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What Would Have Become of the African Edtech Sector without the Covid-19?

What Would Have Become of the African Edtech Sector without the Covid-19?

A good education is frequently the key to a better life in Africa. Upward mobility can occur in many different ways with the correct education. With the appropriate educational foundation, Africans have entered significant global dialogues in their occupations and businesses all around the world. The traditional methods of delivering

Kowry Energy Commissions Decentralised Solar Energy Solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kowry Energy Commissions Decentralised Solar Energy Solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Out of the 672 million people projected to remain without access to electricity by 2030, 85% of the population will be Africans. In a 2022 report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), 40% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa have no access to electricity of which the Covid-19 pandemic saw

Nigerian Investors Petition Kenyan Court Over Frozen $11.8 million

Nigerian Investors Petition Kenyan Court Over Frozen $11.8 million

Over Two Thousand (2,000) Nigerian investors in Kenya have made a petition against the court to unfreeze the Eleven Million Eight Hundred Thousand ($11.8 million) US dollars that the court had ordered to be frozen. The amount in question is equivalent to one billion four hundred forty million

Playfair Capital and Global Ventures Launch “Female Founder Office Hours” across MENA

Female Founder Office Hours

Playfair Capital and Global Ventures Launch “Female Founder Office Hours” across MENA

Playfair Capital, a London-based early-stage fund, and Global Ventures, an international venture capital firm, have announced the launch of ‘Female Founder Office Hours’ across MENA, with 150 of the world’s leading venture capital funds, including Atomico, Balderton, Creandum, EQT Ventures, Firstminute, Localglobe, Northzone, Notion, and Seedcamp, hosting virtual mentoring

Nigerian B2B Company, Vendease, raises $30 million Series A to launch operations across Africa

Nigerian B2B Company, Vendease, raises $30 million Series A to launch operations across Africa

Nigerian business-to-business (B2B) online food procurement company, Vendease has raised $30 million Series A to expand its operations to other countries on the African continent. The funding which includes debt and equity financing is shared $10 million and $20 million accordingly. This Series A equity led by TLcom and Partech

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Partners Egypt’s Sympl to offer BNPL solutions to Debit Card Holders

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Partners Egypt’s Sympl to offer BNPL solutions to Debit Card Holders

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank has announced a partnership with Sympl, Egypt’s foremost “Save Your Money Pay Later” platform, to provide buy now and pay later (BNPL) services to the bank’s debit card holders at a 10% discount on their purchases. Debit card users can now split payments on

Ingame Sports, Egypt’s Gaming Startup, Secures $1M in a Pre-seed Round

Ingame Sports, Egypt’s Gaming Startup, Secures $1M in a Pre-seed Round

InGame Sports, an Egypt-based gaming and sports-tech startup announced that it has secured over $1 million in cash, in-kind resources, and grants in a pre-seed round led by Openner, a global VC that invests in early-stage tech startups with a unique combination of capital and technology. Multiple international sports names,

Egypt’s ZealPay, Launches Dara's Ice Cream App

Egypt’s ZealPay, Launches Dara's Ice Cream App

ZealPay, a London-born, Cairo-based tech startup, has launched Dara’s Ice Cream app to customize rewards and seamless payment experiences for customers using world-class data and analytics to drive higher customer loyalty as well as increase brand loyalty and revenues for Dara’s Ice Cream. Dara’s Ice Cream intends

Nigeria's Ticketing Platform, Tix Africa, Launches Box Office

Nigeria's Ticketing Platform, Tix Africa, Launches Box Office

Tix Africa, a Nigerian startup that offers the service of self-ticketing through its platform majorly for event creators, has officially launched its Box Office. This is a tool that does not require prior coding skills, allowing event creators to build a website and an online presence for all their events.

Disney to Launch Disney+ Xbox App Consoles in South Africa on 29 September

Disney to Launch Disney+ Xbox App Consoles in South Africa on 29 September

The Disney+ Xbox app will launch in South Africa on September 29, 2022, according to confirmation. People have been anticipating Disney+’s local availability on the Xbox and PlayStation lineup of consoles since it launched in South Africa in May 2022. The console version of the app will be supported

GoMed Launches In Lagos, Provides Pharmacies With Unique Selling Tools

GoMed Launches In Lagos, Provides Pharmacies With Unique Selling Tools

A digital pharmaceutical marketplace, GoMed, has officially launched in Lagos, Nigeria. The health tech is set to make safe medicines available to Nigerians on the go. Through GoMed, the public can now have easy access to health-related services and products. The startup is ready to tap into the scaling Nigerian

Binance announces Global Advisory Board to advance the potentials of Web 3

Binance announces Global Advisory Board to advance the potentials of Web 3

Chinese-Canadian largest cryptocurrency exchange company, Binance has revealed in a press release about its global advisory board (GAB) which consists of the founder and CEO, Changpeng Zhao and 11 former leaders. The GAB which convened in France was chaired by former US senator and ambassador to China, Max Baucus “to

