Fliqpay, a Techstars-backed Nigerian startup has launched a cryptocurrency payments gateway to allow African businesses to accept cryptocurrency payments on the go. Fliqpay, a Toronto and Lagos-based fintech says its cryptocurrency...
Read moreMastercard has pledged to bring a total of 1 billion people and 50 million micro and small businesses into the digital economy by 2025 with a direct focus on providing...
Read moreDigital Afrique Telecom (DAT) has launched a Smart delivery app to enable businesses to simplify their order and delivery process. Digital Afrique Telecom says the Smart delivery application allows each...
Read moreContinuity East Africa (CEA) plans to invest over Shs500million in the next three years to expand its Work Area Recovery facilities in the region. Continuity East Africa says the expansion...
Read moreCassava Fintech, a subsidiary of Econet Global, has launched ‘Sasai TeamTalk’, a voice and video conferencing service that takes up to 20 people on one call. Cassava Fintech says Sasai...
Read moreVillgro Kenya has awarded $150K in grant to 12 startups from East Africa with technologies and innovations that could help in testing, monitoring and managing aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak....
Read moreUber drivers and couriers will from next week receive free face masks and hygiene kits in a move to protect them and their passengers from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Uber...
Read moreBrimore, Egypt's social commerce startup has raised $3.5m led by Algebra Ventures to enable manufacturers to sell their products directly to end consumers through a network of micro-distributors across Egypt....
Read moreChina Mobile International, Facebook.com, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC are building 2Africa, a subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East region. China Mobile...
Read moreDignitas, a non-governmental organisation that works to provide access to education in urban slums and Safaricom Foundation have donated tablets and free access to e-learning tools to students from over...
Read moreYellow Card, a Nigerian cryptocurrency platform has launched support for Botswana pula (BWP) and South African rand (ZAR) as it expands to the Southern Africa, a statement to TechMoran confirms....
Read moreNovastar Ventures has closed $108 million Novastar Ventures Africa Fund II (NVAF II) to targeting businesses where positive social impact for low-income households is a natural byproduct of their commercial...
Read moreMoringa School has raised undisclosed funding from DOB Equity to provide remote on-line learning to equip students with the right digital skillset to enter the job market despite the COVID-19....
Read moreCellulant, an African fintech building payment and agri-tech solutions, has launched ‘The Agrikore Risk Review’ to stir conversations on how Africa can scale Agriculture through technology. Cellulant's Review, launched as...
Read moreHuawei is set to launch the nova7i in the Kenyan market following the successful launch of nova5T in the market early in the year. The Huawei nova7i is the first...
Read moreSafaricom has extended the Bonga For Good Campaign for an extra 30 days to 3rd June 2020 to enable customers continue using their points to buy goods and services as well as donate...
Read moreJumia and Mastercard have entered into a partnership to incentivize the use of cashless payments platforms as people look for safer ways to pay in the wake of the COVID-19...
Read moreGozem, a West African ride-hailing platform has integrated Moov payments in Benin to allow its customers to pay using Moov Money to safely top up their wallets and take trips...
Read more8 startups from Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt have been selected for the 2020 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Innovation Showcase (ASME ISHOW), which will be virtually held, TechMoran.com reports. The...
Read moreM-TIBA, a CarePay product used by insurers and healthcare providers to administer large-scale health schemes via mobile phones, in partnership with Kenya Health Federation (KHF), has launched an SMS-based service...
Read moreKenya's Auto-Truck E.A, an electric Tuk-Tuk builder and Tanzania's Jaza Energy which wants to bring clean energy to remote African communities have been named finals in the Keeling Curve Prize....
Read moreTwiga Foods is working with Silafrica, a sustainable packaging supplier to introduce its Smart Crates integrated with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and NFC tags to send real-time data as the...
Read moreThe Gradient Boost, an online mentor guided data science school based in South Africa has launched to help data enthusiasts in Africa lean data science online with the guidance of...
Read moreMukuru, a South African-based money transfer firm has acquired Zoona Malawi’s operational assets along with the technology systems that support its Malawian operations. “Mukuru empowers Africa’s financially underserved migrant workers...
Read moreSometimes we download our favourite movies online to watch it on our desktop or laptop later on. However, we then realize that the video is not accessible as our media...
Read moreIn a rare television broadcast Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, described the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as “Germany's biggest challenge since the Second World War”. It has indeed proved to be...
Read moreThe Rockefeller, Google, ModusBox, Omidyar Network have joined the Mojaloop Foundation formed to extend financial inclusion efforts initiated by the Mojaloop open-source software project. The Mojaloop Foundation will maintain the Mojaloop free,...
Read moreZoom has acquired secure messaging and file-sharing service Keybase in a bid to further strengthen the security of its video communications platform leveraging its deep encryption and security expertise. Zoom...
Read more4G Capital has partnered with the insurtech firm Turaco to provide a micro health insurance package to its clients across Kenya via WhatsApp or telephone and mobile money wallets in...
Read moreEast Africa Fruits Co., a Tanzanian version of Twiga Foods, addressing food distribution challenges to improve efficiencies in the farm-to-market sector has closed Series A equity funding totaling $2.05 million....
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