State House deactivates President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Twitter account over corruption tweet
President Uhuru Kenyatta's Twitter account has been deactivated on account of unauthorized access, reports State House Kenya after an anti-corruption tweet went south.
"All official social media handles for the President have been temporarily suspended to allow for the necessary remedial measures to be undertaken," said State House on...
Startups
Daystar Power receives 10 million US Dollars for expansion of solar power operations in West Africa
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This new job search engine wants to link employers in Africa to talent in the diaspora to end brain drain
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This waste management startup has received $227,000 to scale across Nigeria
The King Baudouin Foundation awards the African Development Prize to Wecyclers, a Lagos based waste management start-up. The Prize will allow Wecyclers...
PayLater’s parent firm OneFi acquires fintech firm Amplify to boost its financial services offerings
Nigeria's One Finance Limited , which recently raised funding to become a full service digital bank has acquired Amplify in a move...
Nigeria’s Farmcrowdy Raises $1M to Launch 3D Mapping & Drone Services for Farmers
Farmcrowdy, a crowdfunding platform for Nigerian farmers has today announced an additional seed funding of $1 million from international investors Cox Enterprises...
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Funding
Beyond Capital Fund Makes Second Investment in Kenyan Agritech startup
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GreenTec Capital invests in Namibian high-tech CPU maker PEBL
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In a move to its users the freedom to send money whenever they want and how they want, this remittance firm, which has been...
This Cryptocurrency Wallet Has Raised More Than $0.5m in Seed Funding to Help Users Transact via SMS
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business
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Emmanuel Macron to support entrepreneurship & innovation in Africa with 2.5 billion euros
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Mastercard Acquires Transfast to Advance its Remittance Dreams
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Ant Financial’s AliExpress in mutual partnership with Safaricom to sign up more users in Kenya
Safaricom and Ant Financial Services have signed a mutual partnership to sign up more customers in Kenya.
The deal...
Standard Chartered Invests 83 million in Digital Banking Upgrade
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State House deactivates President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Twitter account over corruption tweet
President Uhuru Kenyatta's Twitter account has been deactivated on account of unauthorized access, reports State House Kenya after an anti-corruption tweet went...
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Kenya’s mobile giant Safaricom hits 30 million active subscribers
Safaricom has today announced that it has passed the 30 millionth customer milestone, cementing the firm’s position as the most preferred mobile...
This new job search engine wants to link employers in Africa to talent in the diaspora to end brain drain
A new job search engine has launched to serve Africa and its diaspora, helps match job seekers looking for rewarding careers...
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Small business owners all around the...
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PayLater’s parent firm OneFi acquires fintech firm Amplify to boost its financial services offerings
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Kenya’s Bwala raises funding from Uber investor Justin Caldbeck, launches in Uganda
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VoIP Technology. Work Principles and Future Perspectives
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How to Make Your Website More Secure
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Why Going 100% Online in Bank Services is Not a Good Idea. Yet
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Difference Between Windows VPS Hosting Vs. Linux VPS Hosting
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Top things to consider before buying your first set of electronic drum sets
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This pay-as-you-go solar firm has raised $25m to accelerate off-grid solar expansion in West Africa
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...
Silicon Valley-based Startup Accelerator Founder Institute Launches New Chapter in Lagos
The Founder Institute, an idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program has launched a new chapter in Lagos, Nigeria with targeting to...
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7 Artificial Intelligence Pharma Applications You Should Be Aware of in 2019
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Support Legal launches Arabic ScaleUp platform for startups in the Middle East & Africa
Support Legal, the Middle East and Africa’s first legal services platform for entrepreneurs and emerging companies, has made its free legal knowhow...
UK aid to give $2.2m to boost clean energy in Kenya
yThe UK Government, through InfraCo Africa, a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, is investing Ksh. 220 million (US$2.2m) in the development...
Digital lending platform Branch launches in India to take on Tala
San Francisco-based digital micro lending platform Branch International has launched in India after it acquired a non-banking finance company licence to operate...
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The latest budget device, the Y6 Prime 2019 from Huawei mobile, was released early this month and it goes head to head...
The World Wide Web turns 30
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Here are the 12 African Startups Selected to Join Google’s Launchpad Accelerator
Google has announced the next cohort of startups into its Launchpad accelerator in in Africa, Brazil, and India.
Skype group video chats set to double to 50 participants
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