionize the nation’s payment infrastructure with the introduction of the Fast Payment System (FPS). This groundbreaking system aims to facilitate instantaneous financial transactions across a wide array of financial entities, including banks and payment service providers (PSPs). The…
In a detailed LinkedIn statement dated Thursday, October 17, 2024, Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong, the co-founder and former CEO of the African genomics firm 54gene, addressed the speculation and rumors that have been swirling since his resignation from the company. He took this opportunity to correct the record regarding his exit…
Safaricom, Kenya’s leading telecommunications provider, has forged strategic alliances with Cloudflare, a renowned international web infrastructure and cybersecurity company, and Copycat, a prominent business technology provider in Africa. This collaboration is designed to fortify Kenyan businesses against contemporary cyber threats and data breaches. The core objective of this partnership is…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. recognized as the world’s largest bank, has announced the appointment of former Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) executive, Sailepu Montet, as its new Country Manager for Kenya. This strategic move is part of the bank’s ongoing efforts to expand its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a…
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The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is poised to open up the payment market to…
i’SUPPLY, a healthtech enterprise operating in the B2B sector in Egypt, has successfully secured funding…
The anticipated “merger of equals” between Kenya’s Wasoko and Egypt’s MaxAB, two prominent players in…
In a remarkable turn of events for the African startup ecosystem, May saw an influx…
Winich Farms, a Nigerian agritech company, is positioning itself to become a leader in traceability…
The South African fintech startup Paymenow has forged a strategic alliance with Thiqa Digital Finance,…
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Chibawanye Ene, a Nigerian-born US-based doctor, has won the 2019 Ronald L. Bittner Award on…
Qualcomm’s executive team has received bonuses for settling a bitter multi-billion dollar legal battle with Apple,…
Not even Eric Yuan’s closest friends, oldest advisers and earliest investors thought Zoom needed to exist. It…
Convincing schools in Nigeria to embrace eLearning or digitisation is a monumental task. A good…
MTN Group today Friday announced the appointment of South Africa’s Former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi…
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Cryptocurrency
One of the first and still one of the best crypto exchanges, Luno is delighted…
Google has become the latest big tech company to make a move into banking and personal…
Luno’s CEO Marcus Swanepoel, speaking at AfricaCom 2019, has outlined how the implementation and use…
Electroneum (ETN), a cryptocurrency startup based in England, has launched its mobile top-up service across…
Luno, the global cryptocurrency platform, has announced that customers can now buy Ethereum on its…
Binance, a global cryptocurrency exchange that provides a platform for trading more than 100 cryptocurrencies…