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- 6 May 2022
NowNow Joins Mastercard Start Path Global Program to Scale Financial Innovation
Africa’s fast-growing fintech and digital banking startup, NowNow Digital Systems, has been selected to participate in the Mastercard Start Path Global program, created to help later-stage startups…
- 9 Sept 2015
MasterCard Start Path Launches in Nigeria, Globally
MasterCard, in a measure to help startups break even and achieve global presence in today’s crowded and competitive business environment has announced the launch of Start Path Global. Start…
- 10 Mar 2016
MasterCard Start Path on Mission to Engage Best Startups from MEA
Technology and data are transforming the way consumers and businesses interact with each other, driving a need to bring new ideas to market with greater speed. The right corporate-startup partnership…
- 21 Aug 2020
Mastercard Adds Hello Tractor, Nigerian Agri-Tech Firm to Accelerate Programme
Mastercard has announced the expansion of its Accelerate fintech portfolio, adding dynamic entrepreneurs to its award-winning startup engagement program Start Path and more technology partners to its…
- 2 Apr 2024
Mono Partners Mastercard to Power Innovative Payment Solutions for Digital Commerce in Africa
Mastercard has collaborated with Mono Technologies Nigeria Limited to introduce account-to-account (A2A) payments and a suite of other open banking products, powered by Mastercard Gateway. L-R:…
- 15 Sept 2016
Mastercard’s Accelerates Search for Startups in Middle East & Africa
Whether it is to scale their business or drive profitability, startups are increasingly looking to collaborate with corporates to both tap into their operational expertise and to test new technology.…
- 20 Oct 2021
Asante Financial Service Closes $7.5M Series A Funding to Scale its Credit Offerings in Africa
Asante Financial Services Group (“Asante”) announces $7.5 million Series A investment anchored by Goodwell Investments with participation by other investors including Sorenson Impact Foundation and…
- 20 Feb 2025
Digital Payments Fuel Growth for Nigerian SMEs: Mastercard Report Highlights Trends
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria are leveraging digital payments, innovation, and partnerships to expand their reach and strengthen business operations, according to the third edition…
- 27 Sept 2024
Mastercard, KaiOS Technologies Partner to Democratize Digital Payment for millions of SMEs
KaiOS Technologies, a leading operating system that brings the best of the internet to affordable devices, today announced a collaboration with Mastercard to integrate a range of digital payments…
- 15 Aug 2017
Mastercard Launches Groundbreaking Payment Technologies
From a mobile payments system for farmers in Africa to transactions involving humanoid robots, newly unveiled technologies at the innovation hub highlight Mastercard’s commitment to driving…
- 8 Sept 2022
NowNow Raises $13m Seed Funding to Promote Financial Inclusion Across Africa
Fast-growing Nigerian fintech startup, NowNow Digital Systems has raised $13 million in its seed round to improve financial inclusion across Africa by providing financial services to the unbanked and…
- 24 Sept 2015
DEMO Africa: Microsoft, AMPION to Support 200 Entrepreneurs Launch Business
MicroSoft 4Afrika in collaboration with AMPION will provide financial, technical and mentorship support to the 2015 ‎"Venture Bus", fellowship and accelerator programs. AMPION is a leading…
- 28 Feb 2019
Mastercard, Angaza Partner on New Generation Technology Solutions
Mastercard, a leading technology company in the global payments industry, has signed a global Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Angaza, a leader in last-mile distribution technology, which will…
- 9 Sept 2021
Mastercard, Paycode Partner to Increase Access to Financial Services & Govt Assistance for Remote Communities
An estimated 57 percent of the population in Sub Saharan Africa remains financially excluded while close to 30 percent remain without a form of identification and 60 percent of the continent has no…
- 1 Oct 2024
ALX Africa Leads Tech Innovation with New Batch of Pioneer African Data Scientists
