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- 10 Sept 2017
Honeywell Group Partners British Council, LEAP Africa to Train Students
Honeywell Group has partnered with the British Council and LEAP Africa, a not-for-profit organization, to jointly organize a two-week intensive corporate internship programme enabling participants…
- 21 Dec 2022
DHL Seeks Innovations to Address Sustainability Issues
Logistics firm DHL has launched a new international innovation challenge, in partnership with Logistics Middle East, Dubai South, and EZDubai. Named the “Fast Forward Challenge: Sustainable…
- 21 Sept 2015
Afrimax Group Prepares for Massive 4G Rollout with $120m Fund
Afrimax Group, a fast emerging mobile network operator, has geared up preparations for a massive roll out of its 4G wireless networks in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Group has raised US$120million in this…
- 5 Dec 2022
Venco Secures $670,000 Pre-seed Funding to Deliver Digital Solutions for Properties in Africa
Venco, a technology company that provides solutions to enhance living experiences in residential and commercial communities in Africa, has secured $670,000 in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round…
- 16 Mar 2023
Nigeria Unveils $618m Investment to Create Digital Skills, Jobs
Nigeria has unveiled a $618 million investment programme, to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the digital, technology and creative industries targeted at job creation. Nigeria vice…
- 22 Mar 2022
ThriveAgric Raises $56.4m Debt Funding, Accelerates pan-Africa Expansion Plans
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 included a co-investment…
- 19 Nov 2020
Founder Institute Lagos Opens Application for Cohort IV
Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator based in Silicon Valley with chapters across 220 cities around the world has opened its portal for cohort IV. In Nigeria, FI…
- 24 Aug 2020
Emefiele and the Burden of a Prophet
By Jackson Ugbechie Dateline June 2015: Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), banned importation of 41 items which the apex bank classified as ‘not valid for forex’. Mr.…
- 2 Feb 2021
SystemSpecs: The Evolution of an African Technology Powerhouse
Africa’s digital revolution has been hailed as one of the continent’s most historic changes in the past decade. Despite challenges with infrastructure, prevalent poverty, poor health system and weak…
- 10 Mar 2017
Taxify's Money Zapping Bug
Once upon a time I received an unsolicited email from a company called Taxify that had just entered the Nigerian market but I found the mail interesting because it was about another taxi hailing…
- 16 Nov 2022
Alex Okosi Named One Of UK’s Most Influential Black Persons For Second Year Running
Alex Okosi, one of Africa's tech leaders, has been honoured as a member of the UK Powerlist 2023. Okosi, who is Managing Director, Emerging Markets, YouTube EMEA, received the honour for the second…
- 26 Sept 2014
#DemoAfrica2014, ‘Africa Getting Its Act Together’-Johnson
The DEMO Africa event finally kicked off at the Lagos Oriental Hotel in Nigeria to an expectant audience of top investors, IT buyers, IT consumers, Government officials and IT enthusiasts from…
- 3 Dec 2014
MasterCard Launches Digital Financial Services Lab, $11m for R&D
MasterCard has launched a new innovation lab with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop financial services that help people build better futures. MasterCard said that across…
- 6 May 2022
CBN to Upgrade eNaira with Bills Payment
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said, it will, before the end of this month, introduce payment of bills on eNaira, Nigeria’s digital currency. This is in a move to step up the campaign on its digital…
- 9 Apr 2024
Zeepay Raises Equity from Leading Institutions to Support its ongoing Expansion
Africa50 and Oikocredit lead equity investment in Ghanaian fintech Zeepay to support Africa expansion; The investment will support the expansion of Zeepay’s cross-border remittances and mobile…
- 18 Mar 2024
Nigerian fintech Zone raises $8.5M seed to scale its decentralized payment infrastructure
Zone, Africa’s fast-growing payment infrastructure company (the “Company”), has raised $8.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by reputable VC firms Flourish Ventures and TLcom…
- 16 Dec 2021
Google Announces First Investment in SafeBoda via its Africa Investment Fund
Google has announced the release of its first investment from the Africa Investment Fund which was launched by Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, at Google for Africa in October. This first…
- 30 Mar 2023
HP Doubles Down on Partner Growth with Groundbreaking Program Enhancements
At the Amplify™ Partner Conference, HP Inc announced several new partner benefits and program enhancements aimed at driving greater agility, simplification, growth and collaboration. As of November…
- 21 Apr 2021
Okra Secures $3.5M Seed Round Led by Susa Ventures
Nigerian fintech platform and Open Finance (API Economy) pioneers, Okra, have secured a $3.5m Seed raise. The round was led by US-based Susa Ventures, with participation from existing investors TLcom…
- 1 Jan 2014
Nigeria, Others Lose $947Bn to Corruption, Tax Evasion
Nigeria and some other developing countries lost a total of $946.7 billion to corruption, trade mis-invoicing and tax evasion in 2011, with amount being spirited away growing larger with each passing…
- 24 Mar 2026
Africa Doesn’t Need More Aid. It Needs Better Law
By Eric Gumbo, MBS For decades, the dominant story of African development has been one of dependency: waiting for the World Bank loan, the IMF arrangement, the donor conference, the debt relief…
- 3 Sept 2020
Airtel Africa Partners MoneyGram for Quick Money Access Across Africa
Airtel Africa’s partnership with MoneyGram, announced on August 21st, is supposed to provide millions of users across the continent with a quick way to receive money. Airtel Africa is well known as a…
- 14 Feb 2023
Treepz Launches Treepz Kenya as it Continues African Expansion Plan
The award-winning African Mobility Startup, Treepz has announced the successful launch of Treepz Kenya following strategic investment deals to raise additional $1.2m over the last 12 months. Treepz…
- 23 Sept 2020
Mastercard Announces Fintech Express to Empower MEA Fintechs to Launch and Expand Rapidly
Mastercard has launched Fintech Express in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), a program designed to facilitate emerging fintechs’ launch and expansion. Leveraging the power of partnerships and…
- 21 Oct 2021
AfriTECH2021: Akindenide Explains how Blockchain for Payments will Boost AfCFTA
At a time when cross-border trading is high on the agenda with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, Dr. Oluseyi Akindeinde, the Chief Technical Officer of Digital Encode…
- 28 Oct 2024
Moniepoint Secures US$110m Funding to Scale Digital Payments and Banking Solutions
Moniepoint Inc, africa’s fastest-growing financial institution has successfully raised US$110 million in equity financing, to power the dreams of millions of businesses and their customers across…
- 29 Oct 2024
Moniepoint Secures $110 Million Investment to Scale Digital Payments, Banking Solutions
Moniepoint, Africa’s fastest-growing fintech, has successfully raised US$110 million in equity financing, to power the dreams of millions of businesses and their customers across Africa and the…
- 2 Nov 2021
Workpay Expands to Nigeria, Launches Remote Team Payrolls
Workpay, a Nairobi-based company providing over 400 businesses with tools for managing their HR, payroll, compliance, and benefits, has expanded to Nigeria. Nigeria will act as the company’s hub for…
- 30 Mar 2017
AFC Appoints Nnanna as Chairman
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a leading Pan-African multilateral development finance institution and project developer, has announced that Dr Sarah Alade, its Chairman, representing the…
- 6 Mar 2023
European Investment Bank Unveils Fibre Plan for 2.5m Africans
As efforts to close the gap on digital divide in Africa accelerate, European Investment Bank (EIB) has unveiled a bold plan to connect more than two million people in the Democratic Republic of the…