South Africa’s high tertiary dropout rate and the mismatch between student choices and career paths remain significant problems, despite years of awareness. This combination…
French-Nigerian B2B startup Kwik, a provider of SaaS logistics services to social vendors and e-commerce platforms in Africa, has successfully closed its $2 million…
The “Africa’s Business Heroes” (ABH) prize competition, one of the Jack Ma Foundation’s philanthropic programs spotlighting and celebrating Africa’s entrepreneurial talent, has opened applications…
FOMO, an app in South Africa focused on connecting users to restaurant specials closest to them using geo location, launched in late 2020 has…
It’s no surprise that technology underpins every facet of modern life and while we have all experienced the changes that technology has brought about…
IBM has launched Client Engineering in South Africa and three countries across the Middle East. The company says that this will drive innovation across…
Nigerian based ThriveAgric, a fast-growing technology-driven agricultural company, has raised $56.4M in debt funding from local commercial banks and institutional investors. The raise also…
Lucky, the leading app in Egypt for credit products, offers and cashback rewards, has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round. The…
African payments and software company, Yoco, has acquired the leading fintech and Web3 software development agency in Africa, Nona Digital. The acquisition significantly accelerates…
Cryptocurrency company, Luno, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (“DCG”), has launched Luno Expeditions, a global, early-stage investment arm to support fintech and crypto/web3…
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Google announced an inaugural Google.org Fellowship to provide one million additional Africans with access to TEFConnect, as part…