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| 17.09.2026 | Africa: Askya Launches Ai Growth Program for African Startups | Askya Investment Partners has launched a 6-week growth program for African artificial intelligence startups, offering 10 companies access to coaching, corporate customers and a possible equity investment of up to $200,000. The Askya AI Grow... |
| 03.09.2026 | Nigeria Loses Uber Twice; Human-Driver Model Failed, Robotaxis Cannot Come | By Clark Johnson
Published: Sep 03 2026, 6:01 AM EDT
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| 31.08.2026 | Paystack Bought Three Nigerian Fintechs in 18 Months; Allawee Is Last Brand to Vanish | By Collin Mercer
Published: Aug 31 2026, 2:52 PM EDT
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| 24.08.2026 | Nigeria Clears $2B Satellite Pair Built by Thales and IAI to Beat 2028 Capacity Cliff | By Donald C. Case
Published: Aug 24 2026, 10:51 AM EDT
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| 28.07.2026 | Nigeria Fintech Forum Convenes Thursday as CBN’s Historic Rules Clock Down | By Roger Satterfield
Published: Jul 28 2026, 9:38 AM EDT
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| 03.07.2026 | Samsung Unpacked July 22 in London: Foldables, Glasses, and Rising Prices | By William Chan
Published: Jul 03 2026, 9:28 PM EDT
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| 14.05.2026 | Jiji Acquires Bikroy, Jiji’s Motivation, Bikroy’s Reason, and What It Tells About the Bangladesh Market | Jiji, the Lagos-headquartered classifieds marketplace, announced that it has acquired Bikroy, Bangladesh's largest online classifieds marketplace, which has been operating since 2012. The deal is Jiji's first expansion outside Africa, an im... |
| 08.04.2026 | Africa: Egypt Leads As African Tech Startups Raise $711m in First Quarter | African startups raised $711 million across more than 80 deals in the first quarter of 2026, according to data tracked by TechCabal Insights. About 18% of deals had undisclosed values. The disclosed funding reflects a mix of equity, debt, a... |
| 07.04.2026 | Nigeria: PR Practitioners Charged On Ethical Use of Ai | Public Relations practitioners have been urged to maximise the efficient deployment of artificial intelligence coupled with both critical thinking and ethical standards in discharging their duties.
This advice was given during the Knowledge... |
| 30.03.2026 | Nigeria: PRCAN Hosts Knowledge Hub On Ai-Driven Public Relations | The Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) has successfully hosted the PRCAN Knowledge Hub Series 1.0, a hybrid event focused on the growing impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on public relations practice.
The hybri... |
| 25.03.2026 | The Role of Industry Media in Fintech Ecosystem Growth | Share
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In 2024, the global fintech ecosystem added approximately 4,200 new companies, bringing the total to over 34,000 fintech firms operating worldwide. Of those new entrants, a disproportionate share emerged from m... |
| 25.03.2026 | Why Media Exposure Helps Fintech Startups Expand Internationally | Share
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In June 2024, Brazilian fintech Ebanx announced its expansion into 15 African markets, a move that caught many industry observers by surprise. What was less visible was that Ebanx had spent the prior 18 months ... |
| 25.03.2026 | How Media Platforms Help Fintech Companies Reach Global Audiences | Share
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In December 2024, Indian payment infrastructure company Razorpay published an analysis of real-time payment adoption rates across 12 Asian markets on TechBullion. The article, which detailed UPI transaction vol... |
| 25.11.2025 | Africa: GSMA Pushes $40 Smartphones to Close Africa's Digital Gap | Across Africa, more than 600 million people live within reach of mobile broadband but remain offline. The reason is not network coverage, according to GSMA Africa head Angela Wamola as quoted by TechCabal, but the high cost of smartphones. ... |
| 05.11.2025 | Tanzania: How an Internet Blackout Affected Tanzania's Election | What's the context? A nationwide internet outage during last week's vote fits a pattern of electoral interference and may fuel abuses, activists say.
