Tech Gist Africa

10/26/2018

We start today’s Big 5 Daily with the news coming from the just concluded 2018 Tony Elumelu Foundation Pitch Competition....

Nigeria’s CashMadam Wins 2018 Tony Elumelu Foundation Pitch Competition

10/26/2018

Nigerian based start-up, Cashmadam wins pitch competition at the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) conference. https://twitter.com/TonyElumeluFDN/status/1055429575956672513 Cashmadam was announced winner after...

$75million Train Factory to be Launched in South Africa

In commemoration of South Africa’s Transport Month, the country’s Transport Minister, Blade Nzimande has announced that it will launch a...

Crowdfunding Start-up in SA, Uprise.Africa Secures Investment Fund

Uprise.Africa, the South African equity crowdfunding start-up has secured an undisclosed round of investment from Silicon Valley’s VC firm, Nexxus...

The Big 5 Daily: Three African Start-ups Make 2018 KPMG Global Fintech100 List, Five Start-ups Win DEMO Africa and More

Hello! We kick-off today with new development from KPMG. We begin. Thisisme, Cellulant and WalletNG Included in 2018 KPMG Global...

Five Start-ups Win DEMO Africa, Set to Participate at 2019 Lions@frica Tour

Demo Africa has announced five start-ups for their 7th edition of DEMO Africa 2018 in Casablanca, Morocco. The start-ups were...

Thisisme, Cellulant and WalletNG Included in 2018 KPMG Global Fintech100 List

H2 Ventures together with KPMG released the 2018 Fintech 100 list. The list is meant to highlight dynamic FinTech Startups...

CcHub Launches EdTech Initiative

Co-Creation Hub (CCHub) has partnered with the Tai Solarin University of Education to launch an Edtech Centre of Excellence, Bosun...

Alibaba Launches Its First Data Centres in the UK

Alibaba’s cloud-computing arm has opened its first data centres in the U.K., with two sites operational in London. The move comes...

Facebook Rolls Out Messenger Updated Version

In an effort to simplify service for its 1.3 billion monthly users, Facebook has started doling out the latest version...

The Big 5 Daily: $8.1bn Fine: MTN Nigeria in Talks with CBN, FG Officials, Seven African Start-ups Among Fastest Growing Fintech Startups in the World and More