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Nigerian fintech startup Accrue has successfully raised $1.58 million in a seed funding round led by Lattice Fund, with participation ...

OpenAI is discussing plans to get more funding, which could make the company worth as much as $340 billion

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, is reportedly in discussions to raise new funding, which could push its valuation ...

NjiaPay, a South African startup, has raised $1M in a funding round

South African fintech startup NjiaPay has successfully raised over $1 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round. The round was ...

Insight Terra, a climate-tech platform based in South Africa, has raised $5.7M in a Series A extension funding round

Insight Terra, a South African climate-tech company specializing in environmental risk management, has successfully closed a $5.7 million Series A ...

Visa Invests in Nigeria’s Moniepoint to Enhance Financial Services for African SMEs

Visa has announced a strategic investment in Moniepoint, a leading Nigerian fintech company, to advance financial inclusion and support the ...

U.S. President Trump announces $500 billion investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure

02/16/2025

President Donald Trump has unveiled a groundbreaking initiative to invest up to $500 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, aiming ...

LemFi, a Nigerian fintech startup, has raised $53 million in its Series B funding round

LemFi, a fintech platform dedicated to providing financial services for immigrant communities, has raised $53 million in a Series B ...

Hudhudshop, a Qatari e-commerce platform, has secured a six-figure investment in its pre-seed round

Hudhudshop, the top e-commerce platform with its headquarters in Qatar, recently announced that it has successfully raised six figures in ...

OpenAI launches a $200 ChatGPT subscription for research use

OpenAI's AI-powered chatbot platform, ChatGPT, now has a new subscription plan. To further explore potential commercial uses for its AI ...

Microsoft announces plans to leverage AI to fast-track growth of start-ups in Africa

Microsoft, through the company’s Africa Transformation Office (ATO), has unveiled an initiative that will accelerate advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Elon Musk’s xAI has secured $6 billion in new funding