Opinion

How DeFi can facilitate better access to financial services in Africa

DeFi has huge potential to facilitate access and inclusion to financial services such as lending, investing, settlements, online transactions, payments and so much more, provided the infrastructure gap is closed. How can defis elevate financial services in Africa?

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Nigeria leads mobile app market growth for Africa according to AppsFlyer & Google report

The report found that the African mobile app market showed strong growth, with overall installs increasing by 41%. Nigeria showed the highest growth, with a 43% uplift, followed by 37% in South Africa, and 29% in Kenya.

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The environmental cost of big tech in Africa

Big tech companies are coming under increasing scrutiny for the harmful effects of their activities on the environment. Africa is no exception to this. What are the harmful effects of big tech to the environment in Africa?

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Esports and its vast potential for the African continent

Esports has become a global billion-dollar industry, with more growth still to come. Africa is slowly catching up, with gaming competitions, celebrity gamers, and gaming communities springing up all over the continent. What is the potential for eSports in Africa?

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Nigeria’s digital sector to create 3 million jobs by 2027, says Jobberman

Here are three key insights from the Jobberman's digital sector skills gap report.

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Dream VC launches a training program for aspiring African investors

Dream VC wants to provide a launchpad that will help aspiring African investors to kickstart their journey into venture funding from 0 to 100.

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Flutterwave partners with Amole to facilitate remittances into Ethiopia

The partnership will allow over 8M Ethiopian Diaspora to send money instantly through Amole, to Amole Wallet, bank accounts and cash pickup locations at over 2,500 locations.

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Future Africa exceeds its $1million commitment to female-led startups

Future Africa revealed its investment achievements for 2021. The report reveals it exceeded its $1 million commitment to female-led startups.

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Mondia and MTN Nigeria partner to offer online games to subscribers

Mondia and MTN Nigeria has launched Getmo Games. The platform will offer MTN Subscribers access to unlimited Android and online HTML5 games.

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Nguvu Health wants Africans to easily access mental healthcare

Nguvu Health aims to bridge the preexisting mental healthcare gap that got further widened by the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.

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10 female Nigerian tech professionals

Here are 10 female tech professionals leveraging their roles to provide solutions to issues in Africa.

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10 female techpreneurs revolutionizing Africa's tech space

We are highlighting 10 female techpreneurs in solidarity with the zealous women tackling issues through tech in Africa.

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10 Silicon valley venture firms that invest in African startups

African startups headquartered in the US received $471.8 million of the total 2020 funding. Here are 10 Silicon Valley investors that invest in Africa.

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Klasha is building borderless payments for commerce in Africa

Klasha simplifies borderless payments for commerce in Africa. The company recently launched in Nigeria to deepen its reach.

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Afrikrea wants to power African e-commerce with ANKA

Ivorian marketplace startup, Afrikrea, will leverage its new platform ANKA to disrupt e-commerce in Africa and across the globe.

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Getting into YCombinator as an African founder

We applied to Ycombinator three times before acceptance - and what made us successful was our ability to articulate the problems we were solving and the opportunities therein.

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Twitter launches its first African office in Ghana

Twitter has set up its first African office in Ghana, 18 months after Jack Dorsey's visit to Africa.

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UmojaHack Africa hackathon connects 1000 African students on Zindi

UmojaHack Africa 2021, a machine learning hackathon has ended with over 1000 African students participating in the hackathon via Zindi.

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Facebook and WHO Africa's new campaign tackles Covid-19 misinformation

Facebook and WHO Africa have launched the ‘Together Against Covid-19 Misinformation’ campaign. The campaign will promote information about Covid-19 vaccines.

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Meet the 10 African startups and their founders that got into Y Combinator Winter 2021

Ten African startups have made it into the Y Combinator Winter ’21 batch. This brings the number of African startups in YC to 50.

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E-Settlement reaffirms commitment to consumer data protection

E-Settlement Limited's recent update is boosting its consumer confidence and data protection.

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Universal Music Group and Boomplay expand license to new markets

Boomplay and Universal Music Group's (UMG) licensing agreement will see them extend UMG's global music catalog to 47 African countries.

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IWD 2021: Celebrating African women while shining the light on women-focused opportunities

For #IWD2021, we feature five women doing amazing things in Africa. Also, we curate women-focused organisations for ladies in Africa to be a part of.

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FirstCheck Africa wants to bridge the funding gap for women in Africa

FirstCheck Africa will invest $25,000 in six early-stage female founders, in exchange for equity.

Opinion

The “Truth” about African consumer markets

African consumer markets represent one-fifth of the world's population. Yet, it is uncertain whether they can support startups seeking rapid growth.