Bamboo partners with 10th Capital Investments, launches operations in Ghana

Bamboo partners with 10th Capital Investments, launches operations in Ghana

Nigerian online brokerage firm, Bamboo has announced its operations in Ghana through its partnership with 10th Capital Investments, a private Ghanaian equity firm. This partnership aims at enabling residents in the West African country to invest in foreign companies. Founded in 2020 by Richmond Bassey and Yanmo Omoregbe, the fintech

TikTok is Rolling Out Comment Dislike Button to Users worldwide

TikTok is Rolling Out Comment Dislike Button to Users worldwide

TikTok announced today that its comment dislike button is now available to all users worldwide. The dislike button was first tested by the short-form video app in April as a way for users to identify comments they believe are irrelevant or inappropriate. If you dislike a comment, the dislike is

The Foschini Group Launches TFG Connect

TFG Connect, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) has been launched by The Foschini Group (TFG), to compete with other MVNOs like Mr Price Mobile, Afrihost Air Mobile, and PnP Mobile. Utilizing the MTN network, TFG Connect will provide prepaid and “Pay Monthly” solutions. Users can purchase additional airtime in-person,

The Foschini Group Launches TFG Connect

TFG Connect, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) has been launched by The Foschini Group (TFG), to compete with other MVNOs like Mr Price Mobile, Afrihost Air Mobile, and PnP Mobile. Utilizing the MTN network, TFG Connect will provide prepaid and “Pay Monthly” solutions. Users can purchase additional airtime in-person,

YouScribe, an African-Focused E-Library, Records over a Million Subscribers across the Continent

YouScribe, an African-Focused E-Library, Records over a Million Subscribers across the Continent

YouScribe, a Paris-based digital library that offers a seamless reading experience to its users in France and over 11 African countries, has announced that it has reached a million subscribers across Africa. Juan Pirlot de Corbion, YouScribe’s founder and President said “Gaining a million subscribers so quickly in Africa

MultiChoice Announces Launch of its Uncapped Fibre Bundle Deals and DSTV Streama Media Streaming Box

MultiChoice Announces Launch of its Uncapped Fibre Bundle Deals and DSTV Streama Media Streaming Box

MultiChoice is introducing a bundle that costs R699 per month and includes an unlimited fiber connection, a DStv Compact package subscription, and its new Streama media streaming box. After CEO of MultiChoice South Africa Nyiko Shiburi stated that DStv Internet would begin selling fibre bundle options on October 1, 2022,

Flutterwave introduces GPay as payment option

Flutterwave introduces GPay as payment option

Africa’s leading payment technology, Flutterwave has introduced Google Pay (GPay) as part of its payment options just after it recently announced its addition of Nigeria’s digital currency, e-naira on its platform. Google Pay is a pre-installed mobile payment system (in supported countries) like Apple Pay, Microsoft Pay and

Instagram Confirms Partial Outage for some Users

Instagram is Down

Instagram Confirms Partial Outage for some Users

Instagram is currently experiencing a partial outage and some of its users are unable to access the social networking site. A spokesperson for the company confirmed the development to the media in an email that the company is aware of the issue, and it is currently working to fix the

Insta is Working on New Feature to Protect Users from Unsolicited Nude Photos via DM

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Insta is Working on New Feature to Protect Users from Unsolicited Nude Photos via DM

Insta, (Instagram) the photo, and video sharing social networking service platform is experimenting with a new method to filter out unsolicited nude messages sent via direct messages. After app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi published an early image of the tool earlier this week, Instagram’s parent company, Meta, confirmed to The

Lazerpay is driving the growth of businesses in Africa with its blockchain- enabled payment gateway

Lazerpay is driving the growth of businesses in Africa with its blockchain- enabled payment gateway

Commerce across Africa is fragmented because currencies are different. According to the World Bank, approximately 41 currencies are serving Africa’s 54 countries. This fragmentation has made moving money across borders over time, effectively preventing businesses from expanding their reach. Lazerpay is driving the growth of businesses in Africa with

AfDB Leads $20 Million Investment to Expand Covid-19 Off-Grid Recovery Platform

AfDB Leads $20 Million Investment to Expand Covid-19 Off-Grid Recovery Platform

The Covid-19 Off-Grid Recovery Platform (CRP) second phase will be supported by a $20 million concessional investment that has been approved by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB). The CRP is a blended finance program that aims to provide access to private capital for energy access businesses in order to

Mastercard Expands Advisors Client Services Hub in Egypt to Support the Region’s Digital Transformation

Advisors Client Services Hub

Mastercard Expands Advisors Client Services Hub in Egypt to Support the Region’s Digital Transformation

Mastercard, a global payments technology company, has announced the expansion of its Advisors Client Services Hub from Egypt to serve regional and global markets. The expert team facilitates innovative financial and payment solutions spanning cutting-edge financial trends such as Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL), open banking, cybersecurity, and data monetization, to establish Egypt

MultiChoice Slashes Prices for DSTV Streaming-only and Showmax Pro

MultiChoice Slashes Prices for DSTV Streaming-only and Showmax Pro

The cost of DSTV streaming-only subscriptions will be reduced, according to a statement from MultiChoice, effective right away. At the company’s annual media showcase on Thursday, MultiChoice South Africa CEO Nyiko Shiburi made the pricing reductions official. At the end of 2020, MultiChoice launched its own streaming service, DSTV