France’s largest venture capital firm, Bpifrance, has partnered with Egyptian venture capital firm, Sawari Ventures, to launch a new base in Egypt in its strategic bid...
Nigerian agri-tech startup specialized in the supply of farm grain produce to retailers, Winich Farms, has announced raising $3 million in pre-series A funding to expand...
Organizers of Egypt’s Entrepreneur Awards have announced 15 startups as winners of the fourth edition of the annual awards held on Sunday in Cairo. This year’s...
Egyptian ed-tech startup, EdVentures, has announced the selection of eight new startups which it would invest in and provide funding and support to following a comprehensive...
Nigeria-based pan-African payment infrastructure provider, Fincra, has been granted a Third Party Payment Provider (TPPP) licence to expand its services into South Africa. The TPPP will...
Elon Musk’s Starlink has announced increasing its subscription prices in Nigeria with the excuse of excessive levels of inflation. In an email from the SpaceX-powered satellite...
According to Ruth Nankabirwa, Uganda’s minister for energy and mineral development, the country has established a state-owned mining firm to oversee the government’s equity holdings in...
Ivory Coast’s fintech startup, Daba Finance, has won the 2024 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge, carting home $50,000 in prize money. The annual Ecobank Fintech...
The UK and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), in conjunction with the UK-Kenya Tech Hub, has launched a digital toolkit aimed at helping entrepreneurs access markets in the Kenyan,...
South Africa’s home energy management startup, Plentify, has announced entering into a strategic partnership with Herholdts, one of the country’s largest distributors of solar and electrical...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has been selected to host the sixth edition of the Ocean Innovation Africa (OIA) summit from...
Reigning Miss South Africa 2024, Mia le Roux, has opened up on the reasons behind her withdrawal from the Miss...
South African football legend, Lucas “Masterpieces” Moripe, has passed away at the age of 71 after a long battle with...
A fugitive Zambian Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Banda, who escaped from custody at the Chipata Prison in Eastern Province...
After Italy’s top court denied her appeal, well-known Malian singer, Rokia Traore, who was detained in Rome in June due...
According to his wife on Wednesday, a well-known opposition leader from Uganda, Kizza Besigye was abducted during a book...
The head of debt management for the finance ministry told Reuters that Kenya had obtained a $200 million loan from...
Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, endorsed the call for a global alliance against hunger in his address at the opening of...
The budget season is here again. It is an institutional and desirable annual ritual. Revenue collection and spending at the...
In an indication to traders that the activities of its mega-refinery might soon disrupt regional fuel markets, Nigeria’s private Dangote...