NAIROBI - A five-day internet shutdown during Tanzania's disputed election and the protest... |
| 29.10.2025 | Nigeria: 15 Journalists Selected for 2025/2026 Dpi Journalism Fellowship | Fifteen journalists from 14 media outlets across Nigeria have been selected to participate in the 2025/2026 Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Journalism Fellowship.
The 15, selected after a highly competitive process, emerged as the final... |
| 30.11.2024 | Aruwa Capital Digest – November | Welcome to the fifth edition of the Aruwa Capital Digest! We’re excited to share the latest developments, highlights, and insights from Aruwa Capital in the month of November.
1. Voices of Influence (Speaking Engagements)
Aruwa Capital at B... |
| 05.11.2024 | Aruwa Capital Digest – October 2024 | Aruwa Capital Digest
A summary of the latest news across our ecosystem
Welcome to the fourth edition of the Aruwa Capital Digest! We’re excited to share the latest developments, highlights, and insights from Aruwa Capital in the month of Oc... |
| 23.08.2024 | NTT Data's Retail Revolution: A New Dawn for South African Commerce | In the bustling world of retail, change is the only constant. NTT Data, a titan in the tech landscape, is setting its sights on the South African retail sector. This move marks a significant shift from its previous identity as Dimension Dat... |
| 22.08.2024 | Bookmarks | iPhone Air – the future of the iPhone | These are the articles, videos, podcasts and apps that have caught the attention of the TechCentral editorial team in the past 24 hours. iPhone 17 Air won’t be the best iPhone, but it will be the future: The iPhone 17 Air, set for release n... |
| 16.08.2024 | The Double-Edged Sword of Technology in Sports and Urban Life | In the fast-paced world of technology, innovation often walks a tightrope. It can elevate our experiences or plunge us into chaos. Two recent stories illustrate this precarious balance: the rise of smart bicycles in professional cycling and... |
| 15.08.2024 | Bookmarks | Hooting self-driving cars keep city residents awake at night | San Francisco residents are being awakened throughout the night by Waymo self-driving cars hooting at each other in a parking lot. This story is among the articles, videos, podcasts and more that caught the TechCentral editorial team’s eye ... |
| 07.08.2024 | The Future of Payments in Nigeria: A Decentralized Revolution | Nigeria's payment landscape is on the brink of a transformation. A digital wave is sweeping across the nation, reshaping how transactions occur. The journey began decades ago, with the establishment of the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement Sys... |
| 06.08.2024 | Decentralization might be the next wave of innovation in Nigeria’s payment industry | Payment in Nigeria has come a long way. From the creation of the Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBBS) in 1993 to the introduction of NIBSS Instant Payments (NIP) in 2011, the industry has seen watershed moments that have made it wh... |
| 26.07.2024 | Navigating the Digital Frontier: Accountability and Overreach in Tech Regulation | In the vast landscape of the digital world, two recent events highlight the struggle between accountability and overreach. On one side, Nigeria’s hefty fine against Meta Platforms Inc. for a data breach signals a new era of digital accounta... |
| 24.07.2024 | Does Nigeria’s $220 million Meta fine signal a new era of digital accountability? | Nigeria has made headlines with its recent decision to fine Meta Platforms Inc., the company behind Facebook, $220 million over a major data breach. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria’s main IT watchdog,... |
| 16.07.2024 | The future of digital payments: emerging technologies and opportunities | Payments, the backbone of the financial services industry, have rapidly evolved in the past few years, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. In Africa, digital payments were once a blip in an otherwise cash-based economy, but with increas... |
| 20.05.2024 | Weekly Economic Index: Flutterwave loses ₦11 billion to security breach, the CBN approves 14 new IMTOs, and oil and gas stocks decline by 6.5% in NGX | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business and policy landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week: Fintech Giant Flutterwave Hit by Alleged ₦11 Billion Security Breach
Last week, Nigerian fintech leader Flu... |
| 04.04.2024 | African financial institutions are increasingly using blockchain technology to facilitate payments | In the ever-evolving landscape of African financial technology, a notable shift is underway as regional financial institutions are increasingly leveraging blockchain technology to power innovative solutions. Africa, historically grappling w... |
| 27.03.2024 | African B2B e-commerce giant Wasoko marked down to $260M after VC halves stake | VNV Global, a Swedish investment firm that backs startups in mobility, health and marketplaces, slashed the value of its holding in Wasoko, an African B2B e-commerce startup, by 48%, according to its annual report for 2023.
