Business
Sony Launches New Venture Fund, Targets Over $130 Million to Back Startups
Sony Group said it has launched a new corporate venture capital fund, Sony Innovation Fund 4 L.P., marking the latest step in its push to back high-growth startups and...
Business
MoneyGram, NALA Unveil Stablecoin Cross-Border Payments Across Africa, Asia
MoneyGram and NALA have announced a strategic partnership to enable stablecoin-based settlement for cross-border payouts into emerging markets across Africa and Asia, as payments firms increasingly explore blockchain infrastructure...
Business
Sony Launches New Venture Fund, Targets Over $130 Million to Back Startups
Sony Group said it has launched a new corporate venture capital fund, Sony Innovation Fund 4 L.P., marking the latest step in its push to back high-growth startups and deepen open...
Business
MoneyGram, NALA Unveil Stablecoin Cross-Border Payments Across Africa, Asia
MoneyGram and NALA have announced a strategic partnership to enable stablecoin-based settlement for cross-border payouts into emerging markets across Africa and Asia, as payments...
Business
Ecobank Posts $801 Million Pre-Tax Profit as 2025 Revenue Jumps 17%
Pan-African lender Ecobank Group reported a 21% rise in profit before tax to $801 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, driven by...
Sustainability
Kenya’s BasiGo Begins Electric Van Assembly as Matatu Sector Eyes Potential Transition
Kenyan electric mobility firm BasiGo has begun local assembly of its electric vans, a move that could mark an early turning point in efforts...
Tech
Cellulant Hires ex-GE Capital, Xapo Exec to Lead AI-driven Operations
African payments technology firm Cellulant has appointed Anthony Hernandez as Chief Operating Officer to lead its push toward AI-enabled operations, as the company scales...
Guides
Galaxy S26’s Nightography and the Visual Language of the After-Hours City
The Galaxy S26 Nightography and the Visual Language of the After-Hours City
There is a specific kind of energy that only exists after the sun...
Guides
How Digital Platforms Are Transforming Vehicle Insurance in the UAE?
The vehicle insurance industry in the UAE is going through a noticeable shift. What was a process with many requirements like paperwork, office visits,...
Sony Launches New Venture Fund, Targets Over $130 Million to Back Startups
Sony Group said it has launched a new corporate venture capital fund, Sony Innovation Fund 4 L.P., marking the latest step in its push...
MoneyGram, NALA Unveil Stablecoin Cross-Border Payments Across Africa, Asia
MoneyGram and NALA have announced a strategic partnership to enable stablecoin-based settlement for cross-border payouts into emerging markets across Africa and Asia, as payments...
South Africa’s AI Diagnostics Raises $4.6M to Scale AI Tuberculosis Screening
South African medtech company AI Diagnostics has raised R85 million (about $4.6 million) in a pre-Series A funding round to accelerate deployment of its...
Lua Raises $5.8M to Build Human–AI Agent OS
Lua, a London-based startup building an operating system for collaboration between human teams and AI agents, has raised $5.8 million in a seed funding...
Kenya’s BasiGo Begins Electric Van Assembly as Matatu Sector Eyes Potential Transition
Kenyan electric mobility firm BasiGo has begun local assembly of its electric vans, a move that could mark an early turning point in efforts...
Sony Launches New Venture Fund, Targets Over $130 Million to Back Startups
Sony Group said it has launched a new corporate venture capital fund, Sony Innovation Fund 4 L.P., marking the latest step in its push to back high-growth startups and deepen open innovation efforts.
The Japanese conglomerate said its venture arm, Sony Ventures Corporation (SVC), completed...
Camera
Kenya Probes Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Over Privacy & Surveillance Concerns
Kenya's Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has opened an investigation into the use of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, citing growing concerns over privacy, surveillance, and the potential misuse...
Startups
Egypt’s Reme-D Raises $500,000 to Expand Room-Temperature Diagnostics Across Africa
Egyptian biotech startup Reme-D has secured $500,000 in funding from the Global Innovation Fund to expand production and distribution of its room-temperature stable molecular diagnostic kits across Africa, the...
