Innovation
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4.4KFacebook Adds New Local Languages For Third-Party Fact-Checking
Facebook has today with Africa Check announced that it has added new local language support for several African languages as part of...
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7.3KAfrican e-Logistics Start-up Kobo360 Secures $30M Funding
Kobo360, the digital technology platform disrupting African third-party logistics, today announced the completion of a $20M Series A equity round led by...
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5.1KCall For Smart Mobility Start-ups For New Bosch Africa Programme
Bosch Africa is offering the first of its kind smart mobility competition. In conjunction with Founders Factory, a corporate-backed technology accelerator and...
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14.0KApplications open for the 5th AppsAfrica Innovation Awards
The fifth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards, celebrate the best in mobile and tech from across Africa, showcasing the continents best innovations in 14...
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5.3KApply now for GSMA Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains
The GSMA is accepting applications for the GSMA Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains which aims to scale digital solutions...
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5.4KWorld’s first African DNA biobank start-up – 54gene raises $4.5M
54gene, the African-focused healthtech genomics and AI start-up that is leading in the diagnosis and medical treatment of people in Africa, has...
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6.4KGoogle to build new sub sea cable from Portugal to South Africa
Google has announced the launch of a new private subsea cable that will connect Africa with Europe. Named Equiano, the new Google subsea...
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4.1KEmerging Markets ready to embrace new fintech says Luno “Future of Money” survey
Luno a global cryptocurrency firm recently carried out a ‘Future of Money’ survey in seven key markets to analyse the understanding and...
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4.4KSouth African digital lender Lulalend raises $6.5M Series A
Lulalend, South Africa’s first online automated provider of short-term funding for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), announced its Series A financing of...
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5.9KStandard Chartered expands digital banks to Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Standard Chartered has announced yet another multi-market launch of its digital bank in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe as part of its digital transformation strategy...
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8.5KAfrican startups announced to join Dubai mentorship program
Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has selected 10 startups from Africa and UAE to participate in its Global Business Forum (GBF)...
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4.3KVodacom Group to sell its Angolan operations and assets
Vodacom Group has entered into an agreement with Internet Technologies Angola (ITA), the largest independent enterprise telecommunications provider in Angola. In terms...
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5.4KAfrica’s fintech sector grows by 60% in 2 years, reaches record funding levels
Africa’s fintech sector is growing at a fast pace, with the number of startups operating in the space growing by more than...
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5.6KHudHud launches the first multi-service vehicle app in Somalia and Kenya
HudHud has launched the first multi-service vehicle app to cover Kenya, Somaliland & Somalia. The multi-service vehicle booking dubbed HudHud enables commuters in...
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4.4KHealthtech venture MDaaS Global Closes on Seed Funding of $1 Million
Healthtech company MDaaS Global, which is building a network of tech-enabled diagnostic facilities in Nigeria, has closed on seed funding totaling US$1...
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7.0KAfrica Tech Summit London – Highlights
Africa Tech Summit London, a conference which convenes African tech ecosystem players, fintech, international investors, key decision makers and innovators, celebrated its...
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3.7KPayU launches operations in Kenya to expand payment services in East Africa
PayU a licensed operator in Kenya since February 2019, will launch payment services across East Africa from a new hub in Kenya. “Kenya...
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10.6KAfrican tech takes centre stage in London and opens trading on the London Stock Exchange
Africa Tech Summit and industry leaders from across the continent opened trading on the London Stock Exchange to celebrate the fourth annual...
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3.5KAfriLabs expands into 45 African Countries
AfriLabs; the largest Pan- African network of technology and innovation centres has added 27 new hubs into the network thereby extending reach...
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5.0KLuno to become regulated digital asset exchange in Malaysia
Luno founded in South African in 2013, has received conditional approval from the Securities Commission (SC) of Malaysia as a Recognised Market...
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3.7KDHL rolls out e-commerce platform to more African markets
Following the success of the DHL Africa eShop app in 11 countries across Sub Saharan Africa, DHL Express has announced that its mobile...
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3.2KWorldRemit raises $175M Series D to drive growth and diversify offerings
Leading mobile payments company WorldRemit has raised $175 million in a Series D funding round led by returning investors, TCV, Accel and...