In the report, V... |
| 05.03.2024 | Bolt seeks country manager for Malaysia launch | NewsTransportation
Jofie Yordan · 2d ago · 2 min readBolt seeks country manager for Malaysia launch
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Global ride-hailing firm Bolt is hiring a country manager in Malaysia, suggesting that the company may expand to the coun... |
| 22.02.2024 | Crypto users in Nigeria briefly lose access to Binance, Kraken and Coinbase | Some cryptocurrency exchanges in Nigeria faced accessibility issues for users, prompting speculation of imposed restrictions on crypto sites, the Financial Times reported.
On Wednesday, local media reported that Nigeria’s telecom regulator,... |
| 08.02.2024 | Middle East and Africa digital payments leader, MDP welcomes Frank Molla as managing director for Africa. | MDP, the leading issuing & payment processing powerhouse in the Middle East and Africa, has appointed Frank Molla as the Managing Director of MDP Africa. In this role, Molla will lead MDP’s efforts to deepen growth and explore new and l... |
| 04.02.2024 | REMINDER: Disability grant payment TOMORROW | REMINDER: SASSA grants can be collected from TOMORROW Photos: File/TechCentral/Fotor.
The South African Social Security Agency(Sassa) will be processing payment for disability grant recipients from tomorrow.
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| 16.01.2024 | African neobank Kuda raised $20M at flat valuation in 2023, missed user milestone projection by 3M | Earlier this month, Kuda co-founder and CEO Babs Ogundeyi told users that the Nigerian online challenger bank had reached almost ₦56 trillion (~$60 billion) in transaction value since its 2019 launch.
Ogundeyi also said that Kuda had achiev... |
| 05.01.2024 | Last year was a tough period for African growth-stage startups and 2024 presents a mixed bag | Last year presented a tough period for African tech startups. Venture capital was hard to bag (as predicted earlier), bridge and down rounds became the norm, and news of fire sales, layoffs and startup closures reverberated across the conti... |
| 21.12.2023 | Africa’s venture capital market shrinks in 2023 | There has been a major decline in global venture capital (VC) funding in 2023. Data from the research firm PitchBook shows that VC funding in the first half of 2023 nearly dropped by half compared to the same period last year. Interest rate... |
| 30.11.2023 | Kenya’s startup bill is poised to be a catalyst for economic development | Kenya’s President, William Ruto, has announced that the Startup Bill 2022, aimed at creating jobs for Kenyan youth and offering tax breaks to startups, will be officially signed into law by April 2024. “By March, or April next year, we will... |
| 18.11.2023 | A Chinese company is leveraging Africa to dominate the global smartphone rankings | The name “Transsion” doesn’t come up often in the smartphone conversation. Yet this company is one of the biggest smartphone makers in the world. The Chinese company, which sells phones under the Tecno, Itel, and Infinix brands, has quietly... |
| 16.11.2023 | Four multinational companies have left Nigeria in 2023 | 2023 has been one of the toughest years for Nigerian businesses this decade. It took only two months after the petrol subsidy removal in May for a reported 4 million small businesses to shut down because of a harsh economy. In October, the ... |
| 13.11.2023 | Heroes tales: 5 African businesses impacting their communities | Africa has a long path to economic prosperity. According to the World Bank, seven of the ten most unequal countries in the world are in Africa, especially the Sub-Saharan region. Why? Value creation on the continent is far from its potentia... |
| 07.11.2023 | Crowdyvest’s debt to equity conversion sparks skepticism | Crowdyvest Limited, a Nigerian agritech-focused crowdfunding platform, recently disclosed that it owes 3,700 crowdfunding investors ₦7.7 billion. An internal document obtained by TechCabal confirms that the company failed to meet its paymen... |
| 25.10.2023 | Расширяем горизонты: как создавать приложения для африканского рынка? | Содержание:
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Начнем с аналитики. В период с 2019 по 2020 годы в Африке количество установок по всем вертикалям приложений выросло на серьезные 64%, а в 2021 году — у... |
| 24.10.2023 | What is the future of agency banking in Nigeria? | One of the biggest news from Nigeria’s startup scene over the last week was that Kippa shut down its agency banking business and laid off 40 employees. At its core, Kippa is a bookkeeping and finance startup serving small businesses. But in... |
| 23.10.2023 | CEE Tech Companies Find Gold in Africa’s Developer Talent | Zagreb, Croatia ~
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Albeit with a lesser-known tech landscape compared to the likes of the US and Western Europe, during the last decade, Africa has surprisingly become one of the top destinations for seeking developer talent for com... |
| 17.10.2023 | Why does African health-tech have a funding problem? | African health tech is a hard business. Everyone across the continent faces the same challenges: funding, scaling and making profit. No one seems to have hacked it, and the problem is not a lack of innovation.
