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163InnovationSeedstars 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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573InnovationFounders 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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463InnovationGebeya 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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3.8KAppsDHL 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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2.0KAppsMTN 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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1.8KEast AfricaKobo360 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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1.3KInnovationPEG 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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1.3KInnovationNigerian 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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958Innovation20 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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2.5KAppsMTN 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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1.9KInnovationPaylater 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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1.7KEthiopiaGebeya 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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2.1KInnovationMicrosoft 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...
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1.8KInnovationMicrosoft and Sw7 launch initiative to scale tech businesses in South Africa
Microsoft and Sw7 launched launch a new programme, that aims to boost tech startups by giving them open access to wide-ranging skills...
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1.9KInnovationNigerian Fintech Platform TeamApt Closes $5.5M Series A Round
TeamApt, a Nigerian fintech company that provides digital solutions and payment infrastructure for Africa, has closed on a $5.5M Series A round,...
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1.1KAppsLiquid Telecom enables fish farmers to monitor ponds and increase production with IoT
Liquid Telecom Kenya, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has deployed an Internet of Things (IoT) network in Western...
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1.2KInnovationMainOne and Facebook announce open-access fiber network in Nigeria
MainOne has announced a metro fiber infrastructure project in two states of Nigeria, with support from Facebook. The infrastructure collaboration is part...
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2.0KInnovationOrange launches US$20 handset with KaiOS for African markets
Orange has announced a partnership at Mobile World Congress, with KaiOS Technologies and UNISOC to launch a US$20 device with voice recognition aimed at...
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1.5KInnovationStandard Chartered introduces digitally-led retail banks in Tanzania and Ghana
Standard Chartered has launched its digitally-led retail banks in Tanzania and Ghana, with Kenya’s rollout scheduled to occur shortly. This follows the...
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602InnovationMicrosoft partnering to build a self-sustainable ecosystem for SMEs and startups in Africa
It’s no secret that Africa’s growth sits in the hands of SMEs and startups. For many years, public and private sector organisations...
