Tag: tech in africa

Google was fined $268 million by France's competition authority for abusing its market power in the online advertising industry. According ...

Ziina, a payment app based in the UAE, has raised $7.5 million to scale regional expansion.

Ziina, a UAE-based fintech firm, has raised $7.5 million in its newest investment round, bringing the payment app's total funding ...

Bolt launches electric tuk-tuks, motorcycles, and bicycles in Kenya

Bolt, an on-demand ride-hailing service, has launched new electric tuk-tuks motorcycles, and bicycles on its platform in Kenya. This action, ...

Jeff Bezos will travel to space aboard Blue Origin’s first crewed rocket

Jeff Bezos, Amazon and Blue Origin founder announced that he will be a passenger on Blue Origin's New Shepard's maiden ...

After the president’s tweet was deleted, Nigeria banned Twitter

06/10/2021

Nigeria's government announced that Twitter's operations have been halted indefinitely, two days after the platform deleted a tweet by President ...

The Rwanda FintecHub has launched its second cohort of startup accelerators

The Rwanda ICT Chamber, in collaboration with UNCDF Rwanda, Kigali Innovation City, and the Rwandan government, is supporting the Rwanda ...

WhereIsMyTransport, a South African startup, has raised $14.5 million in a Series A extension round.

WhereIsMyTransport, a South African business, has received a US$14.5 million Series A extension round to continue its expansion into emerging ...

Ghana is planning a digital currency pilot

06/10/2021

Gov. Ernest Addison of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) said the agency is now “in the advanced stages” of creating ...

MTN Ghana has announced a $25 million investment in Ghana’s digital ecosystem

MTN Ghana, the country's largest mobile telecommunications company, announced that it will invest $25 million over the next three years ...

MoneyHash has raised a six-figure pre-seed Funding round to Build the Middle East and Africa’s First Payment and Fintech Super-API

MoneyHash, an Egyptian fintech startup based in the United States that uses a universal API and a unified checkout experience ...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched a new program to assist start-ups in expanding across the Maghreb and creating jobs