News - West Africa

Elon Musk's SpaceX aerospace company has applied for a license from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide high-speed internet...

Gozem, the super app that is already available in a number of West African cities, has launched a taxi booking...

Paystack, a Nigerian payments platform, has started operations in South Africa after a six-month pilot, making it the startup's third...

Uhuru Investment Partners (Uhuru) a middle-market private equity company based in Lagos and Abidjan, announces the US$113 million first close of Uhuru Growth...

Microsoft has outlined many initiatives aimed at accelerating Nigeria's transition to a more digital economy in a joint announcement with...

MEST has announced the top three performing Ghanaian tech startups that recently graduated from its Beta 2020 cohort of the...

As it continues to power e-commerce for Africa, Afrikrea, the e-commerce platform for "all things made of Africa," is launching...

Olusegun Ogunsanya has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and...

Tolulope George-Yanwah has been appointed as Ghana's new Chief Executive Officer by Jumia, Africa's leading eCommerce platform. Tolulope George-Yanwah succeeds...

Goodwell V is a new impact investment company founded by Goodwell Investments. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor funds,...

Flutterwave, a Nigerian fintech company, has been named in TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential Companies in the World...

The second season of the Microsoft Africa Development Center's Game of Learners virtual hackathon featured 12 teams made up of...