Covid 19 Nigeria Launches Covid19 Vaccine Registration Portal Barely 48 hours ago, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) launched the registration platform for COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria ahead of the delivery of 3.92 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which are expected to arrive on March 02, 2021. There had been earlier claims that
Africa Space Tech Challenge Announces Winners In a fast-evolving world, it is wonderful to see that the African tech community is not left behind. The space technology industry is one of the most valuable industries in technology. Despite this, only 0.5% of investments in space technology globally go toward African companies and startups. The space
INOXICO ENABLES SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS GROWTH Credit-focused fintech helps drive better business decisions Johannesburg, South Africa: The Vumela Fund, established by FNB Business and Edge Growth, is excited to announce an equity investment into Inoxico, enabling the company to continue establishing itself as a recognised commercial credit risk technology provider. Inoxico is a tech company that
The HAVAÍC Universum Core African Fund Achieves its Second Close Following a successful 2020 comprising eight new investments and three international exits, African focused venture capital (VC) investor HAVAÍC has announced the launch of its newest fund. With a track record for investing in, supporting, internationalising, and ultimately exiting, early-stage high growth African technology companies, HAVAÍC’s Universum Core African
Funding New Venture Capital Fund launches with focus on the MENA region. Plus VC, new venture capital with $60 million in funds, has launched to focus on early-stage technology startup within the Middle East and North African region. As stated on its website, the venture capital firm is built on the desire to see the MENA region grow and contribute to the
Funding Dreevo, an Egyptian delivery startup secures funding. Dreevo, an Egyptian delivery startup, has raised an undisclosed six-figure pre-seed from EF Logistic. The new fund will enable its operation to cover more grounds in Egypt. “We are positioning ourselves to be the partner of choice for all e-commerce startups and merchants in the region,” says Sameh Shaheen, CEO
Funding Milango raises seed investment to help communities go online. Egyptian startup, Milango has raised an undisclosed six-figure capital, which will enable communities to offer digital services to its members according to sources. Milango provides tailored solutions, including access control, a cashless environment, facility management, and much more to gated communities, social clubs, and communities interested in offering their members
Jumia partners Airtel Kenya to allow users make mobile payments. Africa’s e-commerce platform, Jumia, has partnered with Airtel Kenya to enable users to create their online payment transactions using Airtel Money. The service is part of Jumia’s contactless-delivery initiative, introduced in March as a safety measure against COVID-19. Thus, users are encouraged to prepay for their purchases to
South African tech startup, Qnum Analytics joins US-based global accelerator. South African tech startup, Qnum Analytics, has been selected as a member of the US-based accelerator, The Batchery. The Batchery is a Californian global incubator for seed-stage startups. Qnum Analytics provides clients an automated inventory reconciliation solution for the dry bulk industrials and enables organizations to minimize inventory shrinkage, improved
New website builder rolls out for businesses in MENA. A new website builder, Weblic, has been rolled out for companies and individuals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Weblic provides ready-to-use website templates to lower the learning curve for individuals without coding experience and skills in the Arabic language. The price of the website builder is
Funding Egyptian fashion rental platform, La Reina secures seed funding. Egypt-based online fashion rental platform La Reina has raised an undisclosed six-figure seed round from 500 Startups, Algebra Ventures, with participation from a group of angel investors. La Reina is an online platform that matches dress owners to renters directly. Sharif El-Badawi, the Managing partner at 500 Startups Middle East
Glade Digital Bank App now available in Stores. Nigerian fintech platform, Glade Digital Bank App, has rolled out on the App Store. The Glade Digital Bank App is now available on App Store for iPhone users on IOS versions 8 to 14. The app, which was only available for Android users, is now giving iPhone users the chance
Careem, sees quick recovery amidst COVID-19 pandemic. Careem, has seen a sharp rally in its ride service amidst the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic despite its negative impact on other businesses. Careem, which was acquired by Uber Technologies last year at $3.1 billion, expected its ride service to recover at the end of 2021, but now hopes it
South African edtech startup, Examsta rolls out app to help students prepare for exams South African edtech startup, Examsta has rolled out an educational web app to help high school students to prepare for examinations. Currently, the app is in the testing phase and provides study material for the South African, CAPS, and IEB high school exams. De Wet created Examsta for “content-heavy” subjects
FastBitcoins Partners With Flexepin for expansion into Africa. FastBitCoins has announced its partnership with Flexepin, a voucher giant for global expansion and entry into 14 African countries. The partnership will allow Flexepin users to redeem their pre-paid cash vouchers via the FastBitCoins website. It will also provide mobile money services to customers in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia, and
MEST commits $700k in seven African tech startups. The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has committed a combined US$700,000 in seven tech startups that have graduated from its annual training program. The seven startups will be given a chance to join over 40 companies in the ongoing MEST Africa incubation program that are part of
Careem goes remote. Careem, the Egyptian tech giant is going remote, allowing their employees to work from home. Careem is joining other tech giants within the region to announce remote work following the devastating effect of the pandemic on commerce and the importance of social distance which has become impossible within the workplace.
