Africa

MTN on Tuesday, 28 March 2019 launched an MTN channel platform on WhatsApp that will grant customers access to top-up...

Tofino Capital, an early-stage investor in emerging market technology companies invested $150,000 in Lagos-based SeamlessHR, a human resource technology company...

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced 3,050 selected African entrepreneurs from 54 African countries for the fifth cycle of...

Bolt, formerly known as Taxify has announced its plan to launch a food delivery service in South Africa. This launch...

Knife Capital, a Cape Town-based Venture Capital firm has partnered with South Africa Small Market Enterprise Fund and Deloitte to...

Ubongo, a Tanzanian Ed-tech startup that cuts across millions of families through accessible technology has emerged winner of the ‘Next...

WomEng and the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation has partnered to power the African Innovation Fellowship...

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) in partnership with the Egyptian government plans to launch EGP1 billion ($57.8 million) fund...

Kobo360, Nigerian tech-enabled platform that aggregates end-to-end haulage operations, is set to launch in Accra, Ghana and Nairobi, Kenya in...

Kudi, a Nigerian fintech startup has raised $5.8 million in a recent round of funding from Partech. This number is...

Twenty startups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa have arrived London to take part in the first Go Global Africa...

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