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Avenews Expands Working-Capital Financing in Western Kenya Through Paves Vetagro Partnership

Avenews, a Kenyan agricultural fintech lender, has partnered with distributor Paves Vetagro Ltd to expand working-capital financing for agro-dealers and stockists across Western Kenya, deepening efforts to ease liquidity...
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Flutterwave Partners Xoom, a PayPal Service to Enable Direct Money Transfers to Nigeria

Flutterwave, a Nigerian payments technology firm, has partnered with Xoom, PayPal’s international digital money transfer service, to enable fast transfers into Nigeria. The deal connects Xoom’s global network with...
Business

Koko Networks’ Ethanol Platform Goes Up for Sale as Administrators Seek Buyers After Collapse

The core assets of Koko Networks, once one of Africa’s most ambitious clean-energy startups, have been put up for sale as administrators seek buyers for its ethanol cooking technology,...
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Flutterwave Partners Xoom, a PayPal Service to Enable Direct Money Transfers to Nigeria

Flutterwave, a Nigerian payments technology firm, has partnered with Xoom, PayPal’s international digital money transfer service, to enable fast transfers into Nigeria. The deal connects Xoom’s global network with...
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Avenews Expands Working-Capital Financing in Western Kenya Through Paves Vetagro Partnership

Avenews, a Kenyan agricultural fintech lender, has partnered with distributor Paves Vetagro Ltd to expand working-capital financing for agro-dealers and stockists across Western Kenya, deepening efforts to ease liquidity constraints in...
Business

IFC Backs Airtel Africa With $150 Million to Expand Mobile Networks Across Africa

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has extended a $150 million loan to two subsidiaries of Airtel Africa to accelerate the expansion and modernization of...
Business

NCBA, African Guarantee Fund Commit $5 Million to Scale Women-Led Businesses

NCBA Bank and the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) have reaffirmed their commitment to financing women-led businesses through the NCBA AFAWA Women Small and Medium...
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Launch Africa Ventures Exits Peach Payments Stake Through Secondary Sale to 27four

Pan-African venture capital firm Launch Africa Ventures has exited its exposure to African payments company Peach Payments through a secondary transaction with 27four, underscoring...
Tech

Microsoft Launches Frontier Company With $2.5 Billion AI Investment

Microsoft has launched Microsoft Frontier Company, a new AI engineering and enterprise transformation business designed to help organizations build and scale artificial intelligence systems...
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How Automation Is Transforming Modern Supply Chain Management

Have you ever wondered what if your warehouse operations move goods without human intervention? Automated dispatch tools reduce manual labor errors? Automated digital invoice...
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STEM Students Must Be Ready for an AI-Driven Job Market

The fastest-growing companies today are not waiting for the future. They are already using Artificial Intelligence to make better decisions, move faster, reduce costs,...

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iGaming AFRIKA Summit Opens in Nairobi with Focus on Regulation, Taxation & Growth

The inaugural iGaming AFRIKA Summit opened in Nairobi on Monday, bringing together regulators, operators, investors and technology firms to discuss the future of Africa’s...

The Trust Economy: Why the Data Protection Act is the New SME Gold Standard

By Veerakumar Natarajan, Country Head, Zoho Kenya Six years ago, Kenya enacted the Data Protection Act (DPA), becoming the first East African country to establish...

Safaricom’s Daraja 3.0 Platform Speeds Up API Integration for Kenyan Businesses

Faster integration of payment systems is emerging as a competitive advantage for businesses operating in Kenya’s digital economy. Developers say improvements introduced under Safaricom’s Daraja...

Safaricom Shangwe @25 Promotion Concludes | Creates 25 Millionaires

 Safaricom has unveiled the final five winners of KES 1 million in its Shangwe @25 nationwide consumer promotion, bringing the total number of new...

How Buying Data on M-PESA Opened New Doors for Sheila

Sheila Cheptoo, a 25-year-old poultry farmer in the quiet village of Masare, in Bomet County, rises early before sunrise. The soft rustling of her 132...

Avenews Expands Working-Capital Financing in Western Kenya Through Paves Vetagro Partnership

Avenews, a Kenyan agricultural fintech lender, has partnered with distributor Paves Vetagro Ltd to expand working-capital financing for agro-dealers and stockists across Western Kenya, deepening efforts to ease liquidity constraints in one of the country's busiest agricultural trading corridors. The partnership targets agribusinesses operating across...
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Binance Surpasses $1 Billion in Assets Under Management for Stock Trading Within 30 Days

Binance announced that its stock-trading platform has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM) within 30 days of launch, marking a milestone for...

Binance Commits $250,000 to Support Ebola Response in Uganda and DRC

Binance has pledged $250,000 in emergency humanitarian funding to support frontline efforts responding to an ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

Binance Marks Africa Month With Push for Digital Inclusion Across Continent

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, used Africa Month to deepen its engagement on the continent, positioning digital assets and blockchain...

Hamilton Labs Secures AXIAN Backing to Expand Digital Dollar Access in Africa

Hamilton Labs has secured an undisclosed strategic investment from AXIAN Investment to accelerate the rollout of its dollar-pegged stablecoin across Africa, the companies said. The...

Nedbank Partners with Crypto.com to Explore Blockchain Payments Across Africa

Nedbank Group said on Thursday it had entered a strategic partnership with Crypto.com to explore blockchain-based payment, settlement and liquidity solutions across Africa, in...

CEO Weekends: Inside Mawingu’s Mission to Connect One Million Africans by 2028

For years, Africa's digital transformation story has largely centered on cities, where infrastructure investment, technology adoption, and innovation ecosystems have grown rapidly. Yet beyond these urban centers, millions of people across rural and peri-urban communities still remain under-connected, limiting access to education, healthcare, entrepreneurship...
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Sanara Deploys $9.3 Million, Trains 20,000 Young Creatives in Kenya

Sanara has deployed more than $9.3 million (KES 1.2 billion) in commercial financing and grants to Kenya’s creative economy, while demand for its Ota loan facilities has climbed to...
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Aruwa Capital Leads $2 Million Seed Extension Investment in Sika Financial Group

Aruwa Capital Management has led a $2 million investment in Sika Financial Group, backing the startup’s efforts to build financial infrastructure designed to streamline cross-border transactions across Africa and...