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

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

Kidato, a Kenyan edtech startup for African K-12 students, has raised $1.4 million in a seed round. Learn Start Capital,...

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

The NITDA World Creativity and Innovation Day (WCID) challenge has awarded a ten million naira grant to the five startups who...

Nedbank has introduced Money Message, a payment platform that allows small and micro businesses to accept in-chat payments from their...

Okra, a Nigerian API fintech startup, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. Susa Ventures, based in the United States,...

Bolt, Africa's on-demand food delivery platform, has named Edgar Kipngetich Kitur as Country Manager for Bolt Food in Kenya, where he...

SHYFT Power Solutions, a company that develops IoT and software to improve distributed energy resource performance and operational efficiency in...

Troygold, the founder of South Africa's first gold-backed savings account and debit card, has received funding from Crossfin Ventures, Crossfin...

ScholarX Technologies Ltd., an EdTech startup, has teamed up with Airtel Nigeria to launch LearnAM, a new mobile platform that...

Owing to soaring tech stocks, Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are now worth more than $100 billion. Amazon...