The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has revealed that it is tilting towards a central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiment. This was made known by the governor of the apex bank,
Five African startups have been selected to receive an award of US$5,000 each in grant funding from the Southern Africa Innovation Support program and Seedstars after completing the
Ukheshe, Mastercard, Nedbank, and Telkom collaborate to grow access to the digital economy with a virtual product that enables secure e-commerce payments on the phone.
Telkom has launched Africa’s
Pawame, a UAE-based but Africa-focused off-grid solar energy startup has secured $1.7m in grants commitments.
The grants were secured from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency; the Energy and Environment Partnership
Altech Group, a market leader in the distribution of world-class clean energy products in the Democratic Republic of Congo has raised €5 million in debt funding organized by Trine, a
The Nigerian government has today released a statement banning the activities of popular microblogging and social media platforms, Twitter in the country.
According to the Minister of Information and Culture,
In a bid to increase access to high-speed internet in Uganda, the World Bank has announced the approval of $200 million to the Ugandan government to improve digital efficiency in
Kibanda TopUp, a Kenya-based startup working to digitize the food supply chain for micro, small and medium restaurants in Africa has secured $460k in pre-seed funding to increase its customer
Driven by the desire to boost food security in Nigeria through technology-driven agricultural services, Thrive Agric has launched an ambitious 1-year project to support 50,000 smallholder farmers growing rice,
Crowdyvest, a Nigerian fintech company was recently in the news for a Cease and Desist Order issued to it by the Nigerian SEC on its investment product, “the Halal Fund”
Oasis Capital, a US$50 million fund investing equity capital in growing SMEs across Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, has announced the investment of $1million in Ghanaian fintech startup AppsNmobile.
The Catapult: Inclusion Africa 2021 finally came to an impressive close on the 27th of May 2021.
At the virtual closing ceremony where a total of 14 startups presented their
