Rocket Internet-backed Jumia has launched an online lending programme for its merchants in Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco and Ivory Coast helping them borrow loans to grow their inventory, and help it become an everyday and everything store. By leveraging on transactional, operational and behavioral data on its vendors, Jumia believes ...
We are fortunate to be living in an era where anyone can get almost anything done with the help of the internet. Whether it’s starting a business, accessing information, buying a house, learning a language, selling things, stalking people – the internet has revolutionized the way we do everything. The ...
Pezesha.com has launched in Kenya with plans to become Africa’s largest peer to business lending market place, after members of the team realized from an earlier experience at Pesa Zetu that peer to peer micro lending was too risky and nearly impracticable. Founded late last year by Hilda Moraa, an ...
CWG Plc, has inked a partnership deal with OLX Nigeria, the country's top online classifieds platform to offer OLX merchants free small business enterprise resource planning software (SMERP). The solution, built by Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) aims to enable Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) manage their business operations efficiently. CWG ...
Following the launch of its Ready Business Index which found that 6 out of ten Kenyan businesses don’t have access to the internet, Safaricom Business has launched a new mobile product that seeks to seal that gap offering high speed connectivity for a flat monthly rate of KSh6,000. The service, ...
Launched in 2010, little was known about Nailab, a tech incubation hub founded by Sam Gichuru, a former Sales Technician at the heart of Nairobi’s suburbs. But today, it boasts of not only mentoring entrepreneurs that attract investor funds worth over $300,000USD but of creating more than 100 tech- ...
Entrepreneurs of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria are set to start enjoying support from the country’s Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) through a newly launched online platform that will allow them move their businesses online for a speedy growth. The new platform, dubbed The SME MarketHub, will be ...
Pioneering accelerator SPRING is calling on companies in Kenya, Rwanda or Uganda dealing with products or services that benefit the lives of girls to apply for its programme that will see them get grants of upto USD $80,000 along with financial planning, mentorships and peer-to-peer collaboration. The main goal is ...
Uganda’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) stand to benefit from a new iWayAfrica managed infrastructure and services solution that will ensure that all IT processes are managed on a single strict service level agreement. These include business email; data storage and collaboration; network security, bandwidth monitoring and reporting, offsite electronic ...
After over 380 applications from over 27 countries, She Leads Africa has announced their top 10 finalists for the 2014 Entrepreneur Showcase to represent the best young female entrepreneurs across the continent. The ten 10 will pitch their businesses before business leaders, investors from leading venture capital firms, and the ...
African startups and Small and Medium Enterprises are fast adopting automated HR and payroll solutions so as to improve productivity, streamline processes and promote sharing of information. Gerhard Hartman, Head of Department at Sage HR Africa said HR departments says they are the biggest spenders on technology in African enterprises ...
Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank PIc (GTBank) has rolled out “The SMEMarkethub” an e-commerce portal that will help support small and medium scale enterprises activities in Africa biggest economy. Entrepreneurs will now have a better opportunity to list, promote and sell their business or services online while taking advantage of numerous ...
