Forget the old marketing playbook. In 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) is the name of the game. If you’re not already leveraging AI, you’re falling…
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…
Kenya-based diagnostics startup Ilara Health raises $735k
Nairobi-based healthtech startup Ilara Health has raised $735 000 in seed funding from a group of angel investors and venture capital (VC) firms. The angel investors…
An empty shell 3 years ago, Binu has since raised over R100m
Three years ago Gour Lentell was staring at an empty shell of a company. After eight years the money had run out and he’d…
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…