Egyptian design tech startup, Argineering rolls out RGKit Play. Argineering, an Egyptian design tech startup, has rolled out a new kit dubbed RGKit Play to allow designers, videographers, and creatives to add movement in style to their projects. The RGKit Play is a modular wireless kit with motors that gives access to its user to modify movement and light
South African' s CyberEcomm launches ShopESpot, a new e-commerce platform. South African digital solutions company, CyberEcomm has launched a new e-Commerce platform, ShopESpot. ShopESpot is an all-in-one shopping platform that enables South African businesses to build an online presence. Chief Sales and Marketing Director of ShopESpot, Lisa Sukdev, said, “The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about disruptive innovation whereby trends, such
Funding Egyptian fintech startup, Kashier Payments secures seed funding in a round led by Glint Ventures. Egyptian fintech startup, Kashier Payments, has secured seed funding in a round led by Glint Ventures, with participation from a group of strategic investors. However, the precise size of the investment is unknown at the time of this reporting. Kashier is a payment platform designed to empower and simplify commerce
Paratus rolls out 100Gig Fiber Ring in Zambia. Pan-African telecommunications group, Paratus Zambia has rolled out a 100Gig metro fiber ring in Lusaka, Zambia. It is expected that the fiber ring to leverage technology which will increase the bandwidth over an existing fiber network. This means that businesses can transmit data at speeds of up to 100Gbps. With
Funding South African health-tech, Syked receives seed investment from HaloCare. South African health-tech startup, Syked has received an undisclosed seed investment round from HaloCare, a managed care organization. The fresh funds will enable the startup to scale operations across the country, widen its offering as well as build tech development teams. Syked is an online health platform that gives virtual
Funding Egyptian healthtech startup, Rology secures 860K Pre-Series A funding round. Egyptian healthtech startup, Rology has successfully raised $860, 000 in a Pre-Series A funding round, led by HIMangel. Other investors that participated in the round included Dubai Angel Investors (DAI),The Asia Africa Investment & Consulting (AAIC) from Japan and Saudi’s Athaal Group. Rology is a cloud-based platform that
Egyptian logistics startup, RoadRunner secures six-figure seed investment. Egyptian logistics startup, RoadRunner has secured six-figure seed investment from an undisclosed strategic individual investor. RoadRunner provides fast on-demand delivery solutions to restaurants and other businesses in Cairo, Tanta and Mansoura. The platform partners with restaurants and other businesses that are avoiding hiring food delivery aggregators and do not want
Egypt's e-sports group, Anubis Gaming raises $300,000 seed round from regional e-commerce group. Egyptian esports group, Anubis Gaming has raised $300,000 seed round from a regional ecommerce group. This comes after the group raised $100,000 in funds last month, making a total funding raised by Anubis $450,000 since it started operations. Anubis is an esports team that takes part in