2021 was a record-breaking yea... |
| 20.09.2023 | Federal Minister, Bosun Tijani will share agenda for Nigeria’s digital economy at Moonshot 2023 | TechCabal, the leading convener of audacious players in Africa’s technology landscape, has announced the participation of the new Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy of Nigeria, Dr. Bosun Tijani, as a keynote speaker... |
| 06.09.2023 | Data snapshot: Fish, flies and algae outshine crop CEA in the $600m+ of novel farming systems funding so far in 2023 | Data Snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 29.08.2023 | Omnisient, FinanceGPT selected for TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield 200 competition | To compete in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield 200 pitch competition, Omnisient and FinanceGPT have been chosen.
The 16 African startups chosen for this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield pitch competition include the S... |
| 31.07.2023 | Reminder: SASSA grant payments THIS WEEK | SASSA grant payment dates. Image: @OfficialSASSA
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will be making payments this week to beneficiaries starting on Wednesday.
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| 31.07.2023 | ‘The Future Is Female’ Mentorship Program Selects 20 Female Founders To Master The Fundamentals Of PR | Other the course of 3 months, mentees will have the opportunity to attend exclusive webinars and ... [+] meet one-on-one with mentors.getty |
| 31.07.2023 | Tapping into BBN’s market influence could have a tremendous impact on Moniepoint’s growth | Two Sundays ago, the beloved Nigerian TV reality show, Big Brother Naija, returned to captivate viewers again. Although a fan of the show, I must admit that I haven’t consistently followed it, except during the lockdown of 2020 when we were... |
| 31.07.2023 | WATCH: SASSA grant payments THIS WEEK [VIDEO] | The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will be making payments this week. Photo: SASSA/ Twitter
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| 27.07.2023 | SASSA excited to share SRD R350 successes on new DSD tv | Minister of the Department of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu and Lumka Oliphant speak at the DSD tv launch. Photo: @The_DSD/ Twitter
SASSA CEO Totsie Memela-Khambula has expressed her excitement following the launch of the Department of So... |
| 21.07.2023 | The CBN’s leading role in agriculture: Competence or encroachment? | A clear indication of an ailing economy is a rise in food prices, which has become a prevailing issue in Nigeria. The latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics reveals that Nigeria’s inflation rate reached a 7-year high in June, ... |
| 11.07.2023 | Nigerians, Beware of Scam Offering Mobile Data to Users With Older Airtel SIM Cards | IN SHORT: Africa Check recently debunked a scam offering free data to MTN customers with older SIM cards. Like those Facebook posts, these doing the rounds on WhatsApp and Facebook and promoting free data for Airtel users, are out to mine c... |
| 23.06.2023 | Accel-backed crypto startup Pillow to shut down operations on July 31 | Representative Image
Accel-backed crypto investment startup Pillow informed its users that it will be shutting down operations from July 31. The startup cited regulatory uncertainties and a tough business environment behind this call. The m... |
| 23.06.2023 | Crypto Startup Pillow Discontinuing Services Soon—Withdraw Your Funds Now! | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 23 June 2023, 02:06 pm
Pillow, a Singapore-headquartered crypto investment startup, has finalized its plans to stop its services. By next month, the company will cease all of its ongoing operations.
