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FbStart Accelerator deadline extended until July 7th

Facebook and Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) have extended the deadline for Season 2 of the FbStart Accelerator. If you’re building a solution that...

South African digital lender Lulalend raises $6.5M Series A

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South 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...

Standard Chartered expands digital banks to Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe

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Standard 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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African 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)...

Vodacom Group to sell its Angolan operations and assets

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Vodacom 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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Africa’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...

HudHud launches the first multi-service vehicle app in Somalia and Kenya

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HudHud 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...

Healthtech company MDaaS Global, which is building a network of tech-enabled diagnostic facilities in Nigeria, has closed on seed funding totaling US$1 million.

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Healthtech 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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Africa 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...

PayU launches operations in Kenya to expand payment services in East Africa

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PayU 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...

African tech takes centre stage in London and opens trading on London Stock Exchange

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African 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...

AfriLabs; the largest Pan- African network of technology and innovation centres has added 27 new hubs into the network thereby extending reach into 6 countries; Guinea, Mauritius, South Sudan, Libya, Tunisia and Botswana and 12 new cities making it a total of 158 Hubs in 45 African Countries.

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AfriLabs 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...

Luno to become regulated digital asset exchange in Malaysia

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Luno 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...

DHL rolls out e-commerce platform to more African markets

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DHL 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...

WorldRemit raises $175M Series D to drive growth and diversify offerings

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WorldRemit 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...

Seedstars applications open for African startups

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Seedstars applications open for African startups

Seedstars World, the largest early-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is coming back to the continent for the...

Founder Institute Lagos call for applications

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Innovation

Founder Institute Lagos call for applications

The Founder Institute (FI) is a startup launch program that provides an intensive step-by-step curriculum for anyone who desires to build an impactful company,...

Gokada Secures Series A Funding of $5.3 Million

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Gokada Secures Series A Funding of $5.3 Million

Gokada, the Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app, has secured a Series A fundraise of $5.3 million. Led by Rise Capital with participation...

West Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange closes funding round

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West Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange closes funding round

West Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange has announced the closing of their pre-seed funding round. The financing round believed to...