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FillApp: The App That Helps You Save More on Fuel

Apps, News

30th January 2015

TouchFoundry launched “FillApp” in South Africa, a locally developed app that will help save consumers money when it comes to the recent volatility price of fuel in South Africa.

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My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy formations driving the technology sector across Africa. In between training to become a medical doctor, Dr. Emmanuel Okeleji was building software solutions under a development company founded alongside a classmate. 12 years down the line, one of those software […]

MPesa’s next level is now fully under Safaricom and Vodacom’s control

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8th April 2020

MPesa, the mobile money service, has been an African product for 13 years. But it has not necessarily been run under African management. That is set to change. This week, Safaricom and Vodacom acquired the intellectual property rights to the MPesa brand from Vodafone. Through a joint venture deal, both companies now have “full control […]

Lockdown highlights Zimbabwe’s desperate dependence on foreign remittances

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7th April 2020

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), the country’s central bank, will allow money transfer agencies to operate during the coronavirus lockdown. The move became necessary after households complained of the crushing effect of being cut-off from survival money from relatives abroad. Zimbabwe has relied on diaspora remittances for the best part of two decades. In […]

E-commerce company for women’s products, Kasha receives US$1 million funding

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Kay Ugwuede

7th April 2020

Kasha, an East African e-commerce platform focused on women’s healthcare and beauty products has raised US$1 million to expand their reach in Rwanda and Kenya as well as into other countries in the region. The funding came from the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation Ltd. (Finnfund), a Finnish development financier and professional impact investor with […]

Nigerian government sets up special committee to support struggling startups

Business, News, Policy, startups

Abubakar Idris

7th April 2020

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) wants to provide an exemption for startups providing essential services during the lockdown in Nigeria. The agency created an online form on April 5 to identify essential services companies.

Coronavirus Weekly Update: Ecommerce will boom

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6th April 2020

View this email in your browser A TechCabal roundup of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on tech & innovation in Africa APRIL 5, 2020 This newsletter is a weekly special focused on the effect of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 on African tech and innovation ecosystems. Subscribe here to get it directly in your inbox every […]

Edtech in post-COVID-19 Africa

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Kay Ugwuede

6th April 2020

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says 91.3% of the world’s learning population have now been impacted by global shutdowns to curb the spread of the C0VID-19 virus as at April 5, 2020. This means over 1.5 billion students in 188 countries are currently out of their classrooms with no timeframe as […]

How African startups & angel investors can prepare for a looming economic crisis

ecosystem

Kay Ugwuede

4th April 2020

Global markets are in turmoil. And technology startups in emerging markets will feel the brunt of the crisis that will ensue during and when the pandemic blows over. According to a Stears Business report, simultaneous demand and supply shock stemming from the closure of whole countries and their industries especially in global economic powerhouses like […]