Over the years, the West has frequently been regarded as the world’s de facto technology capital, far outweighing emerging regions such as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
In recognition of their efforts to use innovation to improve South African communities, four homegrown digital start-ups have been selected to compete in the World Summit Awards (WSA). The global
Previously called Bitkoin Africa and later Buycoins, Helicarrier launched as a peer-to-peer bitcoin trading platform. Having merged its five products — Buycoins (a simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrency in
Nigerian-established mobility startup, Treepz, in partnership with FEMADEC Group, has launched eco-friendly buses in Nigeria. This is part of the startup’s effort to “Go Green” an action that will
Meta has revealed its exclusive XR exhibition which featured Six finalists from the programme it dubbed “Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds.” The programme was targeted at supporting creators in
The Kenyan Data Protection Commission (ODPC) has listed forty (40) Digital credit Providers (DCPs) in the East African nation over suspected personal data breach offences, among the listed are some
San-Francisco-headquartered pan-African leading payment technology, Flutterwave has appointed Emmanuel Efenure as Head of Risk for Africa; a new unit bore from the Flutterwave Compliance Team — to see to “faster development
In February 2021, former Head of Marketing, Risevest, Efe Uduigwomen published on Medium about the reasons she left her place of work — the investment company founded in 2019 by Eke
Fundraising for the past 5 months has been a roller coaster for African startups. In June 2022, African startups made 36 fully disclosed raises totaling $426,280,000 million. This
Uk-based pan-African fintech company, Paga has announced its landmark N6.1 trillion (equivalent of $14 billion) made in transactions since January 2012, three years after it was founded. According to
Tanda, an agency banking as a service provider in Kenya, is currently raising a pre-Series A round of funding to propel its customer acquisition and retention within Kenya and beyond,
In South Africa, Liquid Dataport, a division of Cassava Technologies, will be providing much-needed access to reasonably priced internet. The South African economy will benefit from Liquid Dataport’s acquisition
