Why ThriveAgric won the Visa Everywhere Initiative 2022 for African, European and MENA startups
ThriveAgric emerged as the winner of the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI) 2022 for Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region (CEMEA).
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President Kenyatta rejects Kenya's ICT Practitioners Bill
Kenya's President has declined assent to the "contentious" ICT Practitioners Bill.
Thepeer raises $2.1m Seed to deepen product innovation and expand customer base
Thepeer, an API-based tech infrastructure company raises $2.1 million Seed round led by the Raba Partnership.
Healthtracka secures $1.5 million seed to expand across Africa
Healthtracka has raised $1.5 million in a seed round led by Hustle Fund and Ingressive Capital.
MFS Africa $200m Series C, TZ MoMo fee review and Uganda's first satellite
Letter 119 covers MFS Africa's $200 million Series C, MOMO transaction fee reduction in Tanzania, and Uganda's first satellite.
COVID-19 impacted the mobile internet gender gap in Sub-Saharan Africa
The 2022 Mobile Gender Gap Report has revealed that the mobile internet gender gap in Sub-Saharan Africa has remained flat since it was first modelled in 2017.
Uganda to launch its first satellite in September
Uganda has announced that it will launch its first satellite into the low Earth orbit from the International Space Station, this September.
14 Nigerian startup founders selected for Google's Black Founders Fund Europe
Google has selected 40 startups for its Black Founders Fund Europe. Twelve out of the selected startups have Nigerian founders. One of the startups, Propel, has three Nigerian founders, thereby, bringing the total number of Nigerian founders to 14. Two out of the 14 Nigerian founders are female.
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USSD for eNaira, Gozem & IFC $10m fund, Kenya's ridiculous ICT Bill
BD Insider, Letter 118: USSD code for eNaira, Gozem & IFC $10m fund, and Kenya's Bill to dictate who can be a "tech bro or sis".
How the NITDA Code of Practice will regulate social media
We explored the negative and positive angles of the latest NITDA Code of Practice.