21 results
- 14 Oct 2024
Global Technology Leader Appointed Chair of M-KOPA
Leading emerging markets fintech company M-KOPA is pleased to announce the appointment of Rajeev Suri as Chairperson of its Board, effective 1st December 2024. Rajeev Suri Suri is a recognised leader…
- 12 Jul 2021
M-KOPA Expands to Nigeria, Appoints New Country General Manager
M-KOPA, the leading connected asset financing platform, today announces it has officially expanded to Nigeria. To lead the Nigeria team, M-KOPA has named Babajide Duroshola as the new General…
- 1 Mar 2022
M-KOPA Secures $75M Growth Equity Round
M-KOPA, the fintech platform that provides connected financing and digital financial services to underbanked consumers across four markets in Africa, has announced its $75M Growth Equity round. The…
- 12 Sept 2022
M-KOPA Unlocks $600 Million in Credit for Underbanked Customers in Africa
M-KOPA, the fintech platform that provides digital credit to underbanked customers, today announced the release of its 2021 Impact Report. As a mission-driven company, M-KOPA's tremendous growth is…
- 20 Feb 2024
M-KOPA, in Partnership with MTN Nigeria, Merges Tech and Accessibility with New Ilorin Store
In a groundbreaking move aimed at broadening mobile technology access, M-KOPA, a pioneering technology solutions provider, has recently unveiled a store in Ilorin. Established in 2011, M-KOPA…
- 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…
- 15 Sept 2022
Insurtech Firm Secures $10M Series A Round Fundraise
Turaco, the leading insurtech driving mass market insurance adoption, has announced the close of a $10 million Series A equity round led by AfricInvest, via the Cathay Africinvest Innovation Fund,…
- 9 Mar 2021
AfDB Approves $1.3 million Grants to Enhance Women’s Digital Access to Loans and Micro-insurance
The African Development Bank, AfDB, has approved two grants for research that will increase African women’s access to a range of digital financial services including loans and micro-insurance. The…
- 7 May 2024
What We Can Learn from Africa’s Small Business Success Stories
By Gerald Maithya, General Manager, Microsoft Africa Transformation Office Africa is often hailed as the birthplace of some of the world’s most exciting tech startups. From Cape to Cairo, small…
- 23 Jan 2017
What Does It Mean for Technology to be Innately African?
Microsoft’s flagship Africa technology event, NexTech Africa, is happening soon on 2 and 3 February 2017. At the heart of the event is one key question: What does it mean for technology to be…
- 5 Mar 2024
MTN Reaffirms Commitment to Smartphone Affordability and Digital Inclusion
Karl Toriola, CEO of MTN Nigeria, in a recent interview with Arise TV, discussed the company’s efforts to make smartphones more affordable and accessible in Nigeria. He highlighted the challenges and…
- 23 Feb 2016
Megatrends Driving Second Wave of Inclusive Digital Innovation
Technological innovations, particularly in digital and mobile platforms, have boosted inclusive growth in developing African markets over the past several years. Inclusive growth is defined as…
- 12 Jan 2017
Microsoft, Local Businesses Leaders Set for NexTech Africa 2017
Microsoft and local businesses leaders will be exploring ways to build technology that best supports African creators, as well as how companies can start breeding a data culture for success at…
- 19 May 2017
Microsoft to Deliver Cloud Services from Datacentres in Africa
Last Night, Microsoft revealed plans to deliver the complete, intelligent Microsoft Cloud for the first time from datacentres located in Africa. This new investment is a major milestone in the…
- 14 May 2019
Microsoft Plans $100M Investment on Development Hub in Nigeria, Kenya
Microsoft has launched its first Africa Development Centre (ADC), with two initial sites in Nairobi and Lagos, as it bids to create a premier centre of engineering, recruiting world-class African…
- 6 Jul 2017
Jumia, Africa’s Unicorn Startup Among MIT Top 50 Smartest Companies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has named Jumia Group (formerly Africa Internet Group) in the list of MIT’s 50 smartest companies - 2017 for the second consecutive year. Each year, MIT…
- 8 Feb 2021
Jobberman Nigeria Appoints Rolake Rosiji as New CEO
Jobberman, the single largest job placement platform in sub-Saharan Africa, has appointed Rolake Rosiji as the new chief executive officer. Rolake takes over from Hilda Kragha, now Managing Director…
- 22 Jun 2021
Investing in Africa’s Value Chains as a Catalyst for the Post-pandemic Recovery
By Stephen Barnes As Africa looks to rebuild in the aftermath of COVID-19, corridor financing and investing in productive infrastructure will be key to economic recovery and sustained growth across…
- 2 Nov 2021
Phillips Consulting Tasks Organisations on Future of Work
Phillips Consulting Limited, a leading business and management consulting firm in Africa in collaboration with Nigerian-South African Chamber of Commerce, (NSACC) recently held a webinar to share…
- 19 Jun 2023
Insurtech Firm Celebrates Insuring Over 1,000,000 People Across Africa
Turaco, African insuretech distributing affordable insurance, is proud to announce it has surpassed 1,000,000 lives insured. Turaco raised a $10m Series A in September 2022, and is using that…
- 26 May 2016
Digital Financial Services And The Need for Global Dialogue
The world is a growing and dynamic place. Despite the obvious challenges, it is generally becoming a richer and more prosperous place to live in with more people being lifted out of poverty than ever…