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Ethiopia 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...

Fintech TerraPay raises $9.6 million from Prime Ventures, IFC, and Partech

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Fintech 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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Facebook 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...

Poa! launches Kenya’s largest public Wi-Fi network

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Poa! 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...

Blockchain in Africa driving adoption of new innovative services

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Liquid 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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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,...

Google's Loon partners with Telkom to deliver internet via balloons in Kenya

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Google’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...

iHub announces 27 digital start-ups to take part in Traction Camp

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iHub 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...

Facebook Express Wi-Fi rolls out 600 hotspots in Kenya

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Facebook 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....

SureBüddy launches sponsored content for insurance cover in Uganda

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SureBüddy 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...

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Zazu using tech to trade local produce smarter

It’s 3am; gogo (granny) rises from her bed to prepare to catch the bus from her farming village on the Mozambican border...

Messenger chatbot used to deliver maternal health and HIV information

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Messenger chatbot used to deliver maternal health and HIV information

Through the advent of Messenger and bots, messaging platforms have rapidly increased their impact in reaching users with life-changing content. Leading this...

Tutlub Arabic social network where Muslims can connect with other Muslims

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5 key areas to watch in social networking

Tutlub is an Arabic word meaning “to ask” and is also a social network where Muslims can connect with other Muslims supplicate and...

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Suregifts launches new credit platform

While Nigerian consumers have some credit options, they are largely difficult to access because of the very high interest rates, difficult payment...

Opportunities abound for tech startups in agriculture

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Opportunities abound for tech startups in agriculture

All stakeholders in the agricultural industry need information and knowledge through each stage of the supply chain, providing great opportunities for tech start-ups to...