Amid regulatory ... |
| 09.06.2023 | Can B2B e-commerce startups innovate their way out of tough times? | Building a tech startup is the “new cool.” Well, it’s been this way for over a decade but gained peak acceptance in recent years. Raising millions of dollars only became popular in 2021, and the fintech wave is the youngest trend. Before fi... |
| 08.06.2023 | Addressing fuel price concerns through EV adoption in Nigeria | During his inaugural speech, the new Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, announced the removal of the controversial fuel subsidy. With the announcement, the cost of premium motor spirits (petrol) spiked with some filing stations selling as muc... |
| 02.06.2023 | A tribute to Nigeria’s bittersweet fuel subsidy | You were born in the 70s, in the aftermath of the global oil crisis that shook the world. You were a response to the soaring prices of crude oil, a way to shield Nigerians from the harsh realities of the international market. You were a ges... |
| 16.04.2023 | Обзор технологических стартапов в образовании за последнюю неделю | Соучредители Reach Capital: Дженнифер Кэролан, Шонтел Гарви, Вайи Чу и Эстебан Сосник (слева направо)
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| 06.04.2023 | Why are startup acts becoming more popular in Africa? | Whether or not you believe in the theory of evolution, you can’t deny that some of its concepts are fascinating. One example is convergent evolution— the process by which different species in different parts of the world evolve similar trai... |
| 30.03.2023 | More progress needed despite growth in Nigeria’s insurance industry | According to the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) in its latest report, Nigeria’s insurance sector’s total assets grew to N2.33 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2022.
The sector generated a total premium of N726.2 billion, representi... |
| 24.03.2023 | Kenya: Nairobi Court Bars Meta From Sacking Facebook Moderators | A court in Nairobi has barred Meta, Facebook's parent company, from laying off its content moderators pending determination of a lawsuit that is challenging their planned dismissal, BBC reports.
The suit alleges that the social media giant ... |
| 20.03.2023 | What was Naspers Foundry’s portfolio like before it shut down? | On Monday, March 13th, Naspers took an axe to its venture capital fund, Naspers Foundry, putting the kibosh on R1.4 billion (~$77 million) in funding. Henceforth, the fund’s portfolio companies and any additional investments shall be tended... |
| 13.03.2023 | Naspers shuts down Foundry, its $100M fund focused on South African startups | Naspers, Africa’s most valuable tech company by market capitalization, has wound down the operations of its R1.4 billion (≈$100 million) South Africa-focused venture capital fund Naspers Foundry, according to local news outlet BusinessDay.
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| 27.02.2023 | Providing healthcare for less than a dollar: An insight into WellaHealth’s journey | Expanding health insurance coverage in Nigeria and easing access to quality and timely healthcare services.
Africa faces significant health challenges, topping the chart of undiagnosed diabetes and accounting for most global malaria mortali... |
| 20.02.2023 | Chipper Cash executes second round of layoffs less than three months after axing 12.5% of staff | African cross-border payments platform Chipper Cash conducted a second round of layoffs last Friday just 10 weeks after it cut approximately 12.5% of its workforce (affecting its engineering team the most).
The company’s VP of revenue share... |
| 16.02.2023 | Africa: Cybastion – Leveraging U.S. Expertise to Bolster Cyber Safety in Africa | Washington, DC — When President Joe Biden, addressing the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in December, thanked major American corporations like Microsoft, General Electric and Visa for announcing some $15 billion in new deals, he included mentio... |
| 06.02.2023 | African gaming startups are on the rise | Africa’s gaming industry has been nascent for a long time. Even though gaming has always been popular on the continent, the business of making games from Africa has struggled to catch on. There are several reasons for this paradox, but the ... |
| 29.12.2022 | The most controversial events that rocked Africa’s business space in 2022 | Unprecedented.
