Ghanaian retail-tech startup, Tendo Technologies, has successfully acquired rivals, Shopa, in a deal it says is aimed at revolutionising supply chain infrastructure across Africa. Tendo’s CEO...
Ghanaian fintech startup, PayBox Global, has announced the launch of an app known as the Buddy Super App Developer Programme which is designed to empower developers,...
The South African Competition Tribunal has blocked attempts by Vodacom to acquire a significant stake in Maziv, a subsidiary of Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH). If...
Nigerian fintech, Moniepoint, has achieved a “Unicorn” status after securing $110m in funding from investors, including Google and London-based private equity firm, Development Partners International. The...
Kenya’s electric bus solutions startup, BasiGo, has announced raising $41.5 million in Series A funding to help scale its transport electrification projects across the African continent....
South Africa’s Artificial Intelligence startup, visionAI, has announced raising substantial funding from Kalon Venture Partners to help it drive innovation across various sectors as it continues...
Telecommunication companies in South Sudan have been forced to increase their tariffs as a result of a hike in the official exchange rate. Local media reports...
Rwanda’s e-mobility startup, IZI, has announced the delivery of five electric buses to Kigali, the country’s capital city, after obtaining a substantial grant from the Rwandan...
Nigerian-based pan-African fintech, Yellow Card, has announced raising U$33 million in Series C funding to enable it drive its global expansion and strategic initiatives, taking its...
World’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, Binance, has launched seamless mobile money payments in Benin Republic, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Togo and Senegal,...
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...