A reporter from byOuut with an interest in covering emerging markets and highlighting underrepresented founders. When not writing, I am on the internet reading other publications, and all your tweets.
Facebook has announced a new feature for Messenger designed to cut down on malicious parties looking to scam users this morning.
The feature aims to both cut down on scammers
South African fintech company, Peach Payments has secured an undisclosed investment round led by Umkhathi Wethu Ventures (UW Ventures), in partnership with Allan Gray to enable it to expand across
South African agri-tech startup, Aerobotics has obtained $5.5 million in funding from Naspers Foundry.
The investment will help Aerobotics to scale its growth trajectory that has taken its solution
Cryptocurrency exchange platform, Luno is extending into Kenya and Ghana to extend its African footprint.
This follows the increment of Bitcoin by 99% over the past two months due to
Facebook has launched shops to bring more businesses online during the pandemic.
The company today announced the launch of Shops, a convenient way for businesses to set up free storefronts
BECO Capital, a venture capital firm, will commit up to $150,000 in a new pre-seed initiative to fund exceptional founders of tech-enabled startups in North Africa and the Middle
An innovative app, named Malaicha is helping Zimbabweans living in South Africa to order and send groceries to Zimbabwe.
Usually, citizens in Zimbabwe depend on food supplies from South Africa,
Nairobi-based healthcare incubator and investor Villgro Kenya has committed a total of $90,000 into Kenya’s The Pathology Network and Uganda’s clinicPesa.
Villgro Kenya is an early-stage business
Senegal online food company, Club Kossam has doubled its sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This boost in sales comes after when coronavirus reached Senegal. Residents who live in the
Egyptian startup, Interact Labs, has raised funding commitments worth US$60,000 after it took part in the Zoom-based digital accelerator event “The Nest”.
Interact Labs designs effective and affordable
Ventures Platform has invested in three African tech startups, namely; Tambua Health, Brass, and FunnelJoy to help them scale their operations.
Ventures Platform is a Pan-African seed and early-stage fund
Social media giant, Facebook Inc has acquired GIPHY to join Instagram’s team.
GIPHY is a leader in visual expression and creation. It contains a searchable library of animated GIFS
