Ghana-based Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), in collaboration with the Norwegian Embassy, has opened applications for the sixth edition of the MEST Africa Challenge, with...
Kenya’s cloud-based HR and payroll startup, Workpay, has announced securing $5 million in a Series A funding round that will enable it boost its expansion drive...
Nigerian fintech, Grey, has struck up a partnership deal with leading cross-border payment platform, dLocal, aimed at driving expansion into new emerging markets. CEO and co-founder...
Egyptian digital savings startup, Menthum, has entered into a partnership with CI Capital Asset Management to launch a USD fixed income fund armed at elevating the...
SpaceX’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet service providers, Starlink, has commenced operations in Botswana three months after it was granted license, marking a significant milestone for...
Two of Africa’s B2B e-commerce companies, Egypt’s MaxAB and Kenya’s Wasoko, have wrapped up a tech merger following the signing of preliminary terms in Q4 2023....
Africa’s largest network of technology and innovation hubs, AfriLabs has announced the admission of 18 new hubs, thereby expanding its network to 496 hubs across 261...
Ghanaian fintech startup, PayBox, has launched an integrated financial platform known as Buddy, which is aimed at empowering young Africans with inclusive financial freedom. A statement...
Mastercard has teamed up with global issuer orchestration partner, Scale, to accelerate the deployment of fintech services across Africa and the Middle East. According to Amnah...
Egyptian climate-tech startup, NoorNation, has announced receiving an undisclosed investment from Saudi Arabian firm, KBW Ventures, to help in its plans to scale up its operations....
Oil marketers and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority expect refined petroleum product prices to reduce as another...
Kenya’s statistics agency said on Tuesday that Kenya’s consumer price inflation increased slightly to 3.0% year-over-year in December from 2.8%...
Transnet, a state-owned logistics company in South Africa, announced on Tuesday that it had lost 2.2 billion rand ($117.48 million)...
A 15 billion yuan ($2 billion) currency-swap arrangement between China and Nigeria has been extended to boost investment and commerce...
As anticipated, Egypt’s central bank has maintained its overnight interest rates, stating that although inflation was predicted to drop significantly...
According to the African Development Bank (AfDB), illicit money flows and profit shifting by multinational corporations doing business in Africa...
Former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has told President Abdourahamane Tchiani of Niger Republic to refrain from making infantile and...
Elon Musk’s satellite internet service provider, Starlink, has again jacked up the prices of its services in Nigeria after an...
The former President of Moroccan top club, Raja Casablanca, Mohamed Aouzal, has been sentenced to three and a half years...
The Zambian Ministry of Health has reported a second case of Monkeypox, popularly known as Mpox, in Kitwe region of...