News UK Nigeria TechHub announces the graduation of 10 startups from the iNOVO Accelerator Programme The top 10 startups across EdTech, AgriTech and HealthTech also received an opportunity to validate their solutions with pilots and proof of concept engagements and use their newfound insights to rapidly pivot and scale
News After doing N1.4 trillion in Agency banking transactions in May, TeamApt wants to "do more" for its users. In May, the value increased to ₦1.4 trillion ($3.5 bn) with 68 million transactions in volume, and between April 2020 and April 2021, the total value of transactions processed has gone up to $16 billion.
News 67% of talent began contemplating their exit less than 6 months before they left - Venture for Africa Venture for Africa launches Africa Tech Talent Retention Report, evaluating reasons behind increasing rates of employee churn among startups
News Facebook to launch Substack competitor—Bulletin Facebook is set to launch "Bulletin", its latest effort to compete in the Newsletter market.
News UPDATED: Nigerian Government suspends Twitter amid row over President's deleted tweets The Nigerian federal government has announced the indefinite suspension of social media network Twitter. This may have been in response to a now deleted post by the president.
News Nigerian Federal Government bans Twitter in the country The Federal Government has announced the indefinite suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The announcement came in a Tweet on Friday, 4th of June, 2021.
News Gokada launches Super App as it crosses US$100 million in annualized transaction value The Super App launch comes as Gokada crosses >US$100 million in annualized transaction value, having completed >1 million food delivery and eCommerce orders on behalf of over 30,000 merchants in the last 12 months alone.
News TalentQL launches Pipeline—an upskilling training to build world-class African engineers Pipeline by TalentQL is focused on training and upskilling mid-level software engineers across the continent to Senior Software Engineers
News Lori Systems appoints Uche Ogboi as new CEO, effective July 1 African logistics startup, Lori Systems appoints COO Uche Ogboi as its new CEO. While, co-Founder and outgoing CEO, Josh Sandler moves into the role of Executive Chairman of the board.
News Chipper Cash becomes Africa's sixth unicorn Chipper Cash has closed its Series C round of funding. The three year old startup raised $100m, propelling it to unicorn status.
News New CBN regulations require fintechs to pay $5million into escrow account Yesterday, the CBN introduced yet another set of sweeping new regulations for Fintech license holders. The most prominent change is a new Escrow account created for Fintechs to deposit certain stipulated sums of money.
News Jobberman partners NYSC to train 120,000 Youth Corpers in soft skills Jobberman's partnership with the Nigerian Youth service Corps (NYSC) will let them equip 120,000 Youth Corpers with soft skills.
News 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.
News Nigerian's react to the NCC's IMEI directive The NCC wants to automatically capture phone IMEI's in Nigeria. This story highlights their reason and Nigerian's reaction to the initiative.
News 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.
News 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.
News 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.
News Flutterwave and Basketball Africa League announce a multi-year partnership The Basketball Africa League (BAL) today announced a multiyear partnership with Flutterwave that makes the payments technology company an associate partner of the BAL.
News Report shows that African healthcare startups need support to scale their Covid-19 response The report, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and titled, “Innovations in Health Product Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa,” sets out a series of actionable recommendations for global health actors.
News 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.
News 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.
News Bodds support launches new customer-centric website for individuals, businesses and schools Customers can easily start a repair, track repair status and chat with a support agent from the new Bodds support website.
News Kenya's e-commerce to grow by 94% by the end of 2021, says PayU Here are insights from PayU's report on e-commerce in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa.
News Stalkerware affects 1 in 100 mobile users in Kenya and Nigeria Unlike malware, stalkerware is a more personal crime that has life and death consequences for the individual affected.
News 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.
