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- 7 Aug 2024
Founders Factory Africa Rebrands to 54 Collective
Founders Factory Africa (FFA), leading African venture capital firm has announced its rebrand and name change to 54 Collective, evolving its business model to better support transformative technology…
- 8 Mar 2020
Facebook Celebrates Female Achievers across SSA on International Women’s Day
As part of its ongoing celebration of International Women’s Day, and under the banner of this year’s theme #EachforEqual, Facebook honours women from across Africa who have been using their voices to…
- 19 Jul 2023
MyCover.ai Secures $1.25M Pre-Seed Funding
MyCover.ai, the insurtech startup building Africa’s digital insurance infrastructure, has announced the close of a $1.25 million pre-seed funding round, today, led by Ventures Platform. The round…
- 26 Jan 2023
Africa Poised to be Next Global Tech Hub
Africa has been at the forefront of world-class innovation for a long time, especially when it comes to home-grown technology solutions that speak to and solve socio economic problems in communities…
- 21 May 2019
Smile Telecoms Appoints Farroukh as Group Chief Executive Officer
Smile Telecoms, a Pan-African telecommunications group with operations in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, today announces the appointments of Mr. Ahmad Farroukh as…
- 9 Jan 2023
Releaf Secures $3.3M Pre-series A Funding, Unveils New Technologies
Releaf, a technology company that makes it easier for consumer goods manufacturers in Africa to access high-quality ingredients for their factories, has raised $3.3 million in an oversubscribed…
- 8 Jun 2026
Harvard University Commends Establishment of NASENI-Troment Factory To Eradicate Diseases
About 85 global medical professionals, scientists and policymakers participating in the "Science of Defeating Malaria", leadership development course and initiative from Harvard University, USA, have…
- 8 Oct 2021
French Govt Commits €130m to 500 Tech Startups Across Africa
Yesterday at the New Africa-France Summit, President Emmanuel Macron announced a renewed financial commitment of €130m for the next three years and defined Digital Africa’s new ambitions to support…
- 30 Dec 2015
Kasapreko Receives NAFDAC, CPC Endorsement, Unveils $70m Factory
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Consumer Protection Council (CPC) have endorsed Kasapreko and its products during the unveiling of its state of the art…
- 28 Apr 2024
Prof. Aliyu, AI Practitioner to Keynote ABoICT 2024
CommunicationsWeek Media Limited, a certified global ICT company with over two million online subscribers, is delighted and proud to announce Prof. Yakub Aliyu, as the keynote speaker at Africa’s…
- 16 Sept 2021
Releaf Secures $4.2M in Seed Funding, Grants to Drive Industrialization of Food Processing
Releaf, an agtech start-up that develops proprietary hardware and software solutions that makes African farmers and food factories more efficient and profitable, has raised $2.7 million seed funding…
- 7 Mar 2017
Shittu, Ndukwe, Others Mourns Late Omatek Boss
Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications, has commiserated with the family of Mrs. Florence Omatule Seriki, founder and CEO of Omatek Ventures Ltd and the nation’s ICT community on the sudden death…
- 23 Oct 2013
SA Firm to Rollout Made-in-Africa Smartphone
A South African company hopes to rival the likes of Samsung and Nokia with home-grown smartphones tailored to African needs. Seemahale Telecoms, which already makes telecommunications equipment in…
- 13 Mar 2015
Behold Richest Real Estate Tycoons In Africa
Moroccan property magnate Miloud Chaabi is Africa’s richest real estate tycoon, according to the 2015 Forbes Billionaires List. Chaabi is currently one of four African businessmen with significant…
- 14 Apr 2022
Fintech Leaders React to Flutterwave Allegations
Flutterwave, one of Africa’s largest unicorns, has been under fire on social media since allegations of insider trading, sexual harassment and perjury hit the Nigerian payment infrastructure…
- 9 Jun 2020
Africa Recycles Less Than 0.1% E-waste - Report
The African continent recycles less than 0.1% of electronic waste (e-waste), according to data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). This comes to light just as the world marked the…
- 12 Nov 2025
Africa Trade Engine Launches to Boost Intra-Continental Trade, Industrialisation
Africa Trade Engine (ATE), a groundbreaking joint venture between TRT Manufacturing and TradeDepot, has officially launched—ushering in a new era for Africa’s industrial and trade independence. ATE…
- 13 Apr 2026
Qualcomm Unveils Startup Selection for Qualcomm Make in Africa 2026
Qualcomm Incorporated has announced the selection of 10 startups for its fourth year of the Qualcomm® Make in Africa Mentorship Program. This initiative is part of the Qualcomm Africa Innovation…
- 9 Jul 2018
Sidmach Graduates First Set of its AppFactory Graduate Interns
It was a joyous moment as the famous indigenous software company, Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited, graduated the first set of graduate interns under its Sidmach AppFactory Program which runs…
- 23 Feb 2013
Zinox Relocate Hub to Nigeria
Zinox Group, the proudly Nigerian world class company has said that her commitment to assisting Nigeria become a super knowledge driven informed her recent decision to relocate the company’s hub. .…
- 25 Sept 2024
M-KOPA Reaches 5m Customers, Unlocking $1.5Bn in Credit across 5 Markets
M-KOPA, emerging market fintech, announced that it has surpassed 5 million customers across Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. Two million of these customers have come onboard in the…
- 30 May 2021
Releaf, OnePipe Partner to Deepen Financial Inclusion, Improve Productivity for South-South Farmers
Releaf, a raw material procurement & logistics platform that is making it easy for crops to move from farm to factory and OnePipe, a digital gateway enabling financial services, have partnered to…
- 19 May 2026
Maida, EVC NCC to Lead Speakers @ 17th Africa’s BoICT Merit & Leadership Lecture
Dr. Aminu Maida, executive vice chairman and chief executive officer (EVC/CEO), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has has been confirmed as a Special Guest of Honour at this year’s Africa…
- 29 Dec 2024
UnoTelos and Niral Networks Forge Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Connectivity in Africa
UnoTelos, a leading telecommunications innovator in Nigeria, has announced a groundbreaking strategic partnership with Niral Networks, an advanced Private 5G and EDGE AI computing solutions provider…
- 13 May 2021
SecureID Unveils Smart Card Manufacturing Factory
SecureID has unveiled a Smart Card production factory in Lagos. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, while touring the firm’s premises, affirmed Nigeria’s bright economic future, which he said cannot be…
- 26 Apr 2019
BoICT Lecture, Awards Holds Today
Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Distinguished Lecture/Awards Series, widely regarded as the most prestigious annual event available in the ICT industry in Nigeria, holds today in Lagos, according to…
- 21 Apr 2024
ABoICT Lecture 2024 to Focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) In A Digital Economy
This year’s Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership lecture will focus on the role of artificial intelligence in a digital economy with the theme: “Artificial Intelligence (AI): The Good, The…
- 3 Apr 2023
Voting for Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Awards Opens
The board and management of Communication Week Media Limited, a certified global ICT company with over two million online subscribers and publishers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, has opened its…
- 1 Oct 2016
Entrepreneurial Skills Critical To Overcoming Recession- Ohuabunwa
Knowledge on entrepreneurial skills and business successes are essential in lifting Nigeria's economy out of recession‎, said Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, founder, Sam Ohuabunwa Foundation for Economic…
- 6 Mar 2019
Big Brother Naija; Tobi Bakre, Cee-C, Uriel’s Journey To Stardom
Season 4 of the hugely popular Big Brother Naija reality TV show is due back on our screens this year according to organizers of the show, MultiChoice Nigeria. In just three months since this was…