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France’s largest telecom group Orange is planning to enter the South African and Nigerian markets soon.
According to Reuters, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Orange, Stephane Richard said,
Zedny, an Arabic learning startup in Egypt has gotten an investment of $1.2million and the assets will be coordinated to their locale wide extension
The Egyptian stage has great
Angels Investment network, Cairo Angels has introduced a fundraising consultancy for early and growth-stage startups that operates in the Middle East and Africa.
Cairo Angels are Egypt’s first formal
South African biotech startup, LifeQ in partnership with Samsung and Hannover Re has rolled out VeoSens, a wearable integrated insurance and health management solution.
LifeQ uses technology and analytics to
Uber has appointed Pradeep Parameswaran, as its new head for the Asia Pacific part of the business and he is set to begin his new role next week.
Parameswaran was
C. Moore Media has launched a Public Relations (PR) and communications mentorship program dubbed, “The Future is Female Mentorship Program” to provide business development needs to African Tech female founders.
Ride-hailing company, Uber is planning to partner with FinTech firm, Flutterwave to launch Uber Cash, a digital wallet feature in Africa.
Flutterwave is a B2B payment gateway network that allows
Raise, a Kenyan company has launched its public beta end-to-end fundraising platform for African startups in order to make fundraising easier and gives solutions to fundraising through its digital platform.
South African peer-to-peer solar leasing platform, Sun Exchange has secured a $3 million investment as part of its Series A round to expand into new markets across the African continent.
truID, South African open banking startup has raised undisclosed funding from African fintech investor, Crossfin through its investment arm, Crossfin Ventures to widen its customer base and build out its
Global biopharmaceutical company, Sanofi has declared five winners of its AfricaTech Challenge.
This comes after an online pitch was held on 11 June, where 11 startups took part in four
AUC Venture Lab Accelerator powered by the Commercial International Bank (CIB) and in partnership with the International Finance Corporation is hosting a 3-day virtual hackathon coming up June 17th to
