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TLcom hosts Inaugural Africa Female Founder Summit In Lagos
TLcom Capital, the Africa-focussed venture capital firm, yesterday held its inaugural Africa Tech Female Founder Summit. Launched to…
Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute Opens Applications in Accra To Accelerate Startup Founders
The Founder Institute (www.fi.co), the world’s largest pre-seed accelerator and headquartered in Silicon Valley, announced today that it…
Seedstars World Partners With African Development Bank To Advance Youth Startups And Jobs
Seedstars World, a Swiss-based startup competition in emerging markets, and the African Development Bank on October 22nd announced…
Twiga Foods Secures $30M to Digitize Food Distribution In Kenya And Expand To Other African Countries
Twiga Foods, the Kenyan B2B food distribution company, has raised $23.75 million in a Series B equity round…
Verve Formally Partners With GhIPSS To Introduce Verve Cards Into Ghana
Verve, a leading payment technology and card business in Africa, has partnered with the Ghana Interbank Payment and…
AirtelTigo Partners With Nokia For Smartphone Offer With Free Data and Voice Package For 1-Year
AirtelTigo has partnered with Nokia for a special rollout smartphone offer that provides users with free data and…
MTN Group Announces MoMo API Hackathon In Partnership With Ericsson
MTN is inviting developers and interested parties across 5 countries for its Mobile Money (MoMo) API Hackathon. The…
Volkswagen Considering Rolling Out Its Ride Hailing Service In Ghana Next Year
Volkswagen is considering the rollout of its new ride-hailing business in Ghana next year. According to the German…
Carbon Launches Financial Services Platform For Startups, SMEs And Fintechs
Carbon, Nigeria’s foremost digital financial services company, has launched Carbon for Business, a digital financial services platform that provides…
BitPesa Parent Company, AZA Group Raises $15M Financing From The Development Bank of Southern Africa
AZA Group, the new parent company of brands BitPesa, TransferZero and BFX, has announced a landmark $15 million…