ALX, Africa’s leading tech career accelerator, a few weeks ago announced the successful graduation of over 2,800 learners across Africa. The countries include Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Ethiopia,…
- 15 Mar 2023
Aleph Opens Portal for Free Digital Marketing Course
Aleph, global partner of the world's leading digital platforms, announced the opening of a new opportunity to take the Digital Ad Certificate, a free and fully online training that allows graduates…
- 23 Nov 2022
IYF, Google.Org Partner to Empower Youths with Digital & Entrepreneurial Skills in Nigeria, South Africa & Kenya
International Youth Foundation (IYF) and Google.org have joined hands to provide young individuals in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria with digital and entrepreneurial skills to enable them secure…
- 16 Jul 2020
Fixed Wireless Access Unlocks a World of Opportunity
By Chafic Traboulsi 5G networks are now being built out, with performance and capacity gains available to be tapped by new use cases. One of the first will be fixed wireless access (FWA). Around half…
- 1 Oct 2020
Google and NTDC partner to support Tourism Industry - launch Tour Nigeria Collection
Google and the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) have partnered to help the Nigerian tourism sector recover and grow in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership is geared…
- 18 Jul 2022
Women in Tech: Vbank Helps Over 1,000 Women and Girls to Build Future-Proof Careers
In line with Vbank’s promise of accelerating people faster towards their goals, the brand sponsored the inaugural Vbank Women in Tech Nigeria Makeathon to upskill over 1,000 women and girls, across…
- 29 Nov 2017
Paradigm Initiative to Rejig Techtiary Forum
Gbenga Sesan, CEO of Paradigm Initiative organisers of Techtiary Forum has said that, they will wind down the activity of Techtiary Forum in order to scale up work with tertiary institutions in…
- 10 Sept 2024
Airtel Africa Foundation Unveils ‘Airtel Africa Fellowship Program’ to Empower Students at IIT Madras Zanzibar
The Airtel Africa Foundation has announced the launch of the prestigious ‘Airtel Africa Fellowship Program’ for the undergraduate students at IIT Madras Zanzibar, the first-ever foreign campus…
- 9 Oct 2020
Mastercard’s Girls4Tech Hits 1 Million Milestone
Mastercard’s signature STEM program, Girls4Tech has reached its initial milestone goal of educating one million girls. The Company also announced a new and inspiring goal to reach five million…
- 23 Apr 2015
MEST, Samsung Partner to Enhance TII Opportunities in W/Africa
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) and Samsung Electronics have partnered in an initiative that will aim to provide more opportunities, resources and tools to West African…
- 15 Oct 2015
Intel, CSR Children Prepare Girls for Scientific Future
Continuing its global campaign to bridge the gender gap in technology by promoting digital literacy and equipping girls for careers in Science, Technology and Mathematics, the world’s leading…
- 31 Jul 2025
Sophos Unveils Next-Gen Partner Program to Accelerate Cybersecurity Growth and Profitability
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, has launched a new Sophos Partner Program, unlocking multiple opportunities for partners to accelerate growth,…
- 23 Nov 2022
Coderina STEM Center Berths at National Library Bauchi
In its attempt to provide free and equitable access to quality STEAM education for young learners in and out of school across Nigeria, Coderina riding on the partnership with the Nigerian National…
- 11 Aug 2008
New Horizons to invest N500million on Universities
New Horizons, the world’s leading ICT Training Institution has disclosed that it is investing the sum of N500, 000,000 (about $5Million) between now and December 2008 to upgrade the youth…
- 26 Apr 2021
Ericsson Leading the Charge for Girls in ICT
Around the world, more than 377,000 girls and young women have participated in over 11,400 International Girls in ICT Day celebrations in 171 countries over the past ten years. Governments, national…
- 29 May 2015
Walden University Holds Session on Online Learning for Nigeria
Walden University will be holding an information session about its graduate programmes in Lagos in June. According to Jonathan Kaplan, Walden University’s interim president, the session aims to…