Search results for "development"
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567NewsMastercard and Enza Collaborate to Enable Fintech Innovation Across Africa
Mastercard and enza – a payment solutions company – have collaborated to connect fintech companies across Africa to the Mastercard network. This...
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813NewsDisrupTech Ventures Backs Nigerian Agri-Fintech Startup Winich Farms
DisrupTech Ventures, one of Egypt’s leading early-stage fintech funds, announced its first pan-African investment in Nigerian startup Winich Farms, a fast-growing Agri-Tech...
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862NewsSalus Cloud Secures $3.7M Seed Funding to Expand AI-Native Secure Software Delivery in Growth Markets
Salus Cloud, the AI-native platform revolutionising Developer & Security Operations (DevSecOps) for engineers, closed a $3.7 million Seed round to advance its...
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674NewsWingu Africa Secures $60M to Super-Charge East Africa’s Digital Future
Wingu Africa, East Africa’s leading carrier-neutral data centre operator, has raised $60 million to fast-track its regional expansion and power the continent’s...
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1.2KNewsDyna.Ai and PalmPay Partners to Accelerate AI Adoption in Nigeria’s Finance Sector
Dyna.Ai and PalmPay announced a strategic partnership that aims to transform Nigeria’s financial industry through the power of AI. The partnership was...
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852NewsCassava Technologies and Sand Technologies Partner to Boost AI Capabilities and Accessibility for African Enterprises
Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage, is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
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733NewsOrange Middle East and Africa and the International Finance Corporation Join Forces to Boost Digital Connectivity in West and Central Africa
Orange Middle East and Africa (OMEA) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have signed a partnership to sustainably strengthen access to digital...
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675NewsBurn Secures US$5 Million Investment from Electrifi to Scale Electric Cooking in Kenya
BURN, Africa’s leading clean cookstove manufacturer, distributor, and carbon project developer, has received a USD 5 million investment from EDFI Management Company...
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938NewsCassava Technologies and Zindi collaborate to showcase African AI innovation
Cassava Technologies, a global technology leader of African heritage has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Zindi, the largest professional network...
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1.0KNewsi3 Selects 7 African Startups Transforming Pharmacy Care to Receive Up to $225K & Impact Support from the Gates Foundation, MSD & More
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative to support African healthtech startups to commercialise and scale their offerings, has announced its 3rd...
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1.1KNewsIFC, TLG Capital Announce $75m First Close of African Private Credit Fund to Support SMEs
To support small and medium sized enterprises in Africa—and to protect jobs at those businesses—IFC and TLG Capital announced the first close...
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1.1KNewsKofa Closes $8.1 Million Pre-Series A Round to Expand Energy Access in Urban Africa
Kofa, leading technology-driven energy company and end-to-end ecosystem enabler, has closed an $8.1 million pre-Series A funding round. The investment, comprising $3.25...
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888NewsThe Government of Ghana Taps Zipline to Maintain Supply Chain Resilience Amid USAID Disruption
In the wake of ongoing disruptions to USAID’s supply chain, the Government of Ghana has partnered with Zipline, the world’s largest autonomous logistics...
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583NewsInfraCredit Secures Strategic Investment from Mobilist as it Transitions to a Public Company
InfraCredit, a ‘AAA’-rated specialised infrastructure credit guarantee institution, has announced the successful equity investment by the UK Government-backed MOBILIST programme, alongside other...
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787NewsMobile Money Surpasses Two Billion Registered Accounts and Over Half a Billion Monthly Active Users Globally
Mobile money reached two significant milestones in 2024, surpassing two billion registered accounts and over half a billion active monthly users across...
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830NewsPeach Payments Acquires West-African Payments Gateway PayDunya
Digital payments gateway Peach Payments has agreed to acquire West-African payment platform PayDunya. In the process, it enters mainland Francophone Africa for the...
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851NewsProparco Partners with CRDB Bank to Boost MSME Growth in Tanzania with €48 Million in New Guarantees
Proparco renewed its strategic partnership with CRDB Bank Plc, Tanzania’s largest financial institution, by granting two new guarantees worth €24 million each,...
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654NewsInfiniLink Secures $10M Funding from MediaTek, Sukna Ventures, and Egypt Ventures
InfiniLink, an innovative semiconductor startup specializing in advanced optical data connectivity chips for AI-driven data centers, announced the successful closure of a $10M funding...
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972NewsCassava Technologies collaborates with Microsoft to launch community engagement initiative creating youth employment opportunities in South Africa’s renewable energy industry
Pan-African technology company Cassava Technologies (www.CassavaTechnologies.com), in a strategic collaboration with Microsoft, has launched a community engagement initiative focused on South Africa....
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709NewsDigital Payments Economy in Africa Expected to Reach $1.5 trillion by 2030
Africa’s digital payments economy is set to grow from strength to strength according to a Mastercard-commissioned report by Genesis Analytics stating that...
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730NewsPayhippo Rebrands to Rivy, Raises US$4M in Pre-Series A Funding
Rivy, an AI-powered lender for Africa’s renewable energy sector, announced its rebrand from Payhippo and the successful closing of a US$4 million in...
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588NewsDeimos Advances DevSecOps with AI-Powered Automation on Google Cloud
In a transformative move to advance Development Security Operations (DevSecOps), Deimos, a leading hybrid and multi-cloud technology company, partnered with Salus Cloud,...
