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Finance App Usage and Revenue are Surging in Sub-Saharan Africa – AppsFlyer Report
AppsFlyer and Google report highlights a 34% increase in installs and 28% growth in in-app purchases. By the…
i3 Opens Applications for 3rd Cohort of African Healthtech Startups
Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative supporting healthtech startups to scale and commercialize, is accepting applications…
Old Mutual’s $200M Bet on Digital Banking
Old Mutual, South Africa’s second-largest life insurer, is set to launch its digital-first bank, OM Bank, in March,…
Rev. Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko Named Acting Director-General of National Communications Authority
Rev. Ing. Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko has been appointed Acting Director-General of Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA), effective January…
OpenAI Launches “Operator”, It’s New AI Agent
OpenAI has launched a research preview of Operator, its first general-purpose AI agent that can control a web…
Nigerian Fintech Moniepoint Receives Strategic Investment from Visa
Visa is now an investor in African fintech Moniepoint, aiming to promote financial inclusion and support SMEs across…
Public Voting Opens for 4th Ghana Fintech Awards
Voting for the 4th Annual Ghana Fintech Awards is live. From January 17 to February 17, 2025, the…
South Africa Insurtech Naked Raises $38M to Expand AI-Powered Insurance
South African insurtech Naked secured a $38 million Series B2 funding round, marking a significant milestone in its…
Logistics Firm Kobo360 Laid Off 30 Employees in November 2024
Kobo360, a Nigerian truck-hailing startup backed by Goldman Sachs, conducted company-wide layoffs in November 2024, following fundraising challenges…
US Embassy Launches Sub-Saharan Africa’s First NuScale Energy Hub in Ghana
Ghana is now home to Sub-Saharan Africa’s first NuScale Energy Exploration Centre (EEC), a landmark initiative that could…