Nedbank, a fintech banking platform in South Africa has launched a new feature for customers called Money Message on WhatsApp. This in-chat payment feature will allow users to make payments and get paid through WhatsApp. This new feature which was launched in collaboration with Mastercard and South African fintech startup

South Africa-based investment company, Founders Factory Africa (FFA) has announced a new partnership with Dublin-based philanthropic organization, Small Foundation. This partnership will see Founders Factory Africa select 18 agri-tech startups for an acceleration program. With this partnership, Small foundation is making an undisclosed investment in FFA to help build and

OKO, a Malian-based insuretech startup that aims to provide smallholder farmers with financial security, has raised $1.2m in its seed funding round to push its expansion to other African countries. The seed round was led by US-based VC firms Newfund and ResiliAnce. The round also saw participation from Mercy

A week after Twitter announced it would be setting up its first African office in Ghana. US retail giant, Amazon has also announced it would be opening its first African headquarters in South Africa with a real estate investment of over $280million. Authorities in Cape Town noted that Amazon would

Payflex, a South African fintech startup has announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Australian-listed multinational fintech firm, Zip Co Limited (ASX: Z1P). Commenting on the funding, Paul Behrmann, CEO, and founder of Payflex remarked that the investment and support by Zip Co is a vote

The cairo-based health-tech startup, Yodawy has announced its partnership with MedNet Egypt to offer its insured members easy and digital access to their prescribed medications. With this announcement, MedNet members will now be able to order their insured and prescribed medications for delivery from Yowdy’s easy-to-use online platform. This

Multichoice with over 20million subscribers across Africa is the undisputed giant when it comes to PayTV subscriptions in the continent. The South African company currently dominates in over 13 African Countries with about 20million users subscribed to its DStv, GOtv, and ShowMax platforms. However, the business is not without a

The African tech scene, largely dominated by western investors has over the years seen immense growth. This growth has opened the continent up to diverse sources of funding from VCs and investors from other parts of the world; the latest among these investors is Samurai Incubate, a Tokyo-based Africa-focused VC