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OZÉ, a Ghanaian fintech startup that provides MSMEs with digital recordkeeping tools integrated with financial products, has raised a US$3 ...

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NALA, a Tanzanian fintech startup, has raised $10 million in capital to expand

NALA, a Tanzanian fintech startup, has acquired US$10 million in funding as part of its rapid development plans across Africa ...

Google Cloud will give up to $100,000 to help early-stage start-ups

For early-stage firms in the Google for Startups Cloud Program, Google Cloud has announced that it will be providing significant ...

Bharti Airtel, an Indian telecom company, is set to get a $1 billion investment from Google

In a move that could improve Bharti Airtel's digital offerings, Google has agreed to invest up to $1 billion in ...

Orderin, a South African B2B delivery firm, has raised $4.7 million in a pre-Series B fundraising round

Orderin, a B2B delivery-as-a-service (DaaS) company based in South Africa, has acquired US$4.7 million in pre-Series B funding to help ...

Oracle has opened its first data center in Africa, allowing it to offer cloud services across the continent

A new data center for local cloud services in Africa was opened by Oracle in South Africa joining the likes ...

A certificate of airworthiness has been granted to a Flying car

The Slovak Transport Authority has granted an airworthiness certificate to a flying car capable of speeds above 100mph (160km/h) and ...

Twitter is introducing verified ‘non fungible tokens’ NFT profile pictures

Twitter has begun rolling out a feature that will allow certain users to set their profile image to "nonfungible tokens" ...

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, says Meta is developing the world’s fastest artificial intelligence supercomputer

Mark Zuckerberg's social media company has unveiled ambitions to build the world's fastest artificial intelligence supercomputer as part of an ...

Google is being sued by four state attorneys general for ‘deceptive’ location tracking

According to a lawsuit filed by attorneys general from both parties, Google has been using "dark patterns" and deceptive techniques ...

Chimera Capital, an Abu Dhabi-based venture capital firm, has closed its second venture capital fund at $10 billion