Largest telecommunications provider in Kenya, Safaricom, has rolled out its 5G Wi-Fi network in the country making it the first in the East African region. This comes after its announcement
South African giant retail group, Shoprite, has made a small investment in Omnisient, a software startup in South Africa. The store participated in an unknown expansion round of funding for
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has announced the plan of the apex bank to redesign Naira notes. Currencies such as N200, N500 and N1000 are expected
Elon Musk has completed the $44 billion Twitter acquisition after months of legal wrangling, bad memes, and call-outs from both parties. Musk completed the purchase Thursday night, taking Twitter private,
Nigerian identity verification startup, IdentityPass, is set to donate a relief fund of N4 million to victims of the flood in Nigeria. The unfortunate event of the flood as a
AlphaCX Platforms, a Nigerian startup, has launched its Software-as-a-Service (Saas) Business-to-Business (B2B) Platform to provide a support system for customers in underserved markets.
In 2021, the startup launched in stealth,
In an effort to achieve a cashless economy, the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), eNaira, was launched by the President, Mohammadu Buhari in October 2021. A year after its launch,
Africa’s top e-commerce platform, Jumia Nigeria, has been recognized for its distinctive human resources practices as it emerges as the winner of the Human Resources Best Practice in the
It has been reported that the slow implementation of the Digital Taxi Hailing Regulation in East Africa Kenya has caused Uber and Bolt riders to take to the streets in
Satgana, a Paris-based climate tech venture capital firm, has closed its first $30 million fund to support entrepreneurs in sectors such as food and agriculture, energy, mobility, and buildings/industry,
Largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, Binance, through its philanthropic arm, Binance Charity has partnered with edtech startup, Utiva to skill up 50,000 youths in technology.
As part of its offering,
aiBANK, Egypt’s fastest-growing commercial bank with a strong corporate banking arm and multiple branches across the country, and valU, the leading Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) lifestyle-enabling fintech platform in the
