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Opay Denies Wrongdoing Amid Controversy Over Unauthorized Account Opening

Opay Denies Wrongdoing Amid Controversy Over Unauthorized Account Opening

Gates Foundation Backs 29 Healthtech Startups Across Africa

Gates Foundation Backs 29 Healthtech Startups Across Africa

Itana Digital Free Zone: A Catalyst for Nigeria's Digital Economy Growth

Itana Digital Free Zone: A Catalyst for Nigeria's Digital Economy Growth

Jack Dorsey’s Btrust's Acquisition Of Qala Signals A New Dawn For African Crypto Development

Jack Dorsey’s Btrust's Acquisition Of Qala Signals A New Dawn For African Crypto Development

Ghanaian Healthtech Startup, mPharma Lays Off 150 Employees To 'Right-Size' Its Workforce

Ghanaian Healthtech Startup, mPharma Lays Off 150 Employees To 'Right-Size' Its Workforce

Anchor Raises $2.4M Seed Round To Scale Banking-As-a-Service For African Businesses

Anchor Raises $2.4M Seed Round To Scale Banking-As-a-Service For African Businesses

Drive Electric Expands LEAP Fund: Supports Seven New EV Startups In Africa and Latin America

Drive Electric Expands LEAP Fund: Supports Seven New EV Startups In Africa and Latin America

Nigeria's Fintech Startup, Moniepoint Gets Approval To Acquire Kenya's Kopo Kopo

Nigeria's Fintech Startup, Moniepoint Gets Approval To Acquire Kenya's Kopo Kopo

South Africa Push For Green Energy: Unveils First-Ever Electric Taxi

South Africa Push For Green Energy: Unveils First-Ever Electric Taxi

South Africa takes a big step in revolutionizing its transport sector as it unveils its first electric taxi.

What You Should Know As Knife Capital Closes $50M African Series B Fund

What You Should Know As Knife Capital Closes $50M African Series B Fund

Société Générale Announces $60M Investment In Benin's EV Startup, Spiro

Société Générale Announces $60M Investment In Benin's EV Startup, Spiro

Nigeria’s Remedial Health Raises $12M In A Series A Round To Revolutionize Pharmaceuticals

Nigeria’s Remedial Health Raises $12M In A Series A Round To Revolutionize Pharmaceuticals

Nigerian Remedial Health has raised $12 million in Series A equity and debt funding led by Fintech VC firm QED Investors to digitize pharmacies and revolutionize the pharmaceutical supply chain in Nigeria and beyond.

What You Should Know As Kuda Amasses Six Million Customers In Nigeria

What You Should Know As Kuda Amasses Six Million Customers In Nigeria

Kuda amasses over six million users in Nigeria since its launch barely four years ago.

Nigeria Dominates Crypto Interest In Africa In H1 2023

Nigeria Dominates Crypto Interest In Africa In H1 2023

The African continent has seen remarkable growth in cryptocurrency adoption and usage in recent years, with Nigeria emerging as the undisputed leader

TechStars-Backed Insurtech Startup, MyCover.ai Receives $1.25M Pre-Seed Funding To Scale

TechStars-Backed Insurtech Startup, MyCover.ai Receives $1.25M Pre-Seed Funding To Scale

MyCover.ai receives $1.25 million pre-seed funding to revolutionize the African insurance landscape.

Justice For Twitter Africa Employees: Strengthening Labor Laws And Holding Companies Accountable

Justice For Twitter Africa Employees: Strengthening Labor Laws And Holding Companies Accountable

Flutterwave Partners IATA To Empower Airlines with Seamless Payments Options

Flutterwave Partners IATA To Empower Airlines with Seamless Payments Options

Flutterwave has partnered with the International Air Transport Association to integrate its cutting-edge payment technology into IATA's Financial Gateway to enable Africans to conveniently purchase their flight tickets in their local currencies.

Uganda's New Digital Tax Law: Implications On Nation’s Economy, Freedom Of Speech

Uganda's New Digital Tax Law: Implications On Nation’s Economy, Freedom Of Speech

Uganda passed new tax law to impose a 5% levy on income earned by foreign providers of digital communications services like Twitter, Netflix, and Facebook.

Flutterwave Launches Tuition For Seamless Overseas Education Fees Payments For Africans

Flutterwave Launches Tuition For Seamless Overseas Education Fees Payments For Africans

Flutterwave has unveiled Tuition for Africans to effortlessly settle various fees for educational institutions within Africa and overseas.

Kyosk Acquires Kwikbasket To Revolutionize The Supply Of Fresh Produce In Africa

Kyosk Acquires Kwikbasket To Revolutionize The Supply Of Fresh Produce In Africa

Kyosk has acquired KwikBasket, a prominent player in the agricultural sector, to revolutionize the supply of fresh produce and expand into the African fresh produce market with the introduction of its Farm & Fresh line of business.

Orange Bank Africa Partners IFC To Extend Digital Lending To West African SMSEs

Orange Bank Africa Partners IFC To Extend Digital Lending To West African SMSEs

Orange Bank Africa partners with the International Finance Corporation to extend digital lending opportunities to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in West Africa.

DRC's Nuru Receives $40M To Build The Biggest Mini-Grid In Sub-Saharan Africa

DRC's Nuru Receives $40M To Build The Biggest Mini-Grid In Sub-Saharan Africa

Nuru's ambitious goal of illuminating five million lives across the Democratic Republic of Congo by September 2024 receives a major boost as IFC, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet and many others invest $40M in its Series B funding round.

Ghanaian Berry Health Secures $1.6M To Tackle Health-Related Stigma In Africa

Ghanaian Berry Health Secures $1.6M To Tackle Health-Related Stigma In Africa

Ghanaian consumer health startup, Berry Health, has secured $1.6 million in funding to democratise healthcare and tackle health-related stigma in Africa.

The Alarming Trend Of Cyber Attacks On Nigerian Fintechs: Unveiling The Culture Of Silence

The Alarming Trend Of Cyber Attacks On Nigerian Fintechs: Unveiling The Culture Of Silence

How Malawi’s Yellow Africa Plans To Utilise Its $14M Series B Round

How Malawi’s Yellow Africa Plans To Utilise Its $14M Series B Round

Yellow Africa raises a $14 million Series B funding round from Convergence Partners, the Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund and Platform Investment Partners to expand its coverage in select Sub-Saharan African markets.