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Villgro Kenya, a Nairobi-based impact investor has given away the $150,000 in grant funding to 12 startups in East Africa.
These startups are vested in technologies and innovations that
The Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II (NVAF II) has closed $108 million, which will be used to support businesses in both East and West Africa.
Previously, the fund was limited
EMPG, one of the leading digital classifieds groups in the MENA, South Asia, and Southeast Asia regions, has acquired online property platform Lamudi Global.
The acquisition will help EMPG expand
Data science company, Voyance has introduced a fraud monitoring platform named Sigma that accumulates data from fintech within Africa to block fraudsters.
Sigma is a fraud graph database platform that
South African civic engagement technology platform, GovChat is planning to partner with the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to digitize the application process of the COVID-19 social relief grant.
Twitter is planning to attach labels and warning messages to tweets that contain misleading information about COVID-19.
This follows the disinformation in a new conspiracy video about COVID-19 which has
Egypt’s venture capital arm of Commercial International Bank (CIB) CVentures, has committed an undisclosed amount in London- based fintech Countingup.
The round was led by the VC arm of
South African online grocery delivery startup, Zulzi has received R30-million from a JSE-listed company.
The platform allows users to get direct access to thousands of grocery items through a mobile
Egyptian beauty Startup, an e-commerce platform Source Beauty has secured an undisclosed pre-seed investment from 500 Startups.
Source Beauty allows users to purchase beauty products for women with a focus
The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to launch a contact tracing app this month.
This app will help people in under-resourced countries to test and trace people exposed to
Gozem, Ride-hailing company collaborates with Etisalat Benin Francophone ride-hailing company, Gozem has collaborated with Etisalat Benin to make it’s “Moov Money” service accessible to its customers.This move by
Video Communications Inc. Zoom has acquired Keybase Inc to reinforce its service encryption.
This follows several complaints from users about the security of the platform.
The company in a statement
