Flutterwave, a pan-African payments technology firm, announced its entry into North Africa yesterday with the acquisition of payment licenses in Egypt. These licenses, the Payment Services Provider and Payments Facilitator
Since the Covid-19 surge resulted in the lockdown of cities across the world in 2020, the eCommerce sector has witnessed a surge in activities and exponential growth. Here in Africa,
Partech, a global venture capital firm, announced today the first close of Partech Africa II at $263 million, a significant milestone for the African tech ecosystem. This fund, the largest
Flutterwave, Africa’s most valuable tech startup and tech unicorn has recently had charges of financial impropriety dropped by a Kenyan high court. This was revealed in a Kenyan High
Healthtech, also known as digital health, is the intersection of healthcare and technology. It has been a rapidly growing industry globally in the last decade. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated its
The recent scarcity of the naira across Nigeria as a result of the CBN directive to phase out old notes of the #1,000, #500, and #200 denominations has increased
The African and Nigerian tech ecosystems are set to benefit greatly from the ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator Program. In partnership with Techstars and Lagos-based innovation ARM Labs, this program
Starlink, owned by the American billion and Twitter CEO, Elon Musk is an internet satellite service supplied by SpaceX that intends to give high-speed, low-latency internet access to people all
Since tech startups took the center stage in Africa in the last decade, fintech startups have effortlessly exacted their dominance with superior performance year after year. In 2022 for instance,
Google has taken a crucial step toward empowering African women entrepreneurs through the launch of its first Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Africa Program. The three-month accelerator program is
Western African tech startups have continued to dominate the African tech startup funding landscape year after year. According to Big Deal data, regional startups raised more than $6 billion of
Like most African countries, insurance penetration in Kenya is about 2.23%, compared to a global average of 7%, making Kenya the third lowest insurance penetration rate country in Sub-Saharan
