South African cyber-security startup, Port443, has announced raising a substantial amount of funding in its bid to expand its offering further into Africa and the Middle...
Foremost digital payment platform, Cellulant and its sister outfit, Tingg has made an incursion into Zambia with the launch of its pay-as-you-go mobile money utilities network....
Nigerian digital bank, Nomba, made history after it was valued at $150 million following its transition from a AI chatbot to a fintech company. Founded in...
In a bid to grow its internally generated revenue and narrow its fiscal deficit, the Kenyan government has introduced new taxes targeted at digital cryptocurrency miners...
Zambian B2B e-commerce startup, Wasoko has announced plans to invest well over $1 million to support and empower local businesses and communities to get more essential...
An Egyptian remittance-driven financial service provider, Balad has announced raising a seven-figure pre-seed round of funding to launch its remittances platform, build its team, as well...
The largest hyper-scale data network in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Khazna, has announced plans to enter the Egyptian tech market in conjunction...
The African Women Impact Fund Initiative (AWIF), an initiative of Visa’s ‘She’s Next’ programme, has announced the selection of three female fund managers, SME.NG from Nigeria,...
Findings from the recently conducted Q1 2023 Trellix Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefing have shown that the South African government is the favourite target of cyber attacks....
Global payment network processor, Mastercard, has entered a partnership with Ethiopian Minerals Petroleum and Biofuel Corporation (EMBPC), aimed at solidifying the digitizing of the corporation’s mineral...
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...
Simon Ekpa, a Nigerian separatist leader based abroad, has been placed under detention by the Päijät Häme District Court...