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Kenyan water & utility startup HydroIQ launches smart billing App

Kenyan Water & Utility startup HydroIQ has launched its Smart Billing app, which enables property managers and utilities to digitize their water...

Standard Bank acquires 35% stake in South African fintech, TradeSafe

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South Africa

Standard Bank acquires 35% stake in South African fintech, TradeSafe

Standard Bank has today announced it has acquired a 35% stake in South African fintech, TradeSafe. Established in 2013, TradeSafe is an...

MTN unveils Chenosis - African API marketplace

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Apps

MTN unveils Chenosis – African API marketplace

MTN has launched a new pan-African API marketplace called Chenosis that will enable developers and businesses to discover and subscribe to what...

Network International to acquire Africa's online commerce platform DPO Group for $288M

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Innovation

African payments platform DPO Group acquired for $288M – delivering a landmark fintech exit

DPO Group (DPO), one of the leading, high-growth online commerce platforms in Africa operating across 19 countries, has today entered into an...

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Apps

Entries open for the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards 2020

The sixth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards, celebrates technology and mobile applications from across Africa, showcasing the continents best innovations across 12 categories. The...

Facebook’s connectivity investments to deliver $57B economic benefit across Africa by 2024

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Innovation

Facebook’s connectivity investments to deliver $57B economic benefit across Africa by 2024

Facebook released findings from The Impact of Facebook’s Connectivity Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa , a study conducted by Analysys Mason that highlights...

Orange and NSIA launches Orange Bank Africa in Côte d’Ivoire

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Côte d’Ivoire

Orange and NSIA launches Orange Bank Africa in Côte d’Ivoire

Orange and NSIA, a leader of bancassurance have announced the launch of Orange Bank Africa in Abidjan and Côte d’Ivoire. Orange Bank...

VALR raises $3.4M Series A to advance cryptocurrency adoption

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Innovation

VALR raises $3.4M Series A to advance cryptocurrency adoption

VALR, South Africa’s largest bitcoin exchange by trading volume, announced today that it has raised R57-million (US$3.4-million) to advance the adoption of...

Nigerian B2B eCommerce platform TradeDepot secures $10M funding

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Innovation

Nigerian B2B eCommerce platform TradeDepot secures $10M funding

TradeDepot, the B2B eCommerce platform for consumer goods in Africa, has raised a further $10 million in a pre-Series B equity round...

Komaza raises $28M Series B for tech-enabled sustainable forestry

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Innovation

Komaza raises $28M Series B for tech-enabled sustainable forestry in Kenya

Komaza, a Kenyan based tech-enabled, sustainable forestry company, secured a first close of $28m of a planned $33m Series B equity financing....

Africa’s e-health startups have raised over $90M this year

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Innovation

Africa’s e-health startups have raised over $90M this year

The number of African e-health startups operating across the continent has hit an all-time high at 180 active companies, while investment into...

Nigerian fintech Carbon releases its financial results to drive transparency

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Apps

Nigerian fintech Carbon releases its financial results to drive transparency

Nigerian fintech Carbon, has released it’s 2019 financial statements audited by KPMG in a bid to drive transparency and trust. Carbon began...

Africa Data Centres expands in South Africa with new acquisition

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Innovation

Africa Data Centres expands in South Africa with new acquisition

Africa Data Centres, part of the Liquid Telecom Group, has completed the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Tier IV data centre in Johannesburg...

Ecobank Nigeria cuts charges for digital money transfers

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Apps

Ecobank Nigeria cuts charges for digital money transfers

Ecobank Nigeria has extended its zero-charge fee for digital money transfers below N5,000 till the end of September this year. In addition...

Catalyst Fund announces three African startups to join new cohort

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Innovation

Catalyst Fund announces three African startups to join new cohort

Catalyst Fund, the global inclusive fintech accelerator managed by BFA Global, has announced that six new fintech startups, from Nigeria (WellaHealth, Flex...

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Innovation

Coca-Cola Africa seeks African tech solutions measuring in-market performance

The “Tracking Revolution Challenge”, which will see Disrupt Africa source startups from across the continent and give them the chance to pitch...

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Apps

Plentywaka Launches B2C Logistics Platform in Lagos

Plentywaka, the Nigerian solution-based innovation tech company, has launched Logistics By Plentywaka (LBP), an expansion to the company’s bus transportation network in...

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Events

WAN SHOW to showcase best of Africa

On May 25th, during Africa International Day, the African civil society and its diaspora are mobilizing to fight against the economic and...

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Innovation

Carbon launches new social banking service in Nigeria

Nigerian fintech, Carbon has launched Carbon Express – A keyboard extension that allows customers to access Carbon services from within whatever app...