Search results for "west Africa"
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1.4KDigital TransformationSeedstars launches its second emerging market seed-stage fund
Seedstars, a seed-stage venture fund dedicated to emerging and frontier markets, has supported over 90 emerging market venture ecosystems, and with this...
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1.9KInnovationCellulant Partners With 5 Water Utility Companies in Zambia
Pan-African Payments technology company, Cellulant, has announced a digital payment partnership with five leading Zambian water utility companies; Nkana Water, Kafubu Water,...
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14.1KFundingVirridy closes a $5.5 million Series A Funding led by Accord Capital
Virridy, dedicated to improving the management of environmental resources through technology, has announced a $5.5 million Series A funding to accelerate the...
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1.6KFinTechSafaricom partners with Visa to provide virtual cards for global transactions
Kenya’s biggest telecommunications operator, Safaricom, has launched a virtual payment card with Visa Inc, offering the more than 30 million users of...
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1.6KInnovationLuno Launches New Global VC Arm, Luno Expeditions
Luno, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (“DCG”), announces the launch of Luno Expeditions, a global, early-stage investment arm to support...
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2.7KKenyaAutochek Officially Launches in Kenya
Autochek, the automotive technology company that aims to facilitate auto finance across Africa, has officially widened its operations to Kenya as part...
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2.5KInnovationLiquid Intelligent Technologies connects the DRC and Congo Brazzaville with high-speed connectivity
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, is now delivering affordable high-speed connectivity to communities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) using state-of-the-art Wireless Optical...
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3.0KInnovationpawaPay Closes on Seed Funding of $9M
African payments company pawaPay, has secured a $9m Seed raise. The round was co-led by MSA and UK-based investment fund 88mph, with...
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4.3KGhanaCatalyst Fund, Mastercard Foundation and MEST, launches $4.3M Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator in Ghana
Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), has announced...
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3.8KInnovationVALR 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...
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4.7KInnovationKomaza 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....
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2.5KInnovationJumia cuts costs, hopes for lockdown boost
Struggling e-commerce platform Jumia Technologies reported an almost 7 percent fall in first quarter revenue due to supply chain disruptions, particularly in...
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4.5KEthiopiaEthiopia hindering Covid fight with internet shutdown
A communications shutdown in parts of Ethiopia is hindering access to the internet and phone services at a critical time for information...
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2.8KInnovationFintech TerraPay raises $9.6 million from Prime Ventures, IFC, and Partech
TerraPay announced that a consortium of investors, including Prime Ventures, Partech Africa and management acquired the company for an undisclosed sum. In...
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3.4KInnovationFacebook Celebrates One Year of NG_Hub
Celebrating exactly a year to the day since the doors of NG_Hub opened in Lagos, and Facebook further cemented its ambitions to train users...
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7.1KInnovationPoa! launches Kenya’s largest public Wi-Fi network
poa! Internet has announced the completion of Kenya’s largest public Wi-Fi network with the deployment of more than 3,000 hotspots across Nairobi...
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4.4KAppsLiquid Telecom enables fish farmers to monitor ponds and increase production with IoT
Liquid Telecom Kenya, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has deployed an Internet of Things (IoT) network in Western...
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7.9KNewsNigerian 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,...
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5.1KAdvisory NewsGoogle’s Loon partners with Telkom to deliver internet via balloons in Kenya
Telkom and Google Loon, a subsidiary of Alphabet have announced the signing of agreement to pilot an innovative new 4G/LTE access network...
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6.0KInnovationiHub announces 27 digital start-ups for accelerator program
iHub has announced a second cohort of digital startups who will participate in a scale-up accelerator program, Traction Camp. The 27 startups have...
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4.9K1InnovationFacebook Express Wi-Fi rolls out 600 hotspots in Kenya
Facebook Express Wi-Fi has switched on its low-cost internet in more than 600 hotspots across Kenya since the launch earlier this year....
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3.0KAppsSureBüddy launches sponsored content for insurance cover in Uganda
SureBüddy, an android application that has today launched into market, brings sponsored insurance and insurance related products to Uganda. SureBüddy is simple...
