Orange has launched the “Orange Digital Centre” in Tunis, to provide wide-ranging support for startups. This will include training young people in coding,...
Seedstars is partnering with First Growth Ventures to launch Seedstars Africa Ventures, a sub-Saharan Africa fund targeting $100mn to make early-stage minority...
Founders Factory Africa (FFA) and Standard Bank has selected five African startups for its six-month long acceleration programme and for investments of...
MTN has started to roll out its new Smart S 3G phone across all of its African markets and has launched MTN...
Nigerian fintech, One Finance Limited has announced that it has secured a $5M debt facility for its consumer facing platform, Paylater. The...
Microsoft has announced the opening of its first datacentres in Africa, becoming the first global provider to deliver cloud services from datacentres...
Microsoft and Sw7 launched launch a new programme, that aims to boost tech startups by giving them open access to wide-ranging skills...
Liquid Telecom Kenya, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has deployed an Internet of Things (IoT) network in Western...
MainOne has announced a metro fiber infrastructure project in two states of Nigeria, with support from Facebook. The infrastructure collaboration is part...
Orange has announced a partnership at Mobile World Congress, with KaiOS Technologies and UNISOC to launch a US$20 device with voice recognition aimed at...
It’s no secret that Africa’s growth sits in the hands of SMEs and startups. For many years, public and private sector organisations...
With just two weeks to go until Africa Tech Summit Kigali – Feb 14th/15th, we uncover the ongoing collaboration with media and entertainment...
The Queen’s Young Leaders Programme has been announced as Gold Sponsor of next month’s Africa Startup Summit, set to facilitate a host...
As South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria dominate the African tech ecosystem, Rwanda is slowly, yet assuredly, emerging as a key tech and...
JUMO, the technology platform for operating inclusive mobile financial services marketplaces in emerging markets, today announced a US$12.5 million investment from Odey...
Liquid Telecom has announced that it is investing 8 billion Egyptian Pounds ($400m US Dollars) in Egypt over the next three years....
Econet subsidiary Kwesé today announced the launch of video-on-demand (VOD) streaming service, Kwesé Play, as the centerpiece in its new Kenyan broadcasting...
Two of Africa’s largest mobile operators and mobile money providers, Orange Group and MTN Group have announced a joint venture, Mowali (mobile...
MTN Uganda has become the first within the MTN Group to grant access to third-parties to its Mobile Money Access Programming Interface...
A busy week in Cape Town last week which featured the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards, also saw over 300 active and aspiring investors...
First Bank of Nigeria, in partnership with Clickatell’s Transact division, has commercially launched their Chat Banking channel on WhatsApp. This capability enables FirstBank’s customers to manage...
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has appointed Adil Youssefi as the new Regional CEO of East Africa, where he will oversee five...