Africa

News

Google announces its first African development centre

Damilare Dosunmu

19th Apr, 2022
Cryptocurrency

28 days after launching investment arm, Luno crosses 10m user base

Damilare Dosunmu

14th Apr, 2022
Newsletters, The Next Wave

The Next Wave: Africa does not know itself

Abraham Augustine

13th Apr, 2022
News

Didi shuts down operations in South Africa

Daniel Adeyemi

11th Apr, 2022
FinTech

This Indian startup is building credit profiles for Africans using mobile money data

Michael Ajifowoke

11th Apr, 2022
Guest Post

More African central banks are considering digital currencies

Guest Author

8th Apr, 2022
News

Visa opens its first African innovation Studio in Kenya

Daniel Adeyemi

7th Apr, 2022
FinTech

Tayo Oviosu on Paga’s evolution after 13 years and $10bn in payments processed

Michael Ajifowoke

4th Apr, 2022
FinTech

Led by ex-Nasdaq engineer, daba wants to enable retail investing in African startups

Michael Ajifowoke

1st Apr, 2022
Guest Post

Cape Town is closing in on the top spot in Africa’s financial hubs rankings

Guest Author

31st Mar, 2022
Ask An Investor

Beyond investing in startups, Factor[e] is de-risking them for other investors

Daniel Adeyemi

30th Mar, 2022
Funding, Press Release, Venture Capital

TechCabal Insights launches funding tracking product, DealFlow

Fikayo Idowu

30th Mar, 2022
FinTech

Nigeria-based CredPal gets $15m to expand its buy now pay later business

Michael Ajifowoke

29th Mar, 2022
News, Startups

Big Cabal Media raises $2.3m to expand its compelling line of digital products

Daniel Adeyemi

17th Mar, 2022
Startups

How Spleet became a fintech solution for tenants and landlords in Africa

Damilare Dosunmu

16th Mar, 2022
Ecommerce

Sokowatch, now Wasoko, expands to West Africa after closing $125m Series B

Michael Ajifowoke

16th Mar, 2022
FinTech, Mobility

Mobility fintech Moove secures $105m to scale its vehicle financing business globally

Michael Ajifowoke

14th Mar, 2022
Companies

Telecom giant Orange to offer smartphone financing in Côte d’Ivoire

Michael Ajifowoke

10th Mar, 2022
Guest Post, Internet

Piling into a future $180 billion African internet economy

Guest Author

9th Mar, 2022
FinTech

Fintech innovations on the rise in DR Congo’s nascent startup landscape

Michael Ajifowoke

8th Mar, 2022
News

Facebook content moderators in Kenya to receive 30-50% pay raise, following complaints

Daniel Adeyemi

4th Mar, 2022
The Next Wave

The Next Wave: The digital finance opportunity for payroll data

Michael Ajifowoke

1st Mar, 2022
FinTech

Payroll tech heats up in Africa, on the heels of a booming fintech sector

Michael Ajifowoke

25th Feb, 2022
Guest Post

How tech-savvy grandmothers are driving initiative to promote mental health

Guest Author

25th Feb, 2022
Guest Post

Africa is on track to hit $7b, or more, in startup funding this year

Guest Author

25th Feb, 2022
Features

Solving Africa’s tech talent problem: All hands on deck

Daniel Adeyemi

23rd Feb, 2022
Companies

AfricaWorks’ ambition transcends being a coworking space

Damilare Dosunmu

22nd Feb, 2022
Funding

With $700m raised in 2021, African startups are turning to debt

Michael Ajifowoke

16th Feb, 2022
News

EU launches €150bn investment in Africa to combat China’s domination

Damilare Dosunmu

15th Feb, 2022
News

Facebook under fire for poor treatment of African content moderators

Daniel Adeyemi

14th Feb, 2022
Ask An Investor

Zach George: From Wall Street to investing in African startups

Daniel Adeyemi

11th Feb, 2022
Companies

Inside Bolt’s plans for Africa after raising mega funding

Damilare Dosunmu

10th Feb, 2022
News

Meta quietly shuts down its low-cost internet program across Africa

Daniel Adeyemi

8th Feb, 2022
Ecommerce

Women and e-commerce: Capturing the $14bn opportunity in Africa

Michael Ajifowoke

7th Feb, 2022
Guest Post

Africa’s internet economy fuels investment boom in data centres

Guest Author

4th Feb, 2022
Guest Post

Are African governments ready for Artificial Intelligence?

Guest Author

4th Feb, 2022
Healthcare

Kenya’s Afya Rekod raises $2m seed funding to digitise health record

Damilare Dosunmu

2nd Feb, 2022
Startups, Venture Capital

Oui Capital’s 2021 deals: Quabbly, Clane, Aifluence, and more

Guest Author

2nd Feb, 2022
News

Zimbabwean James Manyika, becomes Google’s first Senior Vice President of Technology and Society

Daniel Adeyemi

27th Jan, 2022
News

Facebook parent company Meta is building the world’s fastest AI supercomputer

Daniel Adeyemi

26th Jan, 2022