Tag: africa

04/09/2019

Hi guys, Welcome to a brand-new edition of the Big 5 Daily, where we bring you a compilation of the ...

Paylater Rebrands, Changes Name to Carbon

04/18/2019

Paylater, Nigeria’s pioneering consumer lending firm has rebranded as “Carbon” in its deliberate transition to a fully-fledged digital financial services ...

Visa, Branch to Expand Financial Access in Sub-Saharan Africa

04/09/2019

Visa and Branch- two major finance platforms have partnered to ensure that virtual Visa prepaid debit cards is offered to ...

Argentinian Edtech ‘Blended’ Wins Seedstars Global 2019

04/18/2019

Blended, an Argentinian edtech startup has emerged the winner of the 2019 Seedstars Global Summit. This took place in Lausanne, ...

Standard Chartered Bank Launches Africa eXellerator Lab in Kenya

04/09/2019

Standard Chartered Bank has officially launched its Africa eXellerator fintech innovation hub, a lab at its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. ...

Founders Institute Calls for Submission

Pre-seed startup accelerator, Founder Institute has called for submission for the Lagos 2019 program, following a Lagos Chapter that was ...

SA’s Fintech Startup, Invoiceworx Rebrands to Zande Africa

South African fintech startup, Invoiceworx will now be known as Zande Africa after a rebrand in line with its expansion ...

Boomplay, Africa’s Biggest Music Platform, raises $20 million Series A Fund, Nihilent Opens Africa’s First User Experience Lab and More

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Nihilent Opens Africa’s First User Experience Lab

Nihilent, a global IT service management company has officially opened the first ‘UX’ User experience lab in Africa. The lab ...

Boomplay, Africa’s Biggest Music Platform, Raises $20 million Series A Fund

Boomplay, Africa’s biggest music streaming platform from China has raised $20 million to expand its music streaming business in more ...

Linum Labs, ETHGLOBAL AFRICA Calls for Submission