SunCulture, a solar-powered irrigation solutions firm has partnered with Turaco Microinsurance, to launch SunCulture Protect to protect smallholder farmers using…
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Yellow Card, the crypto platform in Africa, has raised $33 million equity financing to fund growth and expansion, particularly through…
In a momentous development for the nation, Nigeria is poised to send its first citizen into space, partnering with the…
Nigeria’s Lagos State Government’s has launched a Cybersecurity Operations Centre (CSOC). This happened during the Year 2024 Ministerial Press Briefing…
Zipline, the drone delivery firm has completed one million commercial drone deliveries to customers and more than 70 million commercial…
Agriculture in developed markets is a different ball game with as farmers are well-funded and mechanised, have access to knowledge,…
Jack Dorsey’s TBD, which is part of Block, has expanded into Africa after a partnership with pan-African cross border payments…
Though Agriculture is the biggest sector in Africa, findings by the European Union show the sector remains unattractive to the…
TLcom Capital, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has raised $154 million from the final close of TIDE Africa Fund II,…
Thepeer, a Nigerian fintech startup focused on digital wallet interoperability, announced its closure on April 1st, 2024. In a blog…
Interswitch, a leading Nigerian payments giant backed by Visa, has diversified its business by acquiring a Tier 5 Mobile Virtual…
Chipper Cash, the Nigerian fintech startup, has laid off 20 employees based in the US and UK. Chief Executive Officer…
Nigerian entrepreneur Obi Cubana has unveiled Enviable Transport, a new electric car-hailing service launched in the nation’s capital, Abuja. This…
Showmax Originals have scored 26 nominations at the recently unveiled Kalasha Awards 2024 nominations. This is the highest achievement at…
MainOne , an Equinix Company, has announced the landing of the first and only submarine cable system in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria, outside…
IFC has announced the names of 100 women-led startup owners selected to participate in the She Wins Africa program, an…
Carbon, a Nigerian Microfinance Bank and fintech player has acquired another fintech startup, Vella Finance through its parent company One…
Travelwings.com, an online travel agency which first entered Africa in 2017, with Nigeria as the market of entry, has expanded…
SafeBoda, Uganda’s leading ride-hailing company, has officially confirmed its return to Nairobi, Kenya after a three year hiatus. With a…
Looking for where to trade Apple gift card for cash in Nigeria? This article is for you. There are many…
Apple Books Digital Narration is a new feature that Apple launched recently to allow authors to create audiobooks from their…
Nigerian insurtech startup ETAP has partnered with AIICO Insurance to increase access for car insurance in Nigeria. As part of the…
The current insurance landscape is plagued by fragmentation and inefficiencies that hinder distribution and adoption. Affordable, accessible, and frictionless insurance…
Messenger, a one stop logistics platform that finances and aggregates end to end logistics and supply chain operations has raised an…
Duplo, a B2B payment platform that makes it easier for African businesses of all sizes to pay each other, has…
In 2020/2021 I had the pleasure of working with The Worldbank to evaluate small businesses that were eligible for funding.…
The African Development Bank has signed a grant agreement for $500,000 with Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), a fintech subsidiary…
VertoFX, a global B2B payments platform, which helps businesses move money across borders seamlessly and instantly, has raised $10 million…
Plentywaka, a Nigerian mobility startup has announced it will now be known as Treepz as it seeks to align the…
US-based African-focused fintech Pngme, a financial data infrastructure and machine learning-as-a-service platform has raised $15 million in funding to allow…