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Twende Receives $33K From CIBAN To Address Employee Transportation Issues In Côte D'Ivoire

Twende Receives $33K From CIBAN To Address Employee Transportation Issues In Côte D'Ivoire

Twende, an innovative startup dedicated to transforming employee transportation solutions in Côte d'Ivoire, has received angel funding from the Côte d'Ivoire Business Angels Network (CIBAN). CIBAN, one of the country's leading angel investment networks, has invested $33,000 in Twende, recognizing the tremendous potential

Flapmax, Microsoft Invite Application For 2nd Cohort Of FAST Accelerator Program

Flapmax, Microsoft Invite Application For 2nd Cohort Of FAST Accelerator Program

Flapmax, a US-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) company and Microsoft have partnered to launch the second cohort of the FAST Accelerator program. This initiative aims to empower and fund the next wave of innovative startups and entrepreneurs across Africa. Following the resounding success of its inaugural edition, the FAST Accelerator 2023

Flutterwave Partners IATA To Empower Airlines with Seamless Payments Options

Flutterwave Partners IATA To Empower Airlines with Seamless Payments Options

Flutterwave has partnered with the International Air Transport Association to integrate its cutting-edge payment technology into IATA's Financial Gateway to enable Africans to conveniently purchase their flight tickets in their local currencies.

Uber Partners Sety To Roll Out “Emergency Feature” For Its Nigerian Riders

Uber Partners Sety To Roll Out “Emergency Feature” For Its Nigerian Riders

Uber, the global ride-hailing company, has taken an important step toward ensuring the safety of its Nigerian riders and drivers with the introduction of two new features in partnership with Sety.

Apple Sets July 25th For Price Adjustments For In-App Purchases In Nigeria, Egypt, Others

Apple Sets July 25th For Price Adjustments For In-App Purchases In Nigeria, Egypt, Others

Apple has announced that it will be adjusting its pricing for apps and in-app purchases in Egypt, Tanzania, and Nigeria, starting from July 25th, 2023. These changes are expected to have an impact on both developers and consumers in these African markets. While Apple did not explicitly state whether the

Uganda's New Digital Tax Law: Implications On Nation’s Economy, Freedom Of Speech

Uganda's New Digital Tax Law: Implications On Nation’s Economy, Freedom Of Speech

Uganda passed new tax law to impose a 5% levy on income earned by foreign providers of digital communications services like Twitter, Netflix, and Facebook.

Flutterwave Launches Tuition For Seamless Overseas Education Fees Payments For Africans

Flutterwave Launches Tuition For Seamless Overseas Education Fees Payments For Africans

Flutterwave has unveiled Tuition for Africans to effortlessly settle various fees for educational institutions within Africa and overseas.

Nigeria's Propel Raises $2.7M Seed To Scale Talent Platform

Nigeria's Propel Raises $2.7M Seed To Scale Talent Platform

Nigerian HR tech startup, Propel has announced raising $2.7 million (€2.5 million) in seed funding.

CodeLn Launches CodeLnPay For Seamless Cross-Border Salary Payments To Remote Workers In Africa

CodeLn Launches CodeLnPay For Seamless Cross-Border Salary Payments To Remote Workers In Africa

CodeLn, a leading end-to-end technology platform, has unveiled CodeLn Pay, a revolutionary payroll platform designed to facilitate cross-border salary payments. This innovative solution aims to assist companies in streamlining the wage payment process, ensuring quick, secure, and hassle-free transactions for remote workers in Africa. The launch of CodeLn Pay addresses

Meet Pitch2Win 15 Finalists Gunning For The $10k Prize Money

Meet Pitch2Win 15 Finalists Gunning For The $10k Prize Money

The grand finale of Pitch2Win is scheduled to take place on July 11th, 2023 in Lagos, Nigeria, where innovative startups in the Web2 and Web3 sectors will vie for the coveted $10,000 grand prize.

Safaricom To Establish Two VC Firms To Invest In Kenyan Startups

Safaricom To Establish Two VC Firms To Invest In Kenyan Startups

Safaricom intends to broaden its investment scope by supporting not only seed-stage startups but also the growth of established scale-ups.

