The Netflix matchup between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul has redefined what a modern boxing event can be, fusing old-school boxing prestige with digital-age…
Nigeria’s Kobo360 closes whopping $20m Series-A round led by Goldman Sachs
Nigerian logistics platform Kobo360 has closed what is likely the second biggest investment for an African tech startup in 2019 so far, after concluding…
Nigerian Edmund Olotu’s TechAdvance raises $1m from Bahrain investor
Lagos-based payments infrastructure firm TechAdvance has secured $1-million in funding from Bahrain’s Lamar Holding. TechAdvance was founded in 2009 by CEO Edmund Olotu (pictured above) and…
Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [11/8/2019]
On Friday (16 August) UCT’s Graduate School of Business will host the 20th annual Women in Business Conference under the theme Disrupt Industry 4.0. For…
Could Nigeria’s Playfre have figured out a music streaming model that works in Africa?
Leading streaming services around the world generate revenue by selling premium streaming subscriptions to their users. These platforms in turn pay artists royalties according to…
Tinder parent company Match Group acquires Egypt’s Harmonica
US online dating services provider Match Group has acquired Egyptian matchmaking app Harmonica. Harmonica — which announced the acquisition in a statement earlier today…
SA machine learning startup Invoke Analytics looking to expand to Europe
Barely three years ago Herman Carstens and Dawie Diamond were forced to rely on their spouses’ incomes and left over bursary money from their days…
AI Expo Africa 2019 to showcase 17 startups at dedicated innovation cafe
At least 17 artificial intelligence (AI) startups are set to showcase their solutions at this year’s AI Expo Africa, the event’s organiser have revealed….
Egyptian fintech MoneyFellows has raised over $1m
MoneyFellows, a Cairo-based collaborative group lending and savings platform, has raised over $1-million in a pre-Series-A funding round. Tech publication Menabytes reported in an…
Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [4/8/2019]
On Wednesday (7 August) Startup Grind Cape Town will host its sixth birthday party. Akro Capital founder Janine Basel will speak at the event….
Kenyan taskforce calls for state to regulate AI and blockchain
A Kenyan task team has called for the country’s government to invest in blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and skills — and to regulate…
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