Bank of Ghana and Emtech, Meta, Binance, Smile Identity and only 4 weeks left to join 400 fintech & crypto leaders next month in Ghana

Join us in Accra, 27th & 28th September and connect with leaders from across the African Fintech, Web3, DefFi & Crypto ecosystem including Polygon, Visa, Paystack, QoreID, Cellulant, Bank Of Ghana, Workpay, Bitpowr, Intracen, Flutterwave, YouVerify, Jelurida, BIoT Labs, Affinity, Dukka, ABSA, Kalispot, Niji Oni, Lami, Celo, VeendHQ, Cointelegraph, Accion Venture Labs, Zeepay, Nuzo, Jetstream, TechCrunch, Founders Factory, EMTech, HUB2, Pennee, Unicorn Growth Capital and many more over the two-day summit to drive your business forward.?Register today

Last Call for African Web3 & Fintech Ventures to Pitch Live At The Africa Money & DeFi Summit

Applications for Pitch Live at Africa Money & DeFi Summit West Africa are closing soon.?Final call for Startup and Growth Stage; Fintech, DeFi, Web3, Embedded Finance and similar ventures to apply to Pitch Live to investors, corporates and peers in Accra on 27th & 28th 2022 . Via Africa Money & DeFi News?Read more

How female-led start-ups can transform Africa

Women make up 58% of Africa’s self-employed population and contribute around 13% of the continent’s GDP. Via The European Sting Read more

Liquid Intelligent Technologies expands operations to Mkushi

Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies in Zambia, is expanding its operations to Central Province by launching its first office in Mkushi. Via Africa Money & DeFi News Read more

These four countries are leading Africa’s start-up scene — here's why

Unperturbed by the COVID-19 pandemic, international investors have continued to pour money into the African continent’s start-up scene — but that influx of cash is not being distributed evenly. Via World Economic Forum Read more

This Kenyan Startup Is Producing Clean Drinking Water from Thin Air

Majik Water has found an ingenious way to capture the water from the atmosphere, even in arid regions — harnessing a limitless resource and providing a sustainable solution for thousands of Kenyans, with a goal of reaching 100M people by 2030. Via Sustainable Brands?Read more

Smile Identity says cases of identity theft in Africa have increased by 26% since last year

Pan-African provider of identity verification technologies Smile Identity has said that cases of identity theft have increased by 26% since last year. The company further said that there is an increase in biometric theft and more sophisticated spoofing attacks across the continent. Via TechTrends Read more

Bank of Ghana Goes Live on EMTECH’s Regulatory Platform

EMTECH, a Modern Central Banking Infrastructure provider, announced today its API-First Digital Regulatory Sandbox? Platform was selected by the Bank of Ghana to modernize its regulatory review process and regulatory reporting capabilities. Via Africa Money & DeFi News Read More

Meta opens applications for the AR/VR Africa Metathon

Meta has announced that applications for the AR/VR Africa Metathon in partnership with Imisi 3D and BlackRhino VR are now open. Via Africa Money & DeFi News Read more

Binance launches Crypto Education Hub in Cameroon in collaboration with Inoni Tech

Binance has announced the launch of a crypto education hub in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in collaboration with Inoni Tech, a non-profit tech hub providing resources and trainings for young people across Francophone Africa. This is a first-of-its-kind crypto hub and will be a training center for in-person blockchain education sessions. Via Africa Money & DeFi News Read more

Google Wallet launches in South Africa as digital payments boom

Alphabet Inc launched Google Wallet in South Africa on Tuesday, as the tech giant tries to gain a foothold in the country's rapidly growing digital payments space. Via Reuters Read more

Egyptian ad-tech startup ArabyAds raises $30m pre-Series B

ArabyAds, an AdTech company, announced that it has raised US$30 Million in Pre-Series B funding round from AfricInvest Via AppsAfrica Read more

YC-backed Zywa, a neobank for Gen Z, raises $3M to expand across MENA

Dubai-based Zywa, a neobank for Gen Z, plans to fuel its growth in the United Arabs Emirates (UAE), and to kick-start its expansion to Saudi Arabia and Egypt after raising $3 million seed funding at over $30 million (110 million AED) valuation. Via Tech Crunch Read More

Cameroonian digital business card provider Taaply raises $500k

The Cameroon-based Taaply, which began life digitising business cards, has raised US$500,000 in funding as it announces the release of a new app and website update. Via Disrupt Africa Read More

Ecobank Fintech Challenge

Pan-African banking group, Ecobank Group, has launched the fifth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge and encourages African Fintech entrepreneurs to enter the competition. Read more

Call for App Developers: Huawei Apps Up

The Huawei Global App Innovation Contest ("Apps UP" for short) is a global event held by Huawei that pools the skills of developers from around the world to build an app ecosystem that intelligently connects everything. It aims to inspire developers to innovate, bring together people, devices, and scenarios, and create consistent app experiences while exploring a seamless AI experience. Read more

MEST Africa Challenge

MEST Africa Challenge (MAC), is a Pan-African start-up competition, for startups who are ready to scale and expand into new markets. Now calling all technology startups from 5 African markets – Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa Read more

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