Search results for "development"
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864NewsMastercard Strengthens Collaboration with Paymentology to Drive Financial Inclusion in South Africa
Mastercard is deepening its collaboration with Paymentology, a next-generation global issuer processor, to facilitate card issuance for fintech companies in South Africa....
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752NewsLoftyInc Capital Announces $43M First Close of its New Pan-African Seed Fund
LoftyInc Capital Management announced the first close of $43m for its new LoftyInc Alpha Fund, a late-seed focused investment vehicle that will...
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921NewsDashen Bank Partners with Accion and Mastercard to Connect Small Businesses to the Digital Economy
Dashen Bank, one of Ethiopia’s leading private banks, has partnered with global nonprofit Accion and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to...
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659NewsDriving the Growth of Kenya’s Payment Acceptance Market
Shehryar Ali, Senior Vice President and Country Manager for East Africa and Indian Ocean Islands at Mastercard, at the recently concluded Africa...
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997Africa Tech Summit55 Finalists Announced for the Inaugural Africa Tech Summit Awards 2025
The Africa Tech Summit Awards has announced the 2025 finalists, celebrating individuals and companies impacting the technology sector across the continent. The winners will...
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994Newsi3 Calls for Applicants to 3rd Cohort for Program Enabling African Healthtech Innovators
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative to support African healthtech startups to commercialise and scale their offerings, is calling for leading...
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867NewsMoneyHash Raises $5.2M Pre-A Funding
MoneyHash, the first and leading payment orchestration platform operating in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), has secured $5.2M in pre-A funding. Flourish...
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606NewsOPEC Fund Invests US$30 Million to Egypt’s Wind Farms
The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) is co-financing Africa’s largest onshore wind power project, contributing US$30 million to the...
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955FundingVentures Platform ClimateTech White Paper Calls For Climate-resilient Business Models in the African Tech Sector
Ventures Platform, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in innovative startups across Africa has published its landmark climatetech whitepaper entitled, “Innovating for a...
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1.3KInnovationTLP Advisory Marks 10 Years with New Report on Nigeria’s Startup Ecosystem
TLP Advisory, the venture law firm headquartered in Lagos, with offices in London and New York marks ten years of operation with...
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1.3KFinTechAfrichange Secures IMTO Licence to Streamline Remittance to Nigeria
Africhange, a leading cross-border remittance service provider, announced today that its Nigerian subsidiary, Currenzo, has secured the International Money Transfer Operator [IMTO] licence...
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1.8KFinTechCoins by Bamboo Launches to Empower Nigerians in Diaspora with Affordable Remittances
Bamboo, the investment platform enabling Africans to invest globally through real-time access to global markets, has announced the launch of its remittance app,...
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2.9KFinTechProparco Invests in Rubyx to Support African Microfinance Institutions and Startups
Proparco has granted a €400k loan to Rubyx through the Bridge by Digital Africa facility. This will enable the African start-up to...
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4.5KInnovationWasoko & MaxAB Complete Landmark Merger
African B2B e-commerce pioneers Wasoko and MaxAB have completed the continent’s largest-ever tech merger following the signing of preliminary terms in Q4 2023. Conducted as an...
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2.5KInnovationFCMB and FMO Seek Agricultural Solutions in Nigeria with Agritech Hackathon
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO) are joining forces to ignite innovation in Nigeria’s agricultural sector...
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1.9KInnovationNew Duplo report predicts changing global trade patterns will enhance cross-border B2B payments in Africa
A new report from Duplo, the leading provider of payment, spend, and vendor management solutions for African businesses, is predicting that changing global...
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1.8KInnovationSendsprint Acquires Nobel Financial to Drive US Expansion and Remittance Services to Africa
Sendsprint, an international payment and remittance startup, has acquired Nobel Financial Inc., a US-based global remittance service provider, to drive the expansion of...
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2.5KFundingIntron Health Raises $1.6M in Pre-seed Funding to Build AI for Global Health
Intron Health, a pioneering health tech company that provides clinical speech recognition for over 200 accents spoken in developing countries, starting in...
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2.0KInnovationAdenia Partners Completes Acquisition of Air Liquide’s Operations in 12 African Countries
Adenia Partners “Adenia” has completed the acquisition of Air Liquide’s operations in 12 African countries, giving birth to Erium, the first pan-African...
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1.2KEgyptLiquid C2 Launches Cloudmania in Egypt
Liquid C2, a subsidiary of Liquid Intelligent Technologies (https://Liquid.Tech/), a leading pan-African technology group, has announced the expansion of its Cloudmania business...
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1.3KInnovationIFC Deepens Partnership with TerraPay to Boost Access to International Remittances in Africa
To boost access to affordable remittances and support livelihoods and business activity in countries across Africa, IFC today announced a financing package...
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2.5KInnovationInnovate Africa Launches with $2.5M Angel Fund for Early-Stage Africa-Focused Startups
Innovate Africa, an angel investment fund that supports early-stage founders in funding life-changing ideas, taking startups from conception to product and financing...
