Global payments tech company, Visa has announced opening applications for African startups to participate in the first cohort of its Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program. The...
After five months of social media blackout, the Ethiopian government has lifted internet restrictions on major social media platforms. The restrictions which affected platforms like Facebook,...
MTN Rwandacell PLC, a subsidiary of MTN Group, Africa’s mobile network operator, has announced a partnership with Bboxx, a data-driven super platform, which will see it...
African staff of Twitter who were laid off last year after the takeover of the platform by Elon Musk have cried out over their indiscriminate sacking...
The 2023 edition of the Global Startup Awards (GSA) Africa Summit, an initiative of the Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG) and Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), will...
The World Bank has given intervention grants of $5,000 to ten African fintech startups to enable them bridge the gap in financial access for underserved communities...
Google has announced the expansion of its conversational AI service, Bard, with the inclusion of Swahili as the first African language among 40 new languages installed....
Payments technology platform, Flutterwave has launched a new payment product aimed at allowing users conveniently pay school fees in various educational institutions within Africa and overseas...
Pan-African fibre connectivity network, Liquid Dataport has announced the expansion of its fibre backbone to connect Zambia and Angola directly. According to the Group CEO of...
Airtel Kenya has officially rolled out its 5G network in the country, making it the second operator to launch the new network in the country after...
In an effort to maintain a tight eye on the economy, Mauritius’ Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, who took office this...
Following the completion of a recent visit to Egypt, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that its mission had...
A day after dismissing Choguel Maiga for criticising the government, Mali’s governing junta named its spokesperson, Abdoulaye Maiga, as Prime...
Brazilian meatpacker JBS says it has inked a memorandum of understanding with the Nigerian government for a $2.5 billion investment...
Morocco’s official media reports that Chinese President, Xi Jinping, visited Morocco briefly on Thursday. According to Morocco’s MAP, Crown Prince...
A survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that around 65% of Nigerian households, which is...
Ghana and The Gambia are in the process of launching free roaming services that will enhance a West African connectivity....
Leader of one of Zambia’s opposition parties, Advocates for People’s Prosperity (APP), Mwenye Musenge, has criticised the Patriotic Front (PF)...
Ghana and Leicester City winger, Abdul Fatawu, has been ruled out of the rest of the EPL season after suffering...
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say six people have been arrested over a break-in and vandalism at...