News Nigerian digital bank, Sparkle, signs with Network International for virtual and physical payment cards Sparkle has partnered with Network International, the leading enabler of digital commerce across Africa and the Middle East, to power its recently launched payment card offering.
News Pula raises $6 million to scale agricultural insurance for farmers across Africa Pula, an African InsureTech service provider startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a $6 million Series A fundraise.
News 54gene unveils world-class scientific research laboratory in Lagos State, Nigeria 54gene has unveiled its new lab in Lagos State, Nigeria, capable of human whole-genome sequencing and a variety of other scientific investigations.
News Echelon Capital to invest $1 million in early-stage startups, calls for applications. Echelon Capital is looking to invest millions of dollars in African tech and non-tech startups, beginning with a $1 million rolling fund.
News Autochek expands into Ghana by opening Accra office Autochek, the Nigerian Automotive start-up aims to increase footprint in Ghana as it enhances the buying and selling experience across Africa
News Silicon Valley VC strategies don't work in Africa - Kinyungu Ventures Research East African venture advisory firm, Kinyungu Ventures has published a white paper that reveals the continues wide misalignment between traditional venture capital models and the African market.
News Ghana’s OZÉ raises $700,000 seed round to foster expansion OZÉ, a Ghana-based fintech startup that focuses on scaling small African businesses through digitized operations and affordable capital closed a $700,000 seed round from Anorak Ventures, Matuca Sarl, Rising Tide Africa, and existing investors Ingressive Capital and MEST.
News uLesson, a Nigerian edTech startup, has raised $7.5million in Series A funding uLesson, the African learning technology platform, has closed a $7.5mn Series A round led by Owl Ventures, with inclusion from existing investors, TLcom Capital and Founder Collective and participation from new investor LocalGlobe.
News Tizeti rolls out N4000/month high-speed 4G LTE in Edo Tizeti has rolled out its 4G LTE network in Edo State as part of its commitment to ensuring access to affordable broadband connectivity in Africa's underserved populations.
News Opportunity for Nigerian Software Engineers: Apply to Enye Cohort 5 Enye is now accepting applications into its fifth software engineering cohort. The cohort will see facilitators teach cutting-edge tech, like; React, Redux, Redux-Saga, Firebase, GraphQL, Jest, Git, and Node, at no upfront cost.
News AppsFlyer increases Africa footprint with Nedbank partnership AppsFlyer, today announced a partnership with leading Pan-African bank, Nedbank to improve and measure the effectiveness of the bank’s mobile marketing campaigns and enhance user engagement on its apps
News Kaspersky: Economic uncertainty to shape 2021 cybercrime agenda in Africa Kaspersky experts expect growing economic turbulence along with the impact of COVID-19 to contribute to an increase in cybercrime across South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria this year.
News TeamApt announces new consumer focus and West & North Africa expansion plans for 2021 TeamApt has announced that it will be shifting its focus from delivering financial services products to banks to delivering products for consumers and businesses.
News TradeDepot highlights smaller packs and increased food spending as top trends that will shape Nigeria’s retail sector in 2021 According to TradeDepot, the impact of the pandemic, rising inflation, border closures, and other issues drove significant changes in behaviour for retailers, distributors, and manufacturers in 2020.
News Taxmingo launches to make tax filing easy for small businesses Taxmingo hopes to leverage its cloud-based tax management solution to help SMEs meet tax obligations and allow the SME operators to focus their energies on growing their businesses.
News Ventures Platform Foundation launches applications for Gov Labs Ventures Platform Foundation (VPF), the social impact arm of Ventures Platform Hub, has launched a call for applications for its latest incubation programme, Gov Labs..
News Mondia launches on-demand entertainment platform, Monsooq, in Nigeria Monsooq’s unique time-based model allows consumers to buy entertainment time just as they would mobile airtime and use that time to consume any content.
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News Ghana’s Zeepay raises $940,000 seed investment from UK VC firm GOODsoil’s investment will enable Zeepay to continue to scale and roll out its services across the continent, and extend its global reach by launching in the UK in 2021.
News Sub-Saharan Africa sees app downloads grow by 55% in 2020 AppsFlyer, this week, released new data highlighting trends that have shaped the app market in Sub-Saharan Africa since the beginning of 2020.
News Umba, an Africa-focused digital bank raises $2M from Ex-Stripe employee, Lachy Groom and Ludlow Ventures Umba announces seed funding of $2 million from Lachy Groom, Ludlow Ventures, Frontline Ventures, Wave and Act Venture Capital.
Enyata Enyata announces the 50 winners from Project Buildup Enyata announces 50 winners to win MacBook and free Pluralsight subscription from its Project Buildup initiative.
News Kwik Delivery partners with Mastercard to provide discounts to Nigerian cardholders Kwik Delivery and Mastercard announced a partnership starting on December 1, 2020 to provide discounts on all Kwik Delivery services to Mastercard cardholders in Nigeria.
News Insights from Africa’s Largest Career Portals reveal Impact of COVID-19 on Jobs Markets in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya ROAM Africa (Ringier One Africa Media), the leading digital classifieds group in Sub-Saharan Africa, has today released three new labour market reports that shed more light on the effects of the COVID-19 on the African jobs market.
News elev8 Education launches new academy to upskill Nigeria's digital and technology talent elev8, a global academy that offers specialized technology training programs, officially announced the launch of its new academy in Lagos
