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 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.
News Innovate or Die: Lagos taxi drivers want a level playing field with Uber and Bolt Lagos State Taxi Drivers and Cab Operators Association is trying to adapt tech to stand a chance against the liked of Uber and Bolt.
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 SIM/NIN integration: The Impact of the Nigerian Communications Commission's policy The impact of the recent policy-announcements made by the Nigerian Communications Commission between December 9—18, 2020.
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.
News OnePipe closes $950,000 pre-seed round from Sherpa, Techstars, others OnePipe has raised $950,000 pre-seed funding from a roster of institutional and angel investors, including Techstars, Sherpa Africa, and Idris Bello.
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 DMVE to showcase Martech and Adtech tools for businesses in Nigeria The ADMARP would be hosting its first Digital Marketing Virtual Exhibition on December 12. Themed: Technology for Customer Understanding, Engagement and Action in 2021, it would showcase marketing and advertising tech tools and platforms for businesses in Nigeria.
News IFC & Kobo360 invites innovative cooling solution projects for Nigeria’s food, health, and other industries IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in partnership with Kobo360, an African digital logistics platform, today announced an open call for innovators from around the world to bring climate-smart, temperature-controlled logistics
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
News Sherpa launch $1M Basecamp Fund to support pre-seed African startups Aaron Fu, ex-iROKO CCO Nikhil Patel and ex-Uber launcher in Niger and Kenya Alastair Curtis have launched a $1 million Basecamp Fund to support pre-seed African startups.
