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4.8KNew seed investment firm Outlierz launches in Morocco
After three years of hard work on the ground, connecting entrepreneurs and building a startup community in Morocco, a team of entrepreneurs...
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4.5KMastercard launches agri-tech platform 2KUZE to connect East Africa’s farmers and buyers
Mastercard has launched 2KUZE, a digital platform that connects smallholder farmers, agents, buyers and banks in East Africa. 2KUZE, which in Swahili...
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5.4KThe year serious money was invested in African tech
While difficult to put an exact figure on how much the African tech ecosystem is actually worth, the increased level of activity in...
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13.7K5 agri-tech ventures disrupting agriculture in West Africa
Disrupting agriculture through agri-tech in West Africa presents numerous opportunities to create efficiency and increase food production, however transforming this traditional industry is not...
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7.9KMTN & Garmin partnership illustrates the growing demand for wearables in Africa
Garmin have partnered with the leading operator MTN, to launch a range of wearable tech watches in Ghana as the market for wearables continues...
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5.5KIFC invests $2 million in Flat6Labs Egyptian seed fund
Flat6Labs, the leading regional early-stage investment company has joined forces with IFC as the lead investors in its EGP 75 million Egypt-focused...
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5.7KNigerian fintech start-up Paystack raises US$1.3 million
Nigerian payments start-up, Paystack has raised US$1.3 million in a seed funding round from local and international investors to grow its sales and...
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3.7KVisa and Nest to run fintech bootcamp in Nairobi
Visa, in partnership with Hong Kong-based venture capital firm and incubator Nest will run a four-day fintech bootcamp in Nairobi, Kenya, for...
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6.2KStandard Bank acquires SnapScan maker Firepay
Standard Bank has acquired a majority stake in Firepay – the team behind South Africa’s largest mobile payments product, SnapScan. Firepay was...
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4.7KChanzo Capital to raise $50M for high growth Africa tech fund
Chanzo Capital is looking to raise $50 million for its High-Tech High-Growth fund to invest in rapidly growing technology startups across Africa....
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5.3KmCommerce platform Kasha named Rwanda’s top start-up
Kasha has won the Rwanda round of Seedstars World and will represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland to compete...
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4.8KAppsafrica Awards Highlights 2016
Ten winners of the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2016 were announced in Cape Town, South Africa. The awards attracted over 200 entries from 25...
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4.2KBattabox crew share their AppsAfrica Award win on the streets of Lagos
Having scooped the News & Entertainment category at the AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards 2016, the Battabox crew took their award to the streets of...
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4.6K1The time for investors to be brave in Africa is now
Having founded the initial wave of tech businesses, some of the continents leading entrepreneurs are now the investors in Africa’s next phase...
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5.3KSimbaPay expands mobile money transfer to Ghana and Uganda
SimbaPay the digital money transfer provider has expanded its money transfer service to Ghana and Uganda. Using the SimbaPay app or website,...
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4.3K12 start-ups to pitch at Seedstars Africa in Kigali
All roads lead to Rwanda next week for the 12 start-ups pitching at Seedstars Africa in Kigali for the finale of the...
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3.8KBlockchain Africa Conference returns to Johannesburg
The world’s largest organisations are looking at the blockchain technology as a means to improve their existing services, systems and products by...
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3.5KAmerican Express expands across Africa through partnership with Societe Generale
Societe Generale has signed a merchant acquiring partnership with American Express in eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa where the Bank operates. The...
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4.8KNamibia tops Africa in Global Entrepreneurship Index
The inaugural Ashish J Thakkar Global Entrepreneurship Index measures entrepreneurial environments around the world and assesses each of its 85 countries against...
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3.3KSA marketing platform delvv.io raises over $450K
Less than a year after launching, South African creative technology startup delvv.io has successfully concluded first-round funding, securing R6.5 million to further...
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3.2KBarclays Africa and Techstars open applications for new fintech cohort
Applications have opened for the Barclays Accelerator programme, powered by Techstars, an initiative aimed at uncovering the next M-Pesa or Paypal by...
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3.5KSilicon Valley VC’s invest in Zipline Series B
Silicon Valley venture firms have participated in Zipline’s Series B round which has already launched a commercial drone service in Rwanda. Investors...
