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Google Hosts Developers and Industry Experts to its Sandbox Program in Nairobi

Google Hosts Developers and Industry Experts to its Sandbox Program in Nairobi

Google today hosts software developers and technical industry professionals in Nairobi as part of its Sandbox program to discuss career options and share best practices. The day-long event aims to activate partnerships to deepen relationships within the local tech community and to bring first-hand Google experiences to industry talent in

IFC Appoints Dahlia Khalifa as Regional Director for Central Africa, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

announced the appointment of an Egyptian and American national

IFC Appoints Dahlia Khalifa as Regional Director for Central Africa, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

IFC-International Monetary Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, announced the appointment of an Egyptian and American national, Dahlia Khalifa, as its Regional Director for Central Africa, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone in a press release yesterday, November 16th, 2022. In her new role, Khalifa will spearhead IFC’s

Bolt Nigeria Launches the First Ride-Hailing Inter-City Service, Offers 20% Discount

Bolt Nigeria Launches the First Ride-Hailing Inter-City Service, Offers 20% Discount

Bolt Nigeria, a leading ride-hailing platform, has launched the country’s first ride-hailing inter-city category to expand its comfort-focused service offering for inter-city riders. The company said in a statement released on Wednesday that the inter-city category on Bolt offers fast and convenient rides and that this service was launched

Solv Kenya and Cellulant Partner to Offer MSME Payment and Collection Services

Solv Kenya and Cellulant Partner to Offer MSME Payment and Collection Services

Solv Kenya, an MSMEs-focused B2B digital platform and the leading Pan-African payments provider, Cellulant have entered into a financial services partnership that will enable Solv Kenya’s expanding MSME partners to access digital payment and collections services offered by Cellulant according to a press release by the company yesterday. This

Stable Foods, Kenyan Agritech Startup Receives $600K to Build Integrated Solutions

Stable Foods, Kenyan Agritech Startup Receives $600K to Build Integrated Solutions

Stable Foods, a Kenyan-based agritech portfolio company of Pyramidia Ventures, an agrifood-tech venture studio has today announced receiving $600, 000 in investments from Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) and Mercy Corps Ventures to scale up Stable Foods’ proof of concept to 500 farmers by the end of 2023. Also, the

Leveraging Edtech to Eradicate Mass Illiteracy in Africa

Leveraging Edtech to Eradicate Mass Illiteracy in Africa

According to a 2019 Statista report, approximately 34.7 percent of Sub-Saharan Africans are illiterate. The adult illiteracy rate is the percentage of people aged 15 and up who are unable to read or write. After more than sixty years of independence, such a sad reality and mass ignorance have

Cristiano Ronaldo Partners Binance to Launch His First NFT Collection

Cristiano Ronaldo Partners Binance to Launch His First NFT Collection

Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese and Manchester United striker, will launch his first NFT collection on November 18 as part of a multi-year partnership with Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem, and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider. In June 2022, the Portuguese star signed a multi-year NFT partnership with Binance, which includes

YouTube Shorts is Adding Shopping Features and Affiliate Marketing

YouTube Shorts is Adding Shopping Features and Affiliate Marketing

YouTube Shorts is adding affiliate marketing and the ability for users to purchase items as they scroll through Shorts, as first reported by the Financial Times and confirmed by TechCrunch. According to the report, the long-form video giant is testing shopping features with eligible US-based creators and audiences in the

PalmPay Gets Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) Compliance

PalmPay Gets Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) Compliance

PalmPay, a Nigerian fintech innovator democratizing digital payment access, has achieved compliance status with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) for implementing all statutory requirements. With the rapid growth of the internet and digital economy, the use of information raises serious privacy and data protection concerns. However, any organization that

#YouTubeBlack Voices Shortlist 46 African Creators for 2023 Cohorts

#YouTubeBlack Voices Shortlist 46 African Creators for 2023 Cohorts

#YouTubeBlack Voices creators and artist cohorts, an initiative of YouTube, has today announced the selection of 46 African creators for its 2023 cohorts program in a drive to support and expand the efforts of creators and the creative economy in Africa. Now in its third year, #YouTubeBlack Voice Cohorts is

BasiGo Secures $6.6M to Start Commercial Assembling of EVs in Kenya

BasiGo Secures $6.6M to Start Commercial Assembling of EVs in Kenya

BasiGo, Kenya’s foremost electric vehicle manufacturer has announced that it has secured $6.6 million in equity funding to begin commercial assembly of electric vehicles in Kenya. Mobility54, Toyota Tsusho’s corporate venture capital arm; Trucks VC, a transportation-focused venture capital fund in Silicon Valley; and Novastar Ventures, a

Yaga, an E-Commerce Platform for New and Used Clothes, Gets $2.2M to Further Expand in Africa and Asia

Yaga, an E-Commerce Platform for New and Used Clothes, Gets $2.2M to Further Expand in Africa and Asia

Yaga, an e-commerce platform for selling and buying new and used fashion items, has secured $2.2 million from investors to expand further in African and Asian markets. The funding round was led by Startup Wise Guys, with participation from Trind Ventures, Specialist VC, and Rubylight, a Latvian venture capital

IBM Announces New Chairman for its Operations in the EMEA Regions

Ana Paula Assis

IBM Announces New Chairman for its Operations in the EMEA Regions

IBM, a leading American computer manufacturing company has announced the appointment of Ana Paula Assis, General Manager IBM Europe, Middle East & Africa as the new Chairman of Europe, Middle East & Africa, succeeding Martin Jetter, who is retiring from IBM at the end of 2022 after serving the company

