Africa News

Nigerian fintech company, Amplified Payments Ltd has been acquired by One Finance Limited. The acquisition fee was not disclosed and...

Farmcrowdy, one of Nigeria’s foremost agricultural platforms, just received $1 million seed funding from investors that included Techstars, Ajayi Solutions,...

Wecyclers, a Lagos-based waste management startup has been awarded €200,000 by the King Baudouin Foundation African Development Prize. The Prize...

Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) has united to form an initiative: AFASG (Association Fraud Security Group) to handle...

The ride-hailing company, Uber has launched Uber Lite for its Ugandan consumers. The Lite app is being launched across its...

Aisha lives in the village. She buys and sells tomato in the market. Sending money to her mother who is...

Bwala Africa has raised undisclosed funding from Justin Caldbeck, a Silicon Valley investor in startups such as Grubhub, Snapchat, Stitchfix,...

IBM, International Business Machines Corporation, an American-based multinational information technology company opens nominations for black tech firms in its Techscale...

Lawmakers from the US’ State of Colorado are seeking exploration of blockchain for the agriculture industry. Representatives and senators from...

FCMB partners with Passion Incubator to launch the Tech Pitch Perfect Challenge. Fintech startups with innovative solutions can apply and...

PEG Africa, a West Africa-based pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar company, has raised a US$25-million Series C funding round, taking its funding...

Financial Sector Development programme (FSD) Africa and Equity Bank Congo has partnered to boost financial inclusion in the Democratic republic...