Search results for "west Africa"
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Apps
South Africans can get from A to B with help of new transport app
Millions of people all over Africa depend on public transport to go to work yet there is very little information about how...
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Innovation
Spotify and Vodacom Potential Music Deal in Africa
Spotify is rumoured to be in talks with Vodacom Group Ltd. on a partnership that would mark the music-streaming service’s first foray...
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Innovation
9 in 10 of Middle East and Africa’s Web Users Access Mobile Internet
The Middle East and Africa has the largest share of internet users that go online using a mobile phone, according to eMarketer....
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Awards
Calling South African Innovators & App Developers
Methys Innovation Challenge Worth R50,000 To support the seeding of innovative start-ups in the Western Cape, the Methys Technology group organizes the...
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1.8KFundingIntron 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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979InnovationMastercard and Kalabash54 Launch Travel Card in Nigeria and Ghana
Mastercard has collaborated with Kalabash54, the fintech subsidiary of one of West Africa’s leading online travel tech company, Wakanow Group, to introduce innovative...
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1.3KInnovationEMpact Launches its Venture Studio in Côte d’Ivoire
Today witnessed the launch of EMpact – a venture studio focused on creating startups that serve agricultural value chains – in Côte d’Ivoire,...
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1.3KInnovationM-KOPA Expands to Ghana, Unlocking $10m in Credit for Customers
M-KOPA, a leading African fintech platform, today announced the official launch of its flexible digital financing model in Ghana following a successful pilot phase....
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1.1KCryptocurrency AfricaThe State of Web3 in Ghana
Ghana is one of the bright spots in Africa’s cryptocurrency story. The West African country has often been touted as a state...
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1.3KInnovationMastercard to Buy Stake in MTN’s $5.2 Billion Fintech Unit
By Bloomberg Mastercard Inc. agreed to take a minority stake in the financial-technology business of MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest wireless carrier,...
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1.2KInnovationMastercard partners with Alerzo to digitize SMEs in the Nigerian FMCG space
Mastercard, a global leader in financial services, has joined forces with Alerzo, Nigeria’s leading technology service provider, to address the challenges faced...
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1.6KFinTechAZA Finance Launches New Payout Corridors to Empower Businesses in Emerging Markets
AZA Finance, an African fintech company, is a global leader specialising in providing secure and efficient financial infrastructure for payments, foreign exchange,...
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1.8KEast AfricaAFEX Expands Operations To Uganda, Appoints Group CEO and Presidents
AFEX, Africa’s leading commodities exchange and commodities market player, has announced its expansion into Uganda, seven months after it first entered the...
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1.6KInnovationCardinalStone Capital Advisers Invests $6m Investment in AfyA Care
West African private equity fund manager, CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA), has announced a $6 million investment in AfyA Care as part of the company’s Series A...
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906InnovationNigerian data and intelligence company Stears raises $3.3M
Stears has announced a $3.3 million seed round with MaC Venture Capital as the lead investor. Participating companies included Serena Ventures, Luminate...
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1.7KFinTechNigerian Fintech, Moove, secures $20 million credit from British International Investment
British International Investment (BII), the UK government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI), formerly known as CDC Group, has announced a $20 million, 4-year...
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2.1KInnovationTwiga Foods invests $10M in commercial farming subsidiary, Twiga Fresh
Twiga Food CEO, Peter Njonjo has announced that the B2B E-Commerce company, Twiga Foods, has launched Twiga Fresh, a new subsidiary that is focused...
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2.9KInnovationNigeria Startup Bill Poised To Unlock Digital Potential
Nigeria has moved a step closer to rolling out its landmark Nigeria Startup Bill (NSB) that will further deepen the country’s technology...
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3.0KInnovationAgTech Startup Releaf to improve growth and sustainability of palm oil production
Releaf, an AgTech startup that develops proprietary hardware and software solutions that makes African farmers and food factories more efficient and profitable,...
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2.8KEgyptMaxAB Acquires Morocco’s WaystoCap to scale and raises $15M Series A
MaxAB, the largest Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform that serves food and grocery retailers, has acquired WaystoCap, the Morocco-based B2B e-commerce and distribution...
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5.1KInnovationNigerian B2B eCommerce platform TradeDepot secures $10M funding
TradeDepot, the B2B eCommerce platform for consumer goods in Africa, has raised a further $10 million in a pre-Series B equity round...
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3.4KAdvisory NewsMainone launches submarine cable connectivity in Cote d’Ivoire
MainOne has announced its submarine cable in Cote d’Ivoire is live and ready for service. The project is the first commercial cable...
