Digital commerce in Africa to expand 25% per year by 2026, report
MTN South Africa and Huawei complete Africa's first scale deployment of 800G optical network
MTN South Africa and Huawei have completed Africa's first scale deployment of an 800G optical network, marking a significant step towards green and reliable networks that boost digital and sustainable ... read more.
African businesses can now harness Google AI to simplify search advertising
Following its initial announcement in January, businesses across Africa can now use Google's Gemini AI-powered chat-like tool for Search Ads. This intuitive tool is now fully operational and ... read more.
Swedfund invests in Teyliom Finance to promote financial inclusion in West Africa
Swedfund invests USD5m in a loan to Teyliom Finance, a subsidiary of Teyliom Group, a leading pan-African group active in five industries, across twelve countries. The investment is directed towards ... read more.
Cultivating partnerships to increase rice production in Africa by 2030
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN reports that African rice consumption is projected to reach 34.9 million tonnes of milled rice by 2025. However, current African rice production cannot ... read more.
[Kenya] Hewatele secures $20m funding to bring affordable medical liquid oxygen
Hewatele, a medical oxygen producer in Kenya, has secured a 20 million dollar funding package from Finnfund, and will use the debt and equity funds raised to finance the building of a liquid oxygen ... read more.
[Kenya] Britam launches incubation program to nurture startups
Britam has launched Beta Lab, a new insurance innovation and acceleration program, as it aims to nurture budding insuretech and fintech startups, and fast track product development in ... read more.
[South Africa] CMC Networks, Cerba Lancet Africa partner to boost healthcare in Africa
CMC Networks, a global Tier 1 service provider,?has partnered with Cerba Lancet Africa, the leading force in local clinical pathology and medical diagnosis in Africa, to boost healthcare across ... read more.
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TradeMark Africa secures $63m from Netherlands to advance sustainable trade
The Government of the Netherlands, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a significant boost to global trade development, has announced a $63 million funding to TradeMark Africa, an aid-for-trade ... read more.
Digital commerce in Africa to expand 25% per year by 2026, report
Africa has emerged as a frontier for the new online consumer class, representing an estimated 10 million new consumers in 2024 and trailing only Asia as a region. This is according to the new annual ... read more.
Spiro, Petrocity partner to accelerate electric vehicle charging in Africa
Spiro, Africa's largest electric vehicle (EV) player, has announced an ambitious partnership with Petrocity, one of Kenya's best known fuel station operators. This collaboration is set to ... read more.
Iveda expands smart city footprint across Egypt
Iveda, the global solution for cloud-based AI, has announced the opening of a new office in Cairo, Egypt as part of the organization’s work with The Arab Organization for ... read more.
Showmax appoints Emma Gichonge as GM, East Africa
African streaming platform Showmax has appointed Emma Gichonge as its first-ever General Manager of Operations for East Africa. Gichonge is a Kenyan tech and product executive with a reputation for building ... read more.
[Nigeria] Boom targets online merchants with new online payment gateway
Boom, a blockchain-based ecosystem for digital payments and an e-commerce platform for the unbanked has launched Boom Pay to?enable?online merchants to accept digital payments from KYC-verified ... read more.
IFC partners with Triggerfish to boost Africa’s animation sector
In order to support the growth of Africa's creative sector and to bring local African stories to the world, IFC has signed a collaboration agreement with Triggerfish, a globally recognized animation studio founded in ... read more.
Visa, Egyptian Banks Co. to facilitate remittances for Egyptians abroad
Visa has announced the signing of an MoU with Egyptian Banks Company for Technological Advancements, the operator and developer of national payment networks and ecosystems, in collaboration with the ... read more.
Mastercard appoints Folasade Femi-Lawal as the new Country Manager for West Africa
Mastercard, a leading company in digital payments and technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of Folasade Femi-Lawal as the new Country Manager and Area Business Head for ... read more.
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Flourish Ventures, an early-stage global fintech venture capital firm has announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind research effort that's surveying VC-backed founders in Egypt, Kenya, and Nigeria ... read more.
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