F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Over-C gets $1.2m investment for risk innovation
Over-C Limited, a leading property management software platform, has secured £1 million (about $1.2 million) in equity investment from Ayre Ventures. As part of…
Senegalese tea start-up wins $25k in AgriPitch competition
Senegalese businesswoman Adja Sembene Fall’s start-up Contanna has been an inspiration to many in the agriculture sector. Despite having only $200 to her name,…
Payfast summit to boost entrepreneurs’ e-commerce growth
E-commerce sales are on the rise in South Africa, and according to a study by eMarketer, are expected to reach R23 billion by the…
Vodacom Tanzania awards top tech start-ups with $85k
Vodacom Tanzania, in partnership with Smart Lab, has announced the three winners of the second season of its digital accelerator programme. The top three…
Fawry and Syrve partner to enhance F&B payments in Egypt
Fawry, the leading e-payments solutions and banking services provider in Egypt, has partnered with Syrve, an all-in-one restaurant management system, to introduce a seamless…
Stitch adds Capitec Pay to its impressive API offering
South Africa-based payments company, Stitch, is expanding its payments infrastructure offering by integrating Capitec Pay into its API. This integration will allow Stitch clients…
Workpay secures $2.6m in pre-Series A funding round
Workpay, a Kenyan HR payroll start-up co-founded by chief executive Paul Kimani and COO Jackson Kungu, has secured Ksh 342 million (about $2.6 million)…
Binance adds support for more African currencies
Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has announced the addition of support for five African currencies: the Liberian Dollar, Sierra…
ExploreAI, ALX to train 25k data science students
South Africa-founded start-up ExploreAI Academy, Africa’s largest data science training institution, has partnered with ALX, a leading international technology training provider, to offer training…
Blockchain Africa: Empower Africa for global competition
The ninth annual Blockchain Africa Conference is set to take place in Sandton, South Africa, from Thursday, 16 to Friday, 17, 2023, after two…
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