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TechCrunch’s Africa Reporter Tage Kene-Okafor Leaves After Five Years – Here’s What You Should Know About Him
Technology journalist, Tage Kene-Okafor, has announced his departure from TechCrunch after five years of covering Africa’s technology and venture capital ecosystem for a global...
Kenyan Fintech, Payd, is Building Borderless Payments Infrastructure for the Global Workforce
Kenyan fintech startup, Payd, is building a global payments and money management platform designed specifically for the fast-growing distributed workforce, including freelancers, remote workers,...
Bank of Ghana Unveils Plans For National Remittance Strategy To Boost Capital Inflows
The Bank of Ghana is preparing to launch a National Remittance Strategy alongside a Remittance Roadshow, signalling a concerted effort to deepen financial markets,...
Business For Teens Raises Six-Figure Pre-Seed Round To Scale Entrepreneurship Education Across Egypt And The Gulf
Business For Teens, an education technology startup focused on teaching entrepreneurship and financial literacy to teenagers, has closed a six-figure pre-seed funding round to...
Algeria’s Condor Group Launches Operations in Egypt, Eyes Local Manufacturing and Regional Expansion
Algeria’s Condor Group has officially launched its brand in Egypt, signalling a new phase in the company’s regional expansion strategy that focuses on investment,...
LakiPay Launches LakiRemit to Reduce Transfer Costs, Speed Up Cross-Border Payments, and Support Africa’s Online Creators
Ethiopian payment startup, LakiPay Financial Technologies S.C. has launched a new digital remittance platform aimed at reducing transfer costs, speeding up cross-border payments, and...
Flutterwave Acquires Nigerian Open Banking Startup, Mono, in $25–40 Million All-Stock Deal
Flutterwave, one of Africa’s largest payments companies, has acquired Nigerian open banking startup, Mono, in an all-stock transaction valued between $25 million and $40...
Investa Farm: This Kenyan Startup is Using Stablecoins to Provide Credit Access to Smallholder Farmers in Africa
Kenyan agri-finance startup, Investa Farm, is using stablecoin-powered lending backed by real farm produce to provide access to affordable and reliable credit for smallholder...
CofluenXa Onboards 1,900 Creators and 650 Brands in Just Three Months – What This Means for African Startups
Nigerian influencer marketing startup, CofluenXa, has disclosed its early performance metrics in a year-in-review post on LinkedIn, revealing that it has onboarded over 1,900...
“Glovo takes orders from “dirty” roadside food joints and sells as popular brands,” Corporate Ewa Hits on Glovo
A Nigerian food business known as Corporate Ewa has accused global food delivery platform, Glovo, of impersonating her restaurant on its platform and misleading...
Popular Nigerian Food Vendor, #CorporateEwa, Calls Out Glovo for Impersonation and Food Safety Violations
A Nigerian food business known as Corporate Ewa has accused global food delivery platform, Glovo, of impersonating her restaurant on its platform and misleading...
At 17, Nigeria’s Charis George Is Building iCOVE to Empower Africans and Redefine How the Continent Builds Startups
When Charis George describes his work, he does not use the language of precocity. He does not say he is gifted, or exceptional. He...
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