African and international investors have expressed interest in investing $31 billion at Africa’s top investment venue, the Africa Investment Forum Market Days. The forum has attracted a total of $63.8 billion in investment interest this year, including $32.8 billion from the postponed 2021 market days that were

Talk360 has announced it will debut its own payment platform next year. The platform will be the world’s first single checkout integrating all local currencies and payment methods across the African continent. Additionally, it’s not just limited to Talk360; it will make it simple for businesses to connect

In collaboration with Cisco, UK-based organization Black Girls in Tech has unveiled its brand-new cyber academy with the goal of increasing the participation of women in the technology sector. Following the second Lagos conference, Tap into Tech, which featured high-level discussions on cybersecurity, product, engineering, research, and design, the cyber

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchanger, announced on Monday, November 7, 2022, in a rather surprising move, that Nigerians can now deposit and withdraw Naira to and from their wallets. According to a statement from the crypto exchanger, the decision to add a fiat gateway for the naira is

Brotinni, an Egypt-based Foodtech establishment has revealed its success in securing $600,000 in its recent Seed fundraising. The investment is meant to properly tech-enable the business, the raise was led by Innlife investment. Brotinni was launched in 2020 and founded by Dalia Abou Omar. The foodtech provides a platform

Yassir, an Algerian startup, with expertise in the provision of e-commerce, telemedicine, reide-hailing and travel services, has revealed it success in securing a Series B funding to the tune of One hundred and Fifty million US dollars ($150 million). According to the startup, the round was led by BOND, while

In 2015, the United Nations came up with seventeen (17) Sustainable development Goals (SDGs) to provide solutions to pending poverty, deaths, inequality, climate change and sicknesses in Africa. The SDGs would include : 1. No Poverty 2. Zero hunger 3. Good health and well-being 4. Quality education 5. Gender equality 6.

According to Eskom, the over $500M (R9 billion) World Bank concessional loan accepted for the Komati Power Station restructure is a “major milestone” towards the development of renewable energy. The coal-fired power plant was shut down last week after at least 60 years of service to the nation, and it

If there was an emoji to describe the African tech funding scene in recent times, it should look like this: (ಠ_ಠ). You should probably look that symbol up online; it looks better there. Venture funding has sunk to new lows over the months; also visible in October startup funding,