Seedstars Launches FIWAM Program to Drive Financial Inclusion For Women Migrants

Seedstars Launches FIWAM Program to Drive Financial Inclusion For Women Migrants

Seedstars has launched the Financial Innovations for Women Affected by Migration (FIWAM) program to identify and support fintech businesses that are dedicated to promoting financial inclusion, particularly for migrant women in Asia, MENA, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Kyosk Acquires Kwikbasket To Revolutionize The Supply Of Fresh Produce In Africa

Kyosk Acquires Kwikbasket To Revolutionize The Supply Of Fresh Produce In Africa

Kyosk has acquired KwikBasket, a prominent player in the agricultural sector, to revolutionize the supply of fresh produce and expand into the African fresh produce market with the introduction of its Farm & Fresh line of business.

Orange Bank Africa Partners IFC To Extend Digital Lending To West African SMSEs

Orange Bank Africa Partners IFC To Extend Digital Lending To West African SMSEs

Orange Bank Africa partners with the International Finance Corporation to extend digital lending opportunities to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in West Africa.

Nigerian Invoice Financing Startup, Zuvy Emerges From Stealth Mode With $4.5M

Nigerian Invoice Financing Startup, Zuvy Emerges From Stealth Mode With $4.5M

Nigerian startup specializing in invoice financing and software solutions, Zuvy has raised $4.5 million in a TLG Capital-led investment round to expand its operations across the country.

DRC's Nuru Receives $40M To Build The Biggest Mini-Grid In Sub-Saharan Africa

DRC's Nuru Receives $40M To Build The Biggest Mini-Grid In Sub-Saharan Africa

Nuru's ambitious goal of illuminating five million lives across the Democratic Republic of Congo by September 2024 receives a major boost as IFC, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet and many others invest $40M in its Series B funding round.

African Tech Startups H1 2023 Funding Report

African Tech Startups H1 2023 Funding Report

African tech startups' VC funding dipped by over 50 per cent in the first half of 2023, as 131 startups struggled to raise $1.19 billion.

Ghanaian Berry Health Secures $1.6M To Tackle Health-Related Stigma In Africa

Ghanaian Berry Health Secures $1.6M To Tackle Health-Related Stigma In Africa

Ghanaian consumer health startup, Berry Health, has secured $1.6 million in funding to democratise healthcare and tackle health-related stigma in Africa.

Wave’s Feature On YC’s Top 50 List: Implications For African Francophone Startups

Wave’s Feature On YC’s Top 50 List: Implications For African Francophone Startups

Kenya’s ShopZetu Raises $1M Pre-Seed Funding To Expand Its Fashion Marketplace

Kenya’s ShopZetu Raises $1M Pre-Seed Funding To Expand Its Fashion Marketplace

Kenyan ShopZetu raises $1 million to expand its operations beyond Kenya and venture into beauty and home décor categories, catering to the growing needs of style-conscious women across Africa.

Eyowo Clarifies Reports Of Shutdown, Employee Layoffs

Eyowo Clarifies Reports Of Shutdown, Employee Layoffs

Eyowo denies shutdown rumors and insists that they are decommissioning a product and implementing workforce restructuring.

Climate Change: Africa’s Climate (Clean) Tech Startups In Focus

Climate Change: Africa’s Climate (Clean) Tech Startups In Focus

African Crypto Startups' Journey: Insights From Pillow's Shutdown

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African Crypto Startups' Journey: Insights From Pillow's Shutdown

Flutterwave Partners Microsoft To Revolutionise Africa’s Payments Landscape

Flutterwave, Africa’s most valuable tech startup, has announced a groundbreaking five-year technological agreement with Microsoft, the renowned technology giant. This strategic partnership aims to revolutionise the payment landscape across the African continent and beyond by leveraging Microsoft Azure, the powerful cloud computing platform. The partnership signifies a significant milestone

Ethiopian Kubik, Secures $3.34M to Build Sustainable Homes From Recycled Plastic Waste

Ethiopian Kubik, Secures $3.34M to Build Sustainable Homes From Recycled Plastic Waste

Kubik, an Ethiopian cleantech startup specializing in the production of affordable, low-carbon building materials from recycled plastic waste, has raised $3.34 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to expand across the country.