Innovation
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4.0KKaiOS Technologies Secures $50M Series B Funding To Continue Operating System Roll-Out
KaiOS Technologies, maker of KaiOS, the leading mobile operating system for smart feature phones, announced today $50 million in a Series B...
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3.5KMainOne to commit $70 million to digitisation of Lagos
West Africa’s leading connectivity and data centre solutions provider, MainOne launches its “Digital Lagos: Broadband for All” campaign initiative to enable the...
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2.9KFacebook Celebrates One Year of NG_Hub
Celebrating exactly a year to the day since the doors of NG_Hub opened in Lagos, and Facebook further cemented its ambitions to train users...
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4.6KLeapFrog Investments new US$700M fund to invest in Africa and Asia
LeapFrog Investments recently announced the largest-ever private equity fund by a dedicated impact fund manager, surging past its US$600mn target to reach...
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3.0KLiquid Telecom launches Microsoft Cloud service in East Africa
Liquid Telecom Kenya, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has launched a Microsoft Cloud service in East Africa that...
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6.3KVanu, Inc. Continues To Grow Off-Grid Connectivity In Africa
Vanu, Inc., has announced the expansion of its ongoing agreement with Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) to supply mobile network infrastructure in support...
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6.4KPoa! launches Kenya’s largest public Wi-Fi network
poa! Internet has announced the completion of Kenya’s largest public Wi-Fi network with the deployment of more than 3,000 hotspots across Nairobi...
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7.2KOrange launches its first “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunisia to support local start-ups
Orange has launched the “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunis, to provide wide-ranging support for startups. This will include training young people in coding,...
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4.2KAfrican tech leaders and investors to connect at Africa Tech Summit London
African tech leaders are set to connect with global ventures, investors and business opportunities at the fourth Africa Tech Summit London, taking...
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4.1KSeedstars launches a pan-African venture fund to accompany its regional strategy
Seedstars is partnering with First Growth Ventures to launch Seedstars Africa Ventures, a sub-Saharan Africa fund targeting $100mn to make early-stage minority...
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4.8KFounders Factory Makes First Investments In Five African Startups
Founders Factory Africa (FFA) and Standard Bank has selected five African startups for its six-month long acceleration programme and for investments of...
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4.8KGebeya Expands To Francophone Africa Via Senegal
Gebeya has announced its plan of expansion into Senegal in response to the growing tech potential of West Africa. The company was...
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17.7KDHL Express launches a new online shopping app in partnership with Mall for Africa
DHL Express has launched a new online shopping app, DHL Africa eShop in partnership with Link Commerce – a division of Mall for Africa....
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9.5KMTN South Africa launches airtime purchases over WhatsApp
MTN South Africa has partnered with Clickatell, to launch MTN Chat, enabling its customers to engage and make airtime purchases over WhatsApp....
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7.4KKobo360 to Launch in Ghana and Kenya
Kobo360, the technology logistics platform, today announced that it will expand operations into Accra, Ghana and Nairobi, Kenya. The announcement follows recent...
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7.8KPEG Africa raises $25m to accelerate off-grid solar expansion in West Africa
PEG Africa, a West Africa-based pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar company, has raised a US$25 million Series C funding round, taking its funding total...
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6.6KNigerian payments platform Amplify acquired by OneFi
Amplified Payments Ltd, a fintech company that builds and facilitates payment solutions and digital financial transactions in Nigeria, has today announced its...
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5.3K20 Francophone African Start-Ups Announced for XL Africa Tech Accelerator
Twenty of the most promising Francophone African tech start-ups will participate in the L’Afrique Excelle residency in Mali, a full-week boot camp...
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16.5KMTN Nigeria rolls out smart feature phone running on KaiOS
MTN has started to roll out its new Smart S 3G phone across all of its African markets and has launched MTN...
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9.2KPaylater transitions to becoming a full service digital bank in Nigeria
Nigerian fintech, One Finance Limited has announced that it has secured a $5M debt facility for its consumer facing platform, Paylater. The...
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7.1KGebeya to Provide Scholarships to Women Software Developers in Ethiopia with IFC Support
Gebeya and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group through the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), today signed a $500,000...
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6.2KMicrosoft opens first datacentres in Africa
Microsoft has announced the opening of its first datacentres in Africa, becoming the first global provider to deliver cloud services from datacentres...