Aurora Tech Award 2022 Sets to Honor Women IT Startup Founders with $60K Combined Prize

Aurora Tech Award

Aurora Tech Award 2022 Sets to Honor Women IT Startup Founders with $60K Combined Prize

Aurora Tech Award, which awards prizes annually to female founders of IT startups with a significant impact on global development, has opened its application portal for the 2022 edition. The award is targeting women in cutting-edge technology, particularly female entrepreneurs. Also, the award recipient represents the freedom of choice that

Interswitch Regional Breakfast Session Gathers Stakeholders in Port Harcourt

Interswitch Regional Breakfast Session Gathers Stakeholders in Port Harcourt

Interswitch, Africa’s leading integrated payments, and digital e-commerce company hosted its second ‘Regional Breakfast Session’ at the Presidential Hotel in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, to contribute to the ongoing attempt at digital payment adoption across the country and as customers continue to yearn for more sophisticated digital payment offerings.

GOMYCODE Nigeria, Africa's Leading Edtech Startup, Opens New Flagship Hackerspace in Lagos

GOMYCODE Nigeria, Africa's Leading Edtech Startup, Opens New Flagship Hackerspace in Lagos

GOMYCODE Nigeria, a leading edtech startup in Africa has announced the opening of its new flagship hackerspace in a larger and more suitable location in Lagos, Nigeria. This follows the successful launch of the digital education platform’s first hackerspace in January 2021. The new hackerspace is a one-of-a-kind architectural

Sky.Garden, Kenya’s E-Commerce Startup on the Verge of Shutting down, Gets a Lifeline

Sky.Garden, Kenya’s E-Commerce Startup on the Verge of Shutting down, Gets a Lifeline

Sky.Garden, Kenya’s e-commerce startup, which announced in late September that it will close by October 16 – due to a shortage of funds – having issued a termination letter in a memo sent to employees earlier in September, has announced that it will now be acquired and continue operating under

Examining the Buy Now Pay Later Financing Option in Nigeria

BNPL in Nigeria

Examining the Buy Now Pay Later Financing Option in Nigeria

Nigeria, with a population of approximately 220 million people, should have been a thriving market for producers of various products and services, but this is not the case due to weak purchasing power as a result of the twin factors of a largely unemployed and underemployed population. This is exacerbated

Amazon Ring Enters W’ African Market via Partnership with Ashour Corporation

Amazon Ring Enters W’ African Market via Partnership with Ashour Corporation

Amazon Ring LLC has entered into a partnership, as well as appointed Ashour Corporation FZE, a Dubai-based company with a majority stake by Nigerian-born tech billionaire and Forbes Best of Africa Leading Tech Icon, Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, as authorized distributor of Amazon Bell products in West Africa as the

OneWeb Partners with Airtel Africa to Provide Satellite Internet Connectivity across Africa

OneWeb Partners with Airtel Africa to Provide Satellite Internet Connectivity across Africa

OneWeb, a London-based communications solutions provider, has entered into a distribution agreement with Airtel Africa to provide satellite internet connectivity across the continent. It has appointed Airtel Africa to assist it in selling its services across the continent. The partnership will concentrate on delivering satellite communications services to enterprise and

Cellulant Group, Kenya’s Fintech Startup Gets Approval from the National Bank of Uganda to Offer Digital payment solutions

Cellulant Group, Kenya’s Fintech Startup Gets Approval from the National Bank of Uganda to Offer Digital payment solutions

Cellulant Group, a Pan-African payment technology startup based in Kenya, has received a Payments Systems Operator license from the National Bank of Uganda under the National Payments System Act, 2020, to provide online payment solutions in the country. With this license, Cellulant will be able to expand its operations locally

AFEX Commodities Exchange and NG Clearing Sign a Partnership on Commodity Derivatives in Nigeria

AFEX Commodities Exchange

AFEX Commodities Exchange and NG Clearing Sign a Partnership on Commodity Derivatives in Nigeria

AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited, Nigeria’s first licensed private commodities exchange, and NG Clearing Limited, West Africa’s Premier Central Counterparty (CCP), a Financial market Infrastructure (FMI) driving the Clearing and Settlement of Exchange Traded Derivatives instruments in the Nigerian Capital Market have announced signing a partnership agreement to develop

Startup Wise Guys Selects 9 African B2B SaaS Startups for its 2nd Batch of Investment

B2B SaaS Startups

Startup Wise Guys Selects 9 African B2B SaaS Startups for its 2nd Batch of Investment

Startup Wise Guys (SWG), Europe’s most seasoned startup accelerator and one of the continent’s most active investment funds, has selected the second batch of 9 African B2B SaaS startups to participate in its $7.5 million African startup investment fund. The program, Africa’s first B2B SaaS accelerator,

Snapplify, Africa’s Leading Edtech Startup Expands into the West African Market

Snapplify, Africa’s Leading Edtech Startup Expands into the West African Market

Snapplify, a leading African edtech startup, has expanded into the West African market as part of its efforts to increase access to digital education across the continent. With the recent hiring of Doyin Shonubi as Sales Manager, the digital education platform is expanding its local team in the West African

Kuda Bank Launches Remittance Services in the UK

Kuda Bank Launches Remittance Services in the UK

Kuda Bank, Nigeria’s foremost mobile-only licensed neobank, is expanding to the United Kingdom to provide remittance services to Nigerians living abroad. Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha founded the London-based startup in 2019. It provides financial services to Africans (beginning with Nigerians) both within and outside of Africa. As a