Sub-Saharan Africa’s population is set to double over the next 30 years, with access to reliable and affordable food sources essential. AgriTech...
MainOne has landed its submarine cable in Grand Bassam, Cote D’Iviore, which is the final leg of the ongoing expansion to reach...
Nigerian tech leaders have launched #StopRobbingUs, a campaign to put an end to the common practice where Nigerian police stop young people...
PEG Africa, a West Africa-based pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar company, has raised US$5 million from ElectriFI to continue rapid growth in existing markets....
Facebook has today with Africa Check announced that it has added new local language support for several African languages as part of...
54gene, the African-focused healthtech genomics and AI start-up that is leading in the diagnosis and medical treatment of people in Africa, has...
The Founder Institute (FI) is a startup launch program that provides an intensive step-by-step curriculum for anyone who desires to build an impactful company,...
Gokada, the Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app, has secured a Series A fundraise of $5.3 million. Led by Rise Capital with participation...
West Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange has announced the closing of their pre-seed funding round. The financing round believed to...
Celebrating exactly a year to the day since the doors of NG_Hub opened in Lagos, and Facebook further cemented its ambitions to train users...
Gebeya has announced its plan of expansion into Senegal in response to the growing tech potential of West Africa. The company was...
PEG Africa, a West Africa-based pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar company, has raised a US$25 million Series C funding round, taking its funding total...
With traditional banks still struggling to reach the 95 million unbanked adults across Sub-Saharan Africa, it comes as no surprise that in...
Two of Africa’s largest mobile operators and mobile money providers, Orange Group and MTN Group have announced a joint venture, Mowali (mobile...
The AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards seek to recognise ventures using mobile or technology to drive change, solve problems and impact the lives of Africans across the...
Jokkolabs, an ecosystem of open innovation and a network of centers of innovation in 8 countries, Senegal, Cameroon, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Burkina...
Nigerian ISP start-up Tizeti and its consumer facing brand, Wifi.com.ng has closed a Series A round of $3M, led by 4DX Ventures....
Honeywell Group has officially launched its new accelerator and investment vehicle, Itanna in Lagos. Tomi Otudeko, Head, Innovation and Sustainability for Honeywell Group, and Director...
Rensource, a Lagos-based distributed energy provider, has raised $3.5 million USD in bridge financing to grow its power-as-a-service renewable energy business. The...
Africa Code Week again this year exceeded all expectations by empowering 1.3 million youth with basic coding skills across 35 African countries....
MTN, Bharti Airtel and Ntel are among 16 firms that formally submitted interest in buying Nigeria’s 9mobile, formerly Etisalat Nigeria. As previously...