The Nigerian government says the country’s telecommunications industry ’s contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) risen to 16 per cent, citing second quarter 2023...
Egyptian marketplace and aggregator for debt financing startup, Qardy, has entered into a partnership with microfinance company, Sandah, to give financing access to MSEMEs in the...
Nigeria-based mobility startup, Mecho Autotech, has announced securing $2.4m in venture funds which will see it expand its wholesale spare parts distribution business. The startup, in...
MTN Nigeria has announced the acquisition of a new 2.6GHz spectrum that will enhance its network capacity. The acquisition, according to the telecoms giant, came following...
Egypt-based fintech startup, Yalla penned significant agreements with major financial companies and institutions which will see it expand its operations into Saudi Arabia and the MENA...
As part of its corporate social responsibility, MTN Uganda has launched a skill development academy to enhance youth empowerment in the country. The project is known...
DRC-based ed-tech startup, Itot Africa, has developed a platform that will provide customised digital content, coding, programming, training and e-learning for businesses, SMEs and entrepreneurs in...
Nigeria’s skill-to-market startup, AltSchool Africa, has launched an upskill platform aimed at expanding its “learning faculty to introduce creative economy and business schools,” co-founder, Adewale Yusuf,...
South African telecommunications giant, Vodacom has launched a hybrid coding boot camp for young girls in the country which will provide virtual training accessibility to participants....
Nigeria’s talent hub, Itana has announced raising $2 million in a pre-seed funding that will see its dream of building Africa’s first Digital Free Zone realized....
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...