South Africa-based digital payments gateway Peach Payments and API fintech Stitch have partnered to enable online merchants across South Africa to accept secure, low-cost instant EFT payments.
Nigerian digital lender Payhippo has acquired Maritime Microfinance Bank, a financial institution that offers loans, supports investments and accepts deposits and savings. Although the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is yet to appro...
MEST Africa has announced the five African tech startups that have made it to the grand finale of the 2022 Africa Challenge pitch competition.
Climate tech VC firm Satgana has announced the first closing of its fund, with a EUR30 million (US$29 million) target size, and plans investments in Africa and Europe.
Africa-focused VC firm TLcom Capital has announced its fourth Africa Tech Female Founder Summit will take place in Nairobi, Kenya in November, with Meg Whitman, US Ambassador to Kenya and former CEO of eBay and Hewlett-Packard, co...
The second Africa HealthTech Challenge has been announced by the HealthTech Hub Africa, which was established by the Novartis Foundation at the Norrsken House in Kigali.
Kloud commerce, a Nigerian startup, has shut down its operation after it was reported that the founder Olumide Olusanya had mismanaged and misused the company’s funds. Key
Ecommerce is big in Kenya, and many firms are trying to be appealing to their customers to maintain or grow their market share. It has not been an easy journey for these companies, but some of them have gone out of their way to la...
Elon Musk announces that Tesla's Cybertruck will have the ability to briefly function as a boat, allowing it to cross rivers, lakes, and calm seas. Despite the delayed production timeline, Musk highlights the unique capabilities o...
The fact that the allegations of financial impropriety, conflict of interest, and sexual harassment have been proved false or have already been reported, investigated, and addressed by management matters less to me than the realit...
In Senegal, women’s access to capital is extremely limited, and they are frequently limited to traditional financial institutions such as banks and microfinance companies. According to statistics, 43.9 percent of Senegalese wome...
assistALL app will revolutionize how the deaf participate in the social economic development in Kenya and beyond,
Google joins the growing list of tech giants setting up innovations hub in Nairobi. Two weeks ago and shortly after Microsoft launched a research and development centre in Lagos and Nairobi, Visa announced that it had set up its f...
Africa has an untapped market for Blockchain and NFT gaming for everyone. Most aspiring players face the challenge of the high cost of buying a starter NFT when they start their Play-to-earn journey.
Oracle, the world’s largest database management firm, launched its first cloud region (a cluster of data centers) in Africa last week, joining other global giants such as Microsoft and Amazon that already operate data centers on...
