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Google Opens Applications For Its Virtual Accelerator Program for 2022
Google has officially announced that it is now accepting applications from African startups for its upcoming three-month virtual accelerator program.…
Government Officially Takes Ownership Of AirtelTigo
The government of Ghana has officially completed ownership of AirtelTigo, Bharti Airtel has disclosed in a regulatory filing…
Chipper Cash Raises $150 Million In Extension Round; Currently Valuated At $2B
Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments company, has raised $150 million in a Series C extension round led…
Lemonade Finance Raises $725K In Pre-Seed Round To Change Cross-Border Financial Services For Africans Abroad
Lemonade Finance, a startup that allows Africans abroad to send and receive money from home, has raised $725,000…
mPharma Acquires Vine Pharmacy; Expands To Uganda
mPharma, a Ghanaian health startup, has taken a controlling stake in Uganda’s Vine Pharmacy for an undisclosed amount,…
Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator Program Welcomes Four Digital Commerce Startups Into Second Cohort
Today, the Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator welcomed four Ghanaian digital commerce companies, OZÉ, Shopa, Swoove, and Tendo, as the second cohort to receive…
Facebook Rebrands To Meta: A Social Technology Company
Today at Facebook’s Connect 2021 conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Meta, which brings together all the company’s apps…
African Female Investors To Back 12 African Tech Ventures At 9th Angel Fair Africa Event
Hema Vallabh of Five35 Ventures (South Africa), Dr. Ola Brown of Flying Doctors Investment Company (Nigeria), Mariam Abdullahi…
Standard Bank Group Selects Flutterwave to Drive Digital Transformation Efforts Across Africa
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has partnered with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, to enhance…
Norebase Aims To Help African Businesses Easily Expand Across The Continent
With its end goal of creating a single digital infrastructure for every business to start, scale and operate…