The rise of blockchain has pushed Decentralised Finance – DeFi and crypto to the forefront and enabled them to reach more and...
Ongoing volatility, further progress on regulations and continued interest from institutional investors can be expected in 2021 according to Luno, South Africa’s...
The “Tracking Revolution Challenge”, which will see Disrupt Africa source startups from across the continent and give them the chance to pitch...
Nigerian fintech platform Okra has secured a $1mn pre-seed fundraise from TLcom Capital, strengthening its push to build the infrastructure for Africa’s...
Edtech is now providing essential remote learning opportunities for students across Africa, while schools are closed as a result of the COVID-19...
TerraPay announced that a consortium of investors, including Prime Ventures, Partech Africa and management acquired the company for an undisclosed sum. In...
“ Break-even is the new black,” said Monica Brand Engel, Co-founder and partner of Quona Capital speaking on investing in African startups...
Five African credit scoring startups have been selected to pitch for the chance to secure a testing phase for their solutions with...
West Africa-based pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar company PEG Africa has continued an impressive year of fundraising to allow it to expand its operations...
The growth of the African tech industry continues to intensify with US$1.163 billion in equity funding raised last year and industry leaders are again...
Google has announced the launch of a new private subsea cable that will connect Africa with Europe. Named Equiano, the new Google subsea...
KaiOS Technologies, maker of KaiOS, the leading mobile operating system for smart feature phones, announced today $50 million in a Series B...
Nigerian fintech, One Finance Limited has announced that it has secured a $5M debt facility for its consumer facing platform, Paylater. The...
3D modelling is one of the fastest growing design trends – set to exponentially increase over the next few years. The multitude...
Econet subsidiary Kwesé today announced the launch of video-on-demand (VOD) streaming service, Kwesé Play, as the centerpiece in its new Kenyan broadcasting...
Africa’s entertainment and media industry has entered a dynamic new phase – a third wave of convergence. The borders that once separated the...
The African tech ecosystem continues to grow with investment in African start-ups increasing by 51% in 2017, according to a recent report....
Liquid Telecom’s award-winning pan-African fibre network is delivering connectivity to support the growth of innovation and has been announced as a sponsor...
In its efforts to realise Rwanda as a tech hub for Africa, DMM.HeHe have announced they are supporting Africa Tech Summit Kigali and will be...
Africa Tech Summit Kigali has announced a partnership with aKoma Media who will be producing the Creative Track for the Summit taking...
The first 25 speakers from the African tech ecosystem have been announced for the upcoming Africa Tech Summit Kigali which will take place...
Delivering mobile content in Africa isn’t straightforward, typically there is complexity at the network level where there is a mix of devices...