Africa’s fintech sector is growing and maturing, with more startups active in the space than ever before, platforms increasingly offering a variety...
Opera the first major browser to introduce a built-in crypto wallet in 2018, has added Celo’s native asset (CELO) or cUSD providing...
Maviance PLC, a Cameroon-based fintech, announced today that it has closed its Seed investment round of USD 3 million from the pan-African...
Lami Technologies, a Kenyan Insurtech company that aims to democratize insurance products and services for low-income Kenyans, announced today it has raised...
Appzone, the Pan-African fintech software provider building proprietary solutions for the continent’s banking and payments industries, has today announced the close of...
Curacel, an AI-powered platform for claims processing and fraud management in Africa, has raised $450,000 pre-seed funding in a round that was...
By Dominique Collett, a senior investment executive at Rand Merchant Investments and the head of AlphaCode Each year, at AlphaCode, we use...
Ongoing volatility, further progress on regulations and continued interest from institutional investors can be expected in 2021 according to Luno, South Africa’s...
DPO Group (DPO), one of the leading, high-growth online commerce platforms in Africa operating across 19 countries, has today entered into an...
Facebook released findings from The Impact of Facebook’s Connectivity Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa , a study conducted by Analysys Mason that highlights...
Africa Data Centres, part of the Liquid Telecom Group, has completed the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Tier IV data centre in Johannesburg...
South African agricultural services company AFGRI Agri Services has launched Axl a new agri-tech platform enabling farmers to find, rent, and pay...
Orange Digital Ventures Africa announces its latest investment on the African continent by leading the $1.5m seed investment round in Youverify. The...
TerraPay announced that a consortium of investors, including Prime Ventures, Partech Africa and management acquired the company for an undisclosed sum. In...
Cash is king. Correction, cash was king. It seems cash has an enemy. Technology. Technology plays a huge role in economic development...
2019 was the year that dealmaking on the continent got serious. Very serious. In November alone, indeed one specific seven day period...
KaiOS Technologies announced that Life, an in-house educational app for KaiOS-powered smart feature phones, is now available in Africa. KaiOS users in Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda,...
Technology is disrupting business models and revolutionising sectors across the continent. We profile five African tech ventures nominated for the Best Disruptive Innovation...
The AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards celebrate African tech ventures driving change, solving problems and impacting the lives of Africans across the continent. We take a look...
Sub-Saharan Africa’s population is set to double over the next 30 years, with access to reliable and affordable food sources essential. AgriTech...
Vodacom Group has entered into an agreement with Internet Technologies Angola (ITA), the largest independent enterprise telecommunications provider in Angola. In terms...
LeapFrog Investments recently announced the largest-ever private equity fund by a dedicated impact fund manager, surging past its US$600mn target to reach...