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...
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, has shortlisted 10 African startups to participate in its inaugural Make-In-Africa mentorship program, Vice President and Head of...
Tunisia-based e-commerce platform, Drest.ng has announced securing $336,000 from 216 Capital Ventures to aid its dream of expanding into the wider African market. Co-founder and CEO...
Tech4Dev, a non-governmental organisation founded by Nigerian tech entrepreneur, Joel Ogunsola, with the aim of empowering young people in the tech ecosystem, has launched its 2024...
Foremost Nigerian digital bank and credit provider, Carbon has launched a new payment transfer feature aimed at upgrading its ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ offering. Co-founder of...
Pan-African fintech startup, Pyypl has unveiled its social micro-investment platform targeting self-employed African entrepreneurs and micro-SMEs across the continent. The unveiling of the offering which took...
Kenyan payment platform, BudPay has launched a fintech hackathon competition targeting tech developers looking for opportunities to showcase their coding skills, learn new technologies, and network...
Two Ethiopian researchers, Fisseha Tekle and Abrham Meareg, have sued Meta, the parent company of social media giant, Facebook, for failing to moderate contents that led...
The head coach of Mamelodi Sundowns women’s team, Jerry Tshabalala, has been suspended indefinitely amid allegations of sexual harassment of...
Ghanaian singer, Afua Asantewaa, on Saturday, began her second attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest...
The African Development Bank Group’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab has selected 20 promising tech entrepreneurs from various African technology ventures...
A prominent Zambian climate-smart agriculture expert, Oliver Bulaya, has warned of a collapse of the county’s agricultural sector with a...
The Nigerian community, under the auspices of Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA), has raised the alarm over the...
Morocco’s statistics office has confirmed that the country’s annual inflation rate, as determined by the consumer price index, increased from...
According to a statement released by Swiss commodities trader, Mercuria, on Thursday, it has established a metals trading arm with...
A Nigerian court has ordered a female activist, Olamide Thomas, to be remanded in prison custody for allegedly issuing a...
The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has kicked against the suspension of two of its council members, Arnold Kaluba, the...
Nigeria’s men’s football national team, the Super Eagles, ended the year 2024 as the fifth best team in Africa in...