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NewGenAngels and Angel Lab Want To Organise Boot Camps in Nigeria and Kenya

ecosystem, Events, people, Products

7th April 2015

…the boot camps are designed to go beyond the technical exchange of information but to also create a bridge between individual angels who can syndicate deals

DealDey Has Just Raised A $5 Million Series B From Kinnevik

News, startups, Venture Capital

Bankole Oluwafemi

19th February 2015

DealDey, a Nigerian ecommerce website that aggregates discounted goods and services has raised $5 million in follow-on funding from original investors, Kinnevik.

African Techies and Innovators Will Speak at Black Tech Week in Miami

Apps, Developers, Events, News, people, Social Media, startups, Venture Capital

Olumuyiwa Coker

13th February 2015

Some of Africa’s brightest in technology are billed to speak at a week-long event ‘Black Tech Week’, aimed at celebrating innovators of colour during the last week of black history month, in Miami, FL United States.

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Remember the last mile: How OPay’s motorcycles are increasing financial inclusion

FinTech, Products

Wole Olayinka

23rd August 2019

ORide might be the ace of OPay’s growing suite of verticals that will help it deliver financial services to the last mile.

Facing multiple lawsuits and $120 million losses, Jumia unearths fraud in earnings report

African Tech Roundup, Business, Digest, ecosystem, long reads, News, startups, Technology

Abubakar Idris

22nd August 2019

Africa-focused e-commerce company, Jumia has released its financial report for the second quarter (Q2) of 2019. This is the company’s second financial report since it became a publicly-traded company, and there are a lot of sides to the earnings report. Here’s what we know.

Africa taking giant strides to fix its electricity challenges

Business, Government, Policy, Politics

Abubakar Idris

21st August 2019

Stable electricity generation and supply has been a challenge for many African countries for years. In 2014, only 45% of the continent’s 1.2 billion people had access to electricity. When North African countries were excluded, the figure dropped to less than 30%. In 2015, the 48 countries in Sub Saharan Africa produced around 80,000 megawatts […]

National Archives: Nigeria’s memories are brittle and falling apart without digitisation

Government, Research

Wole Olayinka

20th August 2019

Without urgent intervention, collective memories of Nigerian society that live in the national archives face certain extinction.

ATCG Kigali summit ends with recommendations for free trade implementation

AfCFTA, Business, ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Events, Government

Aanu Adeoye

19th August 2019

The Africa Technology and Creative Group’s (ATCG) two-day meet-up in Kigali ended Friday with recommendations on the governance structure, definitive guide on the goals and objectives of the group in relation to the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). The ATCG is a coalition of technology and creative professionals who are devoted […]

Ezekwesili tasks African youths on making a success of AfCFTA as Kigali meet-up flags off

AfCFTA, Business, ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Events, Government

Aanu Adeoye

15th August 2019

And so to Kigali. On Thursday, August 15, more than 80 people from 30 African countries gathered in the sleepy and well-manicured Rwandan capital to discuss how to create a framework to ensure the success of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Industry leaders in the technology and creative ecosystems were in attendance on […]

Kobo360 raises US$ 30M, sets its sights on the $1.3 trillion intra-African trade opportunity

people, startups

Olanrewaju Odunowo

14th August 2019

Investors are betting on Kobo360’s ability to meet a rise in demand in cargo deliveries on the back of the newly-minted Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). But the startup’s ambitions will partly depend on the proper and effective implementation of the AfCFTA.

Questions arise over rules of origin in Africa’s free trade agreement

Business, Developers, ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Government, Hardware, Internet, News

Abubakar Idris

14th August 2019

The AfCFTA faces many hurdles on its road to success and a crucial one is the rule governing rules of origin: an important but complicated topic that has implications for manufacturing businesses.