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Bolt Rolls Out Rider Verification Feature in South Africa
Bolt, one of Africa’s leading ride-hailing platforms, has rolled out its rider verification feature with the option for…
Health Tech Startup Intron Health Raises $1.6 Million in Pre-seed Funding to Build AI for Global Health
Intron Health, a pioneering health tech company that provides clinical speech recognition for over 200 accents spoken in…
Chinese EV firm NETA Plans to Set Up Assembly Plant in Kenya
NETA Auto, a Chinese electric car brand has announced that they plan to open an electric vehicle (EV) assembly…
Meta Shuts Down 63,000 Instagram Accounts Which Were Engaged in Sextortion Scams
Meta has announced that it has shut down 63,000 Instagram accounts based in Nigeria that it says were engaged in…
Netflix Raises Its Premium Subscription Prices By 40% in Nigeria
Video streaming platform, Netflix has raised the price of its subscription prices in Nigeria. The Netflix Premium plan…
Ticketmaster Pushes Further into Africa with Acquisition Of Ticketing Platform Quicket
Ticketmaster, a global ticketing platform, has announced the acquisition of Quicket to help further expand on the African…
Nigeria Startup Risevest In Talks To Acquire Hisa in Kenya
A report from TechCabal has stated that Risevest, a Nigerian fintech that allows users to purchase stocks, is…
Seychelles Maintains Top Spot As More Powerful Passport In Africa in 2024 Passport Index
In the latest 2024 Global rankings of Passports by Henley, the Seychelles Passport is ranked as the number…
Ghana To Re-Introduce Road Tolls in 2025
In an address to Parliament on Tuesday afternoon, Ghana’s Minister of Finance, Mohammed Amin Adam, stated that the…
Mercury Bank Adds Nigeria To List of Countries Prohibited From Opening Accounts On Its Platform
Mercury Bank, a US-based fintech that provides banking services to early-stage startups and tech founders, has added Nigeria…