Ukheshe, Mastercard, Nedbank, and Telkom collaborate to grow access to the digital economy with a virtual product that enables secure e-commerce payments on the phone.
Telkom has launched Africa’s
Pawame, a UAE-based but Africa-focused off-grid solar energy startup has secured $1.7m in grants commitments.
The grants were secured from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency; the Energy and Environment Partnership
Altech Group, a market leader in the distribution of world-class clean energy products in the Democratic Republic of Congo has raised €5 million in debt funding organized by Trine, a
The Nigerian government has today released a statement banning the activities of popular microblogging and social media platforms, Twitter in the country.
According to the Minister of Information and Culture,
In a bid to increase access to high-speed internet in Uganda, the World Bank has announced the approval of $200 million to the Ugandan government to improve digital efficiency in
Kibanda TopUp, a Kenya-based startup working to digitize the food supply chain for micro, small and medium restaurants in Africa has secured $460k in pre-seed funding to increase its customer
Driven by the desire to boost food security in Nigeria through technology-driven agricultural services, Thrive Agric has launched an ambitious 1-year project to support 50,000 smallholder farmers growing rice,
Crowdyvest, a Nigerian fintech company was recently in the news for a Cease and Desist Order issued to it by the Nigerian SEC on its investment product, “the Halal Fund”
Oasis Capital, a US$50 million fund investing equity capital in growing SMEs across Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, has announced the investment of $1million in Ghanaian fintech startup AppsNmobile.
The Catapult: Inclusion Africa 2021 finally came to an impressive close on the 27th of May 2021.
At the virtual closing ceremony where a total of 14 startups presented their
The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that cooperative-driven fintech product, Crowdyvest Halal Fund, is an “unregistered entity purporting to operate as a corporative society” and has issued
Dream-VC, a remote Venture Capital Upskilling institute has launched a new fellowship program aimed at providing increased access and opportunities to underrepresented individuals in the African VC space.
The free
