30 results
- 20 Jun 2019
Africa's FinTech Sector Grows by 60% in 2 years says Disrupt Africa
Africa's FinTech sector is growing at a fast pace, with the number of start-ups operating in the space growing by more than 60% in the last two years, while funding has hit new records. This is…
- 30 Aug 2017
Disruptive Africa Conference Focuses On Digital Business Evolution in Nigeria, Africa
Computers and Technologies are exponentially getting more powerful and will take away millions of jobs but creating even bigger opportunities hence companies and organisations are now virtualizing…
- 18 Apr 2016
Open Innovation Challenge to ‘Disrupt’ Africa Online Recruitment Market
The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) said it is happy to announce an Open Innovation Challenge to disrupt online recruitment in Africa. According to Davis Cook, CEO RIIS,…
- 20 Jan 2021
Mastercard Study Predicts Massive Fintech Disruption in Africa
A new study by the Mastercard Economics Institute says the COVID-19 pandemic has presented Africa with massive growth opportunities for fintech companies, predicting the sector will, this year, play…
- 22 Feb 2023
Preparing for Digital Disruptions During Africa’s Year of Elections
By 'Gbenga Sesan This year, 23 African countries will hold elections – ranging from local to parliamentary and presidential. Considering that election seasons are known to come with many digital…
- 27 Oct 2021
Africa Prudential Moves to Disrupt Technology Space with Business Solution Services
Africa Prudential said that it is creating a growing list of business solutions for corporates across several sectors of Nigeria’s economy as it pushes ahead with its transformation into a digital…
- 20 Nov 2017
Africa FinTech Foundary set to Disrupt FinTech Ecosystem
Africa FinTech Foundary, an Access bank accelerator which seeks to create new opportunities in sub-saharan Africa by providing a platform designed to inspire and challenge African innovators and…
- 5 Jun 2017
Africa in Danger of Digital Disruption- Ekeh
Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has raised the alarm over an impending digital disruption in Africa occasioned by the challenges of mass unemployment and…
- 16 Apr 2016
NITEC’16 To Focus on Disruptive Technologies in Catapulting Africa’s GDP
The organisers of the Nigeria International Technology Exhibition & Conference (NITEC 2016) have promised to leverage the platform to channel attention on disruptive technologies as panaceas to…
- 24 Jun 2025
Renda Hits $1M Revenue Pre-Funding, Disrupts Logistics Model in Africa
Renda, a fast-growing logistics and embedded services company, has revealed it crossed the $1 million revenue mark before securing any external funding, a rare milestone for early-stage African…
- 19 Feb 2014
Cisco Advices Africa on IoT, Releases 2014 “Disruptive” Trends
Cisco has advised IT organizations across Africa on the need to prepare for the Internet of Everything (IoE) while revealing key trends set to drive future of technology innovation on the Continent…
- 28 Apr 2018
IFC Venture Capital Supports Disruptive Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced that it led the $8.6 million Series A equity investment in Africa’s Talking, a Kenyan based communication-platform-as-a-service (“cPAAS”) API…
- 8 May 2017
Is Africa’s Financial Industry Ripe For Digital Disruption?
Technology has the power to drive real, impactful and inclusive change, particularly in the provision of financial tools that allow greater numbers of people to be economically active and part of the…
- 15 Sept 2016
IoT, Big Data Others to Boost Technological Revolution - Alozie
David Alozie, convener of Disruptive Africa Expo/Master Class, has said that owing to proliferation of disruptive technologies and innovations such as Internet-of-Things, BigData, Robotics,…
- 10 May 2019
AFF Seeks Collaboration @ Disrupt Conference 2019
The second Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) Disrupt conference 2019 will center on the age of the digital gold rush. The conference schedule for May 16 at Landmark Centre is meant to gather innovators…
- 23 Jan 2018
African Start-ups Bag $195m in Funding for 2017
Funding in African tech start-ups has surged 51% to reach $195 million in 2017 as compared to figures of same period in 2016. This is according to a newly released report from African…
- 31 Jan 2022
Africa’s Tech Start-ups Attracted US$2bn Investment in 2021
Investment into the African tech start-up ecosystem trebled over the course of 2021 that saw total funding pass the US$2-billion mark for the first time. This is according to the seventh edition of…
- 18 Sept 2016
Nigeria/Africa to Witness More Tech Disruptions in Next 3 Years- Alozie
Owing to proliferation of disruptive technologies and innovations, Nigeria/Africa will be hit by a Technology (r)evolution less than four years from now. This is a popular prediction by David…
- 1 Jul 2021
Africa’s Fintech Ecosystem Sees Record Growth - Report
The number of active Fintech start-ups has increased by 17.3% to 576 in Africa, which represents a slowdown in growth on the previous two years, but nonetheless means the number of Fintech start-ups…
- 29 Aug 2018
Africa Gradually Transitioning Towards the Gig Economy - Report
Early-stage entrepreneurs and funders increasingly favour on-demand services as opposed to more traditional jobs boards - which signals Africa's gradual transition into the gig economy. This is…
- 30 Jan 2024
African Startup Funding Falls 28% to $2.4B in 2023
Total investment into the African digital startup ecosystem dropped by 27.8% to $2.4 billion in 2023, showing the global capital crisis had reached the continent. This is according to research house…
- 21 Jan 2021
African Tech Start-up Funding Passes US$700m in 2020
2020 was a record year for investment into the African tech start-up ecosystem, with more start-ups raising more money, from more investors, than ever before. This is according to the sixth edition…
- 21 Jun 2017
Submarine Cable Outage Dents MainOne’s 7-Year Record
For the first time in seven years it began operations, MainOne’s services in West Africa were disrupted due to its submarine cable outage 3000KM offshore Portugal and the repairs may last 14 days,…
- 10 Mar 2021
Nigerian Payments Startup Flutterwave Raises $170m, Now Valued at Over $1Bn
Flutterwave, Nigerian payments startup has closed a $170m Series C funding round, the largest amount ever secured by an African tech startup and one that gives it “unicorn” status with a value of…
- 14 Aug 2025
ATU, AFRINIC Urge Governments, Regulators to Develop Internet Resilience Framework
As Africa continues to face internet disruptions, telecom leaders have urged governments and regulators to embrace and implement a Model Framework for Building Regional Internet Resilience. The…
- 13 Oct 2016
APIs: Telcos Can Boost Startups, SMEs Fortunes & Compete With OTTs- Alozie
Over the period of ten years the numbers of public APIs have grown globally from 400 to 15,000 with 40 new ones created every week, as sales force gets 50% of its revenues via APIs, while eBay and…
- 7 Dec 2023
IHS Reportedly Seeking to Foil ATC’s Deal on MTN Nigeria Towers
IHS Holding has offered improved commercial terms to MTN Nigeria for the lease of 2,500 towers it lost to American Tower Corporation (ATC) saying the move would prevent network disruption in Africa’s…
- 2 Oct 2023
African Startup Funding Drops
The total amount of funding raised by African tech startups in the third quarter of 2023 reached $492 million, which takes the total for the year to date to $1.4 billion. However, that’s down 48%,…
- 6 Oct 2022
Sterling Bank, Africa EDUCare Partner to Digitize Nigerian Higher Education
Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s commercial bank, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with Africa EDUCare, a disruptive innovative educational and healthcare solutions company, to transform…
- 30 Oct 2016
Startup Introduces OnKobo, Shoppers Answers to Savings
A three-team member statup by Chenemi, Raj and Aziz are determined on developing payment platform that will disrupt financial system in Nigeria and Africa in general. OnKobo, a new start-up is…