MTN Leads Telcos In Africa According To Finance Annual Report.

One of the most well-known telecommunications brands in Africa, MTN has been declared as a most valuable telecommunication brand per an annual report recently released by Brand Finance. Brand Finance is an independent body which made a research into the field of telcos. The report made it clear that MTN

Lockdown In South Africa Sees Top E-Retailer Business Go Bad.

A South African e-commerce platform is currently going through tough times as lockdown sees poor business time. The company, Takealot, backed by Naspers is the biggest in South Africa is at the moment having a bad time with business in South Africa due to the lockdown. The President in his

Webinar: Utopia On “Entrepreneurship In Times Of Crisis.”                      

Utopia is the world’s first urban innovation group focused solely on emerging cities and their slums. Utopia is creating a network of city labs across Africa, Asia, and Latin America to build an urban ecosystem for emerging cities. The webinar which hosted a virtual panel session on “Entrepreneurship in

Rensource introduces a digital platform for SME.

Nigeria’s leading Energy and merchant infrastructure company, Rensource has introduced a novel digital platform that allows small businesses to connect to customers online during this lockdown period. Rensource’s new platform, Merchlist.co  was designed to serve two main purposes. The first is to allow customers to buy directly

Western Cape Government launches JUMP App.

The Western Cape Government, a province of South Africa has launched a JUMP app that gives entrepreneurs and business owners all the resources needed to start, scale and grow their companies. Before the novel app, was JUMP’s mobile website which has supported thousands of entrepreneurs access to digital tools,

MTN Ghana To Establish Free Educational Sites To Enable E-Learning In Ghana.

The fight against the coronavirus has seen everything been moved online. Any organization that cannot operate through online would have to suffer the consequences as a result of staff laid off. The government of Ghana on the 16 of March, closed all schools in Ghana, be it university, senior high

Egyptian startup Eventtus secures investment for its digital platform.

Egyptian startup Eventtus has secured an investment round to furnish its digital events platform. The startup secured an undisclosed investment from Hala Ventures, Algebra Ventures, and DAAL VC. The launch of the digital events follows the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the events industry. Events is a platform for

Crowdafrica To Use Its Website For Collections Of Donations To Fight COVID 19 In Africa.

An online website called crowdafrica has made available its platform for the general public who are willing to donate for the fight against the coronavirus. The organization is concentrated on education and healthcare hence, a very big concern to them as far as the fight against coronavirus is a concern.

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Ghana's New ECG App.

After the announcement from the vice president of Ghana on the 18th of February, 2020 about the new ECG app, most Ghanaians developed an interest in using the ECG app also known as the power app. But the question is, how convenient is the app. Ghana’s New ECG App

Labat Africa Acquires Biodata.

Labat Africa is a company that invests in various sectors of the economy in Africa. The company is trying to get hold of a space in biodata, a Company that focuses on technology and medical research on the sector of cannabis. Labat is said to have been targeting 70% of

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Startup Employees Face An Uncertain Future As Lockdown Continues In Some African Countries.

The coronavirus, which made the world unstable, has left employees with an uncertain future. After some countries got partially lockdown, many employees are home without work. Some countries such as Nigeria, Ghana among other African countries were partially locked down and are yet to be opened due to the coronavirus

COVID 19: Ghana Tech Lab, MasterCard Foundation to present $10,000 to local innovations challenge.

Ghana Tech lab in collaboration with MasterCard Foundation’s Young Africa Works is presenting an amount of $10,000 to support local entrepreneurs in the battle against COVID 19. However, the Tech lab which had a partnership already with Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works program to train young Ghanaians

Main One Partners With Lagos Government And NCDC To Fight Coronavirus in Nigeria.

One of West Africans lagers connectivity and data center solutions provider, Main One, has taken up the challenge to help the government to fight the coronavirus in its very best way. The virus has seen many organizations come out to help their countries or the countries in which they operate.

Vodacom donates 20000 phones to help fight COVID-19.

To fight the coronavirus in South Africa, the Vodacom group limited has made an effort by donating 20,000 smartphones to the frontline health workers in South Africa. The company believes that the government alone cannot fight the pandemic and will need help from both individuals and organizational bodies. With

Pretoria University In South Africa Produce Medical Equipment With 3D Printing To Help Health Workers.

The coronavirus that hit the world so badly, as made a lot of people turned into technology and since they believed that could be a way this virus can be tackle successfully. All across Africa and the world at large, we see countries and people take it to technology to

Nigeria Took Easter Mass To Online Due To Coronavirus.

This year’s Easter celebration was as it used to be across the world. The deadly coronavirus has no respect for anyone nor any event. The virus has done more than enough damages and still has not shown any signs of ending as it continues to escalate. As a result

Facebook introduces products for religious activities amid COVID-19.

Facebook has introduced new products to enable religious activities to continue amid the global Coronavirus lockdown. The new Faith on Facebook Resource Hub and Faith on Facebook toolkit will help religious leaders create an online community since they cannot meet in groups. This will, therefore, help religious leaders adhere to

Villgro Kenya in search of Innovations for COVID 19.

Healthcare incubator, Villgro Kenya is searching for innovations that can help the continent combat the coronavirus pandemic. In an attempt to solve the global outbreak of coronavirus, the incubator will help entrepreneurs develop technologies and provide solutions that will lessen the impact of the pandemic and its aftermath. Villgro in

Access Bank introduces AccessMore App amid COVID 19.

Access Bank Plc has introduced its new app, ‘AccessMore’ to ensure that customers make bank transactions while at home during the COVID 19 pandemic. AccessMore is a mobile app that is built on cutting edge technology offering tailored and personalized services, easy use and an excellent customer experience. CEO of

Nigerian logistics startup, Kwik Delivery receives funding from Ubisoft founder.

Nigeria delivery startup Kwik has received an undisclosed fund from the founder of French video games company, Ubisoft SA to uplift its operations. The investment was a personal one made by the founder and CEO of Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot Commenting on the investment, CEO and founder of Africa Delivery Technologies,

African Tech Companies Fight COVID-19 In Kenya Through Safe Hands Alliance.

The coronavirus, which has hit the world in all aspects, and has not excluded Kenya. In Kenya, the story has not changed as they also believed that the virus can be conquered if the fight it as a nation. In doing so, an alliance organization known as the ‘Safe Hands

Group Of Startups In Nigeria To Get A Helping Hand From The Government.

The coronavirus has done a lot of damages across the world especially economically and life-wise. Many businesses have collapsed, many lost their jobs and many died as well. With all these, Nigeria is off no exceptions, even though the government is trying so hard to put things in place. The

Play Sense, A South African Kids Learning Platform, Moves Online, Gets Funding From Enygma Ventures.

A company in South Africa called play sense was purposely made for kids between the ages of 2 to 3 years. The organization which was co-founded by Meg Faure and Lara Shoenfeld is a small home-based school for educating children in South Africa. The play sense has now turned into

Limited Free Data For MTN Customers In Zambia During COVID-19 Pandemic.

The coronavirus, which has set the whole world unstable, has made a lot of individuals as well as companies to come out to help fight the coronavirus in one way or the other. Is either they are donating cash, or helping the nation in kind. In the situation involving MTN

Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) Innovation Hub Launched In South Africa.

In the course of promoting a responsible sector of finance and innovation in South Africa, the financial regulatory body of South Africans financial regulators have launched a group that will be in charge of changes that in the sector of finance which will equally be driven by financial technology called