Press release Flutterwave announces Series C funding of $170 million, attains Unicorn status Today, Flutterwave announced the close of its Series C funding round of $170 million which crowns it with Unicorn status, as valuation soars past $1 billion
News Nigerian eCommerce solution, Salescabal, relaunches as Bumpa Formerly known as SalesCabal, Bumpa is an eCommerce service that provides merchants and small business owners with the end-to-end digital tools required to manage and grow their businesses online.
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 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 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 Apply for the AfCFTA Vision Challenge to receive funding from DFIs and banks African entrepreneurs can apply for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) Vision Challenge and stand a chance to receive investment from top development finance institutions (DFIs) and banks.
News Cowrywise enlists six ARM mutual funds, increasing its total to 19 mutual funds Cowrywise has enlisted six mutual funds managed by ARM Investment Managers, increasing the total number of mutual funds on its platform to 19.
News Foodlocker, Baby Grubz & Releaf receive $70,000 from AfDB's AgriPitch competition Foodlocker, Releaf, and Baby Grubz have emerged winners and runner-up, respectively, from the African Development Bank's (AfDB) AgriPitch competition, receiving a total of $70,000.
News How Ingressive For Good is impacting the lives of African youths In the last three months, I4G has aided the training of over 20,000 African youth, built a community of over 17,000 youths, provided tech tools and resources for over 10,000, and placed over 100 in jobs.
News Ingressive For Good partners with DataCamp to provide free data skills training Ingressive For Good (I4G) has partnered with DataCamp, the leading interactive learning platform for data science and analytics, to close data skill gaps and provide access to high-quality data training for Africans for free.
News Ingressive for Good upskills 5,000+ African youths in tech in partnership with Coursera Ingressive for Good has partnered with Coursera to offer scholarships to 5,000+ African youth in tech as part of its commitment to upskill and increase the earning power of youth in tech.
News Printivo launches Promostack, e-commerce platform for gifts and promotional items Printivo launches Promostack, an e-commerce platform for gifts and promotional items, in Nigeria and South Africa
News Accelerex Holdings receives $20 million investment from Africa Capital Alliance Accelerex Holdings has received $20 million investment from Africa Capital Alliance and acquired SLS Microfinance Bank
News Autochek secures $3.4 million pre-seed funding to deliver technology for African automotive industry Autochek's pre-seed round was co-led by TLcom and 4DX Ventures to accelerate product development for Ghana and Nigeria.
News Plentywaka expands its ride-hailing service into Delta State Plentywaka has launched WakaCab, a new car-hailing service with fully-trained drivers for commuters within and around Delta State.
News Ingressive for Good partners with Facebook to empower African youth with digital skills Ingressive For Good has unveiled a digital skills training programme in partnership with Facebook to help African youth leverage digital tools to move their brands and career forward.
News Internet economy to contribute $180 billion to Africa's economy The report estimates that Africa's Internet economy has the potential to reach 5.2% of the continent's gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025, contributing nearly $180 billion to its economy. The projected potential contribution could reach $712 billion by 2050.
News Future Africa invests $1 million in 9 African startups Venture firm Future Africa has announced its investments in 9 startups in the 3rd quarter of 2020. The fund invested $1million across these startups.
News AfDB shortlists 25 startups as finalists of its AgriPitch competition African Development Bank (AfDB) has shortlisted 25 startups for the next round of the AgriPitch competition. Six of the finalists are Nigerian startups.
News Highlights of Uber's Tech for Safety Summit All you need to know about the second edition of Uber's Tech for Safety Summit held across sub-Saharan Africa.
News AWIEF announces 24 finalists for 2020 Awards, including four Nigerians The AWIEF has announced the 24 finalists for its awards. Four out of the finalists for the 2020 AWIEF Awards are Nigerians.
News MTN Nigeria appoints Karl Toriola as new CEO, Ferdi Moolman to become GCRO MTN is pleased to announce the appointment of Karl Toriola as the MTN Nigeria CEO, effective 1 March 2021.
News Winners of African Development Bank AgriPitch Competition to share $120,000 The African Development Bank AgriPitch competition is open to youth aged 18 to 35 who hold African nationality or citizenship and who submit their application online by 23rd October
