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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...

Paystack Raises $8M Series A Round Led By Stripe

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Paystack Raises $8M Series A Round Led By Stripe

Paystack, a Nigeria-based startup providing payments tools to businesses in Africa, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round was...

Humaniq and Jamii Africa announce mobile micro-insurance partnership

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Humaniq and Jamii Africa announce mobile micro-insurance partnership

New generation financial services provider Humaniq has announced a new partnership with the Jamii Africa micro-health insurance startup, targeting the low income and informal sector to...

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Submissions Open For Meet The Farmers Innov8Agric Challenge

Submissions for the 2018 Meet The Farmers Conference Innov8Agric Challenge are now open. The submission is open for Kenyan and other African...

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Nigerian FinTech Startup Mines Secures $13M to Grow Digital Credit Platform

Mines, a fintech startup re-inventing credit in emerging markets, has closed a Series A round of $13M led by The Rise Fund,...

Honeywell Group Launches Itanna Accelerator in Lagos

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Honeywell Group Launches Itanna Accelerator in Lagos

Honeywell Group has officially launched its new accelerator and investment vehicle, Itanna in Lagos. Tomi Otudeko, Head, Innovation and Sustainability for Honeywell Group, and Director...

Artificial Intelligence leaders to gather at AI Expo in Cape Town

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Artificial Intelligence leaders to gather at AI Expo in Cape Town

Taking place on 9-11 September 2018, Century City Conference Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, AI Expo Africa 2018 is focusing on real...

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Nigerian B2B Venture Builder Zone Tech Park Launches in Lagos

Zone Tech Park, a new venture builder for start-ups in Nigeria, has officially opened for business and is already turning great ideas into...

Sokowatch Closes $2 Million Seed To Modernize African Informal Retail

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Sokowatch Closes $2 Million Seed Round To Modernize African Informal Retail

Sokowatch a B2B e-commerce platform connecting African retail stores with multinational companies such as Unilever and Procter & Gamble, announced today the...

Gebeya has announced that it has acquired CODERS4AFRICA Inc. (C4A) to further accelerate its growth and fuel its developer talent pool into its marketplace.

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Gebeya acquires Coders4Africa to expand African developer base

Gebeya has announced that it has acquired CODERS4AFRICA Inc. (C4A) to further accelerate its growth and fuel its developer talent pool into its marketplace. ...

Andela Launches Pan-African Technology Hub In Kigali for Software Developers Across the Continent

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Andela Launches Pan-African Technology Hub In Kigali

Andela has today announced the launch of a pan-African technology hub in its fourth African market: Kigali, Rwanda in partnership with the Government...