That’s the word that comes to mind when we think of 2022. The world expected a train ride but got a rollercoaster instead. After the covid-19 vaccine rollout and a gradual oil price rebound in late 2021, the expectation was f... |
| 08.12.2022 | Multiplayer games making waves this festive season | With almost three billion active gamers around the world contributing to a market valued at over $190 billion, gaming is big business. Across sub-Saharan Africa, there are more than 186 million active gamers, with South Africa leading the c... |
| 06.12.2022 | FTX marked down Chipper Cash’s $2B valuation to $1.25B | African fintech Chipper Cash saw its valuation slashed from $2 billion to $1.25 billion before FTX’s bankruptcy, according to documents shared by the Financial Times on Alameda’s venture capital portfolio.
TechCrunch got a whiff of this inf... |
| 09.11.2022 | Kuda, a Nigerian fintech backed by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures, is launching in the UK to offer remittances to Africans | Kuda CEO Babs Ogundeyi. Kuda This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 07.11.2022 | Yassir pulls in $150M for its super app, led by Bond | Yassir, an African super app platform that offers on-demand services such as ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments, has raised $150 million in Series B funding, five times what it raised in its previous priced round last Nov... |
| 01.11.2022 | Nigeria: Serena Williams' Investment Shows That Nigeria's Technology Sector Is Attractive - but Things Can Be Better | Nigeria is the leading African destination for foreign direct investments in technology startup businesses. Between 2015 and 2022, Nigerian technology startups have secured funding totalling just over US$2 billion. This is the highest amoun... |
| 31.10.2022 | Nigerian tech CEOs that stepped down in 2022 | Bringing an idea to life is commendable. This resilience and innovation of many Nigerian founders are some reasons for the exponential growth of the country’s tech ecosystem in recent years. But as the tech ecosystem grows in value, so do i... |
| 20.10.2022 | Bumpa raises $4 million in seed funding to help underserved SMEs grow and manage their business | Emerging e-commerce startup: Bumpa has announced a $4 million raise in its just-completed seed funding round. This round was led by Base10 Partners with participation from Plug & Play Ventures commerce fund, SHL Capital, Jedar Capital, ... |
| 19.10.2022 | Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari signs the Nigeria Start-up Act into law | Last May, the Nigerian presidency launched the Nigeria Startup Bill in collaboration with a group of Nigerian tech leaders and several government bodies to govern how startups and regulatory bodies operate and collaborate in the multi-billi... |
| 17.10.2022 | Uganda Passes Computer Misuse Law | The past decade has seen a sharp increase in Africa's internet penetration, mostly driven by the expansion of mobile phone infrastructure.
This rise in connectivity has marked Africa as an emerging market for all manner of ICT role players,... |
| 28.09.2022 | Africa: Flutterwave Integrating Payment Gateways to Enable Swift Payment Solutions | There is no disputing how much electronic payments have made our lives easier.
Online payment systems have significantly improved financial transactions, from bill payments to online purchasing. Online payment solutions that make use of Pay... |
| 22.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Swiftly bags $100m for grocery tech, Pano’s $20m to fight wildfires with AI | This week, retail and grocery tech startup Swiftly bagged a mega-round while front-of-house restaurant software startup Zenchef cooked up new financing to expand its presence. In agtech, Pano raised funds to fight wildfires with AI and Land... |
| 18.09.2022 | Africa: Amazon Web Service Approves Liquid Cloud As Direct Connect Delivery Partner | The reality of Africa's historically low economic growth is the very reason the world mistakenly believes that Africa lags too far behind the global cloud innovation boom. That way of thinking is essentially erroneous.
According to Business... |
| 02.09.2022 | Tech winter: More layoffs rock Africa’s startup ecosystem | Since 2022 began, layoffs have become one of the most discussed topics in the global tech space. The reasons are quite understandable: the US, Asian, and European money markets have been trending downwards; venture funding has slowed down f... |
| 29.08.2022 | Will Togo become the heart of cybersecurity in Africa? | Togo is taking boisterous steps to secure Africa’s cyberspace by housing a new cybersecurity centre.
