Tag: africa

Microsoft startups initiative, 'Microsoft ScaleUp' has revealed that it supported 18 startups in 2019. The support was given to startups ...

TerraPay Partners UBA Group to Offer Real-time Money Transfer

TerraPay has partnered the United Bank for Africa Group, UBA to offer real-time money transfer services in 20 countries. The ...

TerraPay Partners UBA Group to Offer Real-time Money Transfer in 20 Countries, Microsoft Startups Initiative Supports 18 Startups in 2019 and More

Hi, Welcome today’s edition of the Big 5 Daily! Are you ready? Enjoy! Drum roll! TerraPay and UBA Group have ...

Synthesis to Launch GovChat, South Africa’s Official Citizen Engagement Platform

Synthesis, a tech solutions company plans to officially launch ‘GovChat’, the official citizen engagement platform in South Africa. It is ...

Truecaller to Unveil Truecaller Pay in Nigeria Ahead of its IPO

Truecaller is planning to launch Truecaller Pay to provide credit to SMEs in Nigeria ahead of its IPO. This will ...

Vodacom, Nedbank Others Backs Indigenous Phones, Mara

Vodacom, Pick n Pay & Nedbank have thrown their weight behind indigenous phone manufacturing company, Mara in South Africa. The ...

AfDB Approves $5 million Grant to Support Tony Elumelu’s 3050 Entrepreneurship Initiative, Vodacom, NedBank, Others Backs Indigenous Phones, Mara in South Africa and More

Hello, It’s the Big 5 Daily! Have fun reading! Big news! The African Development Bank has granted a $5 million ...

Vodacom Tanzania, WorldRemit Partners to Scale Cross-border Transfers

Vodacom Tanzania and WorldRemit have partnered to scale cross-border transfers for Tanzanians in the diaspora. Over ten million Tanzanian M-Pesa ...

Internet Society Foundation’s $300,000 Grant to Promote Internet Projects in Africa & Europe

The Internet Society Foundation has issued a $300,000 grant to support 13 groundbreaking internet projects across Africa and Europe. The ...

Apis Partners Raises $550 million to Support African & Asian Fintechs

Apis Partners, a London-based private equity firm has raised $550 million for the Apis Growth Fund II. They will use ...

AfDB Approves $5 million Grant to Support Tony Elumelu’s 3050 Entrepreneurship Initiative