Nigerian B2B startup, eBanqo is deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help businesses automate customer engagements, resulting in faster resolution of customer issues and reduced wait times....
Cairo-based venture capital firm, Flat6Labs, has launched an accelerator programme for construction tech startups in the MENA region. Labelled “Makers ConTech Accelerator Programme”, the 12-week programme...
As part of measures to stay afloat due to harsh economic conditions, Kenya-based fintech, Cellulant has laid off 20% of its workforce. In an announcement of...
Google has announced the launch of an accelerator program called “AI First” aimed at supporting Artificial Intelligence (AI) startups in Africa. The “Google for Startups Accelerator:...
Nigerian fintech startup, Moniepoint has announced a diversification into the personal banking market with the launch of its consumer app and debit cards. According to Ope...
The Somali government has announced a ban on social media platforms, TikTok, Telegram and online betting platform, 1XBET, as a way of curbing propaganda by the...
E-taxi startup, inDrive has introduced its services into Lesotho as part of the drive to expand further into Southern Africa. Vincent Lilane, Business Development Representative for...
Ride-hailing platform, Uber has announced launching a safety audio recording feature in Ghana which is aimed at allowing both riders and drivers to record audio during...
The city of Lagos will be agog as the eighth edition of the Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) will take centre stage at the prestigious Muson Centre...
Ride-hailing platform, Bolt reached a milestone after announcing the facilitation of over 100 million rides in Kenya since entering the market. Bolt Kenya Country Manager, Linda...
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...