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Clickatell and FirstBank Nigeria launch Chat Banking on WhatsApp

First Bank of Nigeria, in partnership with Clickatell’s Transact division, has commercially launched their Chat Banking channel on WhatsApp. This capability enables FirstBank’s customers to manage...

JokkoLabs becomes member of growing AfriLabs network

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Cameroon

JokkoLabs becomes member of the growing AfriLabs network

Jokkolabs, an ecosystem of open innovation and a network of centers of innovation in 8 countries, Senegal, Cameroon, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Burkina...

Blockchain in Africa driving adoption of new innovative services

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Awards Africa

Blockchain adoption driving new innovative services across Africa

While cryptocurrencies have received huge attention across the continent over the past year, innovative companies have busy utilising blockchain in Africa to build new...

Five African AgriTech ventures driving growth

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Awards

Five African AgriTech ventures driving the growth of agriculture

African AgriTech is rapidly growing, with the number of startups operating in the market growing 110% over the past two years, and over US$19...

Cape Town-based Project codeX, which runs programming courses with the aim of addressing the lack of developers in Africa is training talented young brains to build Africa’s digital future.

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Innovation

Seedstars announces 10 startups for Cape Town final

Here are the ten startups from Cape Town’s startup scene selected to compete at the fourth edition of Seedstars Cape Town for...

Liquid Telecom appoints new Regional CEO Adil Youssefi for East Africa

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East Africa

Liquid Telecom appoints new East Africa CEO

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has appointed Adil Youssefi as the new Regional CEO of East Africa, where he will oversee five...

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Apps

AppsAfrica Awards Finalists Announced

The final shortlist for the 4th AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards have been announced. The Awards celebrate the best in mobile and tech from...

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Apps

Wefarm reaches over one million users and plans Tanzania expansion

Wefarm the world’s largest farmer-to-farmer digital network, today announced it has reached over 1.1 million users across Kenya and Uganda, with farmers...

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Awards

AppsAfrica Innovation Awards shortlist to be announced this week

With judging now completed, the wait is almost over to find out who is on the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards shortlist which will...

Yoco launches new cash advance service to SME's in South Africa

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Innovation

Yoco launches new cash advance service for SME’s in South Africa

Yoco the South African-based fintech company has launched Yoco Capital providing small businesses with fast cash advances. Having recently announced the successful close of...

Africa’s digital entertainment and media sectors continue to rapidly expand

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Africa’s digital entertainment and media sectors set to continue rapid expansion

Africa’s entertainment and media industry has entered a dynamic new phase – a third wave of convergence. The borders that once separated the...

Airbnb delivering real income and employment in local communities in Africa

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Innovation

Airbnb continues to expand in Africa delivering local impact

The future for African travel is under the spotlight for the next two days at Airbnb Africa Travel Summit which kicked off...

Nala From Tanzania Wins Ecobank Fintech Challenge

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Innovation

Nala From Tanzania Wins Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Nala, Virtual Identity and Wallet.ng dazzle judging panel to be the three winners of the competition; All 11 finalists were officially inducted...

Yoco Raises $16M Series B Led by Partech

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Innovation

Yoco Raises $16M Series B Led by Partech

Yoco, the South African-based Point of Sale payments provider, has raised a Series B round of US$16M led by Partech, a Venture...

Tizeti Secures $3 Million Series A to expand in West Africa

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Ghana

Tizeti Secures $3 Million Series A to expand in West Africa

Nigerian ISP start-up Tizeti and its consumer facing brand, Wifi.com.ng has closed a Series A round of $3M, led by 4DX Ventures....

Deadline for AppsAfrica Award Entries Approaching

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Advisory News

Deadline For AppsAfrica Awards Entries Sept 14th

Leading tech ventures across Africa have until September 14th to submit entries for the fourth annual AppsAfrica Innovation Awards which celebrate the best...

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Cryptocurrency Africa

Golix Uganda and RightMesh Launch Tokens To Help Improve Connectivity

Golix cryptocurrency exchange and RightMesh AG have announced RMESH tokens will now be listed on Golix exchange in Uganda. RightMesh is an...

Kirusa ReachMe Aims To Fill In The WhatsApp Gaps

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Apps

Kirusa ReachMe Aims To Fill In The WhatsApp Gaps

A recent report by global digital agencies, We Are Social and Hootsuite,found that with the exception of a few countries, WhatsApp was easily the most...

Africa is transitioning towards the on-demand economy

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Innovation

Africa is transitioning towards the on-demand economy

The African continent is gradually transitioning towards the gig economy, as early-stage entrepreneurs and funders increasingly favour on-demand services as opposed to...