Most discussions on Africa’s digital economy border on how fast it is growing and how the continent needs more internet penetration. But th... |
| 26.08.2022 | Why aren’t there any new African unicorns this year? | The prevailing narrative over the global tech market has been around how a looming recession is causing a downturn. News about layoffs, valuation cuts, and slowed-down scaling operations have sent jitters around the ecosystem. But surprisin... |
| 24.08.2022 | African tech companies are raising funds, but laying off workers | After what many would call a headline year, 2022 has not been a great year for global tech. Earlier in the year, much of the talk in the tech sector focused on falling valuations, dropping stock prices and slower funding rounds. Now, the la... |
| 19.08.2022 | Bolt’s shaky presence in Tanzania and its effect on Africa’s ride-hailing ecosystem | Bolt, the famous ride-hailing company, has been forced to change its business model following a regulatory policy from the Tanzanian government. The regulatory feud, which started earlier in March, is premised on Tanzania’s Land Transport R... |
| 19.08.2022 | Tanzania is going tough on ride-hailing. But who is bearing the brunt? | Bolt, the famous ride-hailing company, has been forced to change its business model following a regulatory policy from the Tanzanian government. The regulatory feud, which started earlier in March, is premised on Tanzania’s Land Transport R... |
| 17.08.2022 | Africa Must Act Now to Address Cybersecurity Threats. Here's Why | • In a globally-integrated financial market, robust and resilient cybersecurity is a non-negotiable prerequisite for investment across the world.
• But effective cybersecurity remains a challenge across Africa, with many organizations unpre... |
| 16.08.2022 | Identitypass is helping African businesses with digital identity verification. | The African digital economy is currently experiencing exponential growth. It is easy to hinge this technological development on a teeming tech-savvy generation going all out to acquire digital skills and embrace emerging opportunities in th... |
| 02.08.2022 | Kenyan logistics startup Sendy cuts 10% of its workforce | Kenyan logistics startup Sendy has laid off 10% of its 300-strong workforce, or 30 employees, according to pan-African news publication TechCabal. This is the latest public layoff news from Africa over the past couple of months after Swvl, ... |
| 01.08.2022 | VCs, Industry Players Bullish on Long-Term Prospects Despite ‘Crypto Winter’ | The cryptocurrency market is down significantly since the end of 2021, with the overall market losing nearly 70% of its value from its last all-time-high levels of nearly US$3 trillion in November 2021. But despite what some are referring t... |
| 31.05.2022 | Digital health news, funding roundup in the prior week; May 31, 2022 | Google studies smartphone effect on health; CVS' virtual care solution; DaVita and Medtronic partner
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DaVita, a provider of kidney dialysis services entered into a partnership with medical device company Medtronic to form a n... |
| 11.05.2022 | Identitypass, an identity verification API for Africa, raises $2.8M seed funding | Mobile penetration in Africa is growing impressively at about 46% as more people come online for the very first time. In turn, this has increased the market opportunity for startups, especially fintechs and e-commerce, which try to provide ... |
| 06.05.2022 | Can Anambra State spearhead a digital revolution in South-East Nigeria with Fred Agbata’s appointment? | Share this article:
The Anambra State Governor, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has announced the appointment of Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata as the MD/CEO of the Anambra State ICT Agency for a four-year tenure.
Throughout his tenure, Agbata will be ex... |
| 19.04.2022 | Flutterwave CEO addresses alleged misconduct claims in email to employees | Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola has, for the first time, addressed financial and personal misconduct claims leveled against him and the company this month, according to an email to employees obtained by TechCrunch.
“I’m writing today beca... |
| 12.04.2022 | This Biotech Startup Wants to Delay Menopause by 15 Years | (Photo: Dingzeyu Li/Unsplash)Menopause is no joke. Between hot flashes, sleep problems, chills, seemingly nonsensical mood swings, and associated health risks, this period of a person’s life is inconvenient for some and miserable for others... |
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