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8.1KAfrica Tech SummitAfrica Tech Summit Nairobi – February 23-24th 2022
After three successful Summits in Kigali the fourth edition of Africa Tech Summit will take place in Nairobi, Kenya on February 23rd...
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122Innovation
Last call for for ventures to apply to Pitch Live at the Africa Startup Summit in Nairobi
Africa Tech Summit has opened applications to the 2022 edition of Pitch Live at the fourth Africa Startup Summit. Ten start-ups will...
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172Cryptocurrency Africa
Out of Africa Collection to Disrupt Fine Art
The global pandemic has presented a challenging time for many around the world. With the closure of galleries and other public exhibition...
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622Apps
Carry1st Raises $20M From Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Avenir to Scale Interactive Content Across Africa
Carry1st, Africa’s leading mobile games publisher, has announced a $20M Series A extension led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Avenir and...
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Call for Start-ups to Pitch Live at the Africa Startup Summit 2022
Africa Tech Summit has opened applications to the 2022 edition of Pitch Live at the fourth Africa Startup Summit. Ten start-ups will...
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465Apps3 trends set to dominate African mobile apps in 2022
In 2021, the mobile industry in sub-saharan Africa continued to show incredible resilience against the impacts of Covid-19 and experienced high growth....
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846Africa Tech Summit
Fourth edition of Africa Tech Summit set to take place live in Nairobi on Feb 23-24th
The African tech ecosystem will finally have the opportunity to connect again in person at the fourth edition of Africa Tech Summit...
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805FinTech
Pan-African Payment and Settlement System Launched
Ghana President H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, represented by the Vice President H.E Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia today in Accra, hosted and presided...
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872E-Commerce
ThankUCash raises $5.3m seed for BNPL and launch remittance service
Nigeria’s leading multi-merchant rewards platform ThankUCash is pleased to announce that it raised $5.3m in seed funding. The seed round was co-led...
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Afrikrea Secures US$6.2M in pre-Series A Round and Rebrands to “ANKA” to Export Africa
Afrikrea, the e-commerce platform for “all things made of Africa”, has announced the successful completion of a US$6.2M pre-Series A round led...
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Nigeria Startup Bill Poised To Unlock Digital Potential
Nigeria has moved a step closer to rolling out its landmark Nigeria Startup Bill (NSB) that will further deepen the country’s technology...
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1.3KCryptocurrency Africa
3 trends in Africa’s crypto sector to expect in 2022
For the global cryptocurrency industry, 2021 is likely to be remembered as one of the many years bitcoin broke past its all-time...
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1.4KFunding
A New Era For Angel Investing in Africa
How innovative approaches to angel investing are reducing the massive early-stage funding gap for high-growth ventures in Africa Investment by angel investors...
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Flagship State of User Research in Africa Report from YUX
YUX, a pan-African research and design agency headquartered in Senegal and with teams in Lagos, Accra, Kigali and Abidjan, launched a flagship...
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Podcast: Crypto in Africa – CBDC’s, DeFi & fintech regulation with Carmelle Cadet, CEO of EMTECH
Africa Tech Summit Connects podcast shares insights from across the African tech scene. This episode features Carmelle Cadet, CEO and Founder of...
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Agbora Launches “Africa’s Social Network” With Hopes of Connecting Africa and the African Diaspora
Agbora, pronounced /uh·bôr·uh/, just launched its first iteration on Apple’s App Store, with promises of Android versions to come. The mobile application,...
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2.1KFinTech
Elevating Digital Payments For a Cashless Future in Africa
COVID-19 has propelled the adoption of digital payments platforms for millions of people across the African continent. The need for contactless methods...
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Ventures Platform Secures First Close of US$40mn Pan-African Fund
Ventures Platform, the early-stage “discovery” venture capital fund championing the next generation of African entrepreneurs, has announced the first close of its...
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2.6KInnovation
54gene Launches Diagnostic Arm 7RiverLabs to Boost Patient Health Outcomes
54gene, the health technology company advancing African genomics research for improved global health outcomes, has announced the launch of its diagnostic arm; 7RiverLabs. The...
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Nigerian last mile delivery firm Gricd delivers 4.2M COVID-19 vaccines using cold storage tech
Gricd, a cold chain technology company that uses the Internet of Things to enable last mile delivery of temperature-sensitive products, has teamed...
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2.6KBlockchain
EMURGO Africa: How to Apply for Cardano Accelerator Program Adaverse
In September 2021, EMURGO announced the creation of a $100 million Cardano investment vehicle composed of two separate entities, EMURGO Africa and...
