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LabEight* Africa has launched its program LaunchPad Spring 2021, which allows founders and entrepreneurs to apply for its program across ...

Elmenus, an Egyptian food delivery startup, is raising funding from former Just Eat CEO

Elmenus, an Egyptian food discovery and ordering platform, reported an investment in the company from David Buttress, former CEO of ...

Ford vehicles will be powered by Google’s Android operating system

As part of a six-year agreement that will introduce embedded Google applications and services to users, Ford and Lincoln vehicles ...

UnionX Union Bank Innovation Challenge Tech News Africa

#UnionX Innovation Challenge 2021 calls on Innovative and creative Entrepreneurs

Union Bank hosts the 4th edition of the Innovation Challenge, UnionX, entitled “A New Discovery”. The Innovation challenge is open ...

Amazon’s next headquarters is a glass poop emoji

The next headquarters for Amazon is a glass poop emoji covered in trees. For the next portion of its Arlington, ...

In the midst of e-commerce growth, South African fintech start-up Yoco is growing to 120,000 merchants.

Now serving 120,000 small businesses in South Africa, Yoco's digital payments network, which includes point-of-sale card machines to support businesses ...

10 South African Fintech startups chosen For the $665k AlphaCode Incubate program

For US$665,000 AlphaCode Incubate program, which offers support, guidance, co-working space and opportunities to apply for more early-stage investment, ten ...

Buy Now, Pay Later Firms Face UK FCA Crackdown

The buy now, pay later (BNPL) sector will now be controlled by the U.K. After a four-month analysis led by ...

UNCDF Boosting financial inclusion and job creation across Ghana with an innovation challenge

UNCDF brings its expertise to the promotion of financial inclusion and inclusive digital economies. Under the theme 'Boosting Green Jobs ...

The cloud division of Alibaba is profitable for the first time

In a continued drive to diversify its business outside e-commerce as it faces regulatory scrutiny in China, Alibaba announced profitability ...

Together with NIGCOMSAT and Thales Alenia Space, ASECNA is working to accelerate the development of SBAS for aviation in Africa.