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Bosta Partners Mastercard to Help Egyptian SMEs with Integrated Payments and LogisticsÂ
Egyptian logistics and e-commerce enablement company, Bosta, has entered into a collaboration with global payments giant Mastercard, aiming to strengthen support for small and...
Tactful AI Raises $1m to Scale Agentic AI Customer Experience Across Egypt and the EMEA
Egyptian customer experience (CX) platform, Tactful AI, has raised $1 million in a Pre-Series A funding round, marking a key milestone as it looks...
Botswana Startup, Brastorne, Eyes Côte d’Ivoire Expansion as It Rolls Out AI Tools to Smallholder Farmers
Brastorne Enterprises, a Botswana-based technology startup focused on connecting Africans without reliable internet access, is set to begin operations in Côte d’Ivoire by the...
From Tech Reformer to Governorship Aspirant: Is Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami Preparing to Lead Gombe State?
Speculation is growing within political and policy circles that Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, PhD, FCIIS, FBCS, FNCS, one of Nigeria’s most accomplished technology...
Egypt’s Engazaat Plans $100m Expansion to Scale Water, Energy and Food Infrastructure Across Africa and Middle East
Engazaat, the Middle East and Africa’s specialised asset manager focused exclusively on the water, energy and food (WEF) nexus, is planning to invest more...
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Calls for a New Era Innovation in Africa, Urges Founders to Tackle Africa’s Most Pressing Challenges
In a recent LinkedIn post that has resonated across the African tech community, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, a prominent African entrepreneur and investor, has issued a...
Zipline Partners Rwanda for Nationwide Drone Delivery of Medicines
Rwanda has taken a historic step in autonomous logistics by signing an expansion agreement with US-based drone company Zipline, positioning the East African nation...
Kenyan Startup, GreenWheels, Makes Electric Motorbikes Affordable to Own for Riders Across East Africa
GreenWheels, a Nairobi-based startup is transforming urban transport in East Africa by making electric motorbikes accessible to thousands of gig workers through a lease-to-own...
Heirs Holdings-Backed Redtech Processes ₦30 Trillion in Transactions, Cementing Nigeria’s Payments Infrastructure Growth
Redtech, a Nigerian technology company backed by Heirs Holdings, has reported processing $20.6 billion (₦30 trillion) in transactions over the 2025 financial year, more...
Google Launches WAXAL Dataset to Make Voice AI Accessible to Over 100 Million Africans
Google in partnership with African universities and research organisations, has launched WAXAL, a large-scale open speech dataset designed to strengthen artificial intelligence tools for...
Kenyan Startup, Acre Insights, is Using Drone Technology to Help African Farmers Monitor Farms and Forests
In much of Africa’s agricultural and conservation economy, decisions are still made with incomplete or outdated information. Satellite images can miss small plots, mobile...
As Nigerians Struggle With Tax Policy, KeepAm Is Building Tools for Compliance
When KeepAm launched, it targeted a group that Nigeria’s tax system has historically struggled to reach, which are the remote workers, creators, freelancers and...
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