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| 19.04.2024 | Innovative Early-Stage Startups to Win $10,000 Cash Prize &a... | Lagos, Nigeria – 10 am GMT+1, 19th April 2024 – Nigeria’s tech scene is brimming with potential, but... | techcabal.... |
| 05.01.2024 | Last year was a tough period for African growth-stage startu... | Last year presented a tough period for African tech startups. Venture capital was hard to bag (as pr... | techcrunch... |
| 02.01.2024 | Five trends to watch out for in African tech in 2024 | With 2023 now behind us, we look back on a year marked by strong economic headwinds and market uphea... | techcabal.... |
| 18.12.2023 | Jumia Foods’ shutdown reflects food delivery’s high-growth, ... | Jumia, an African e-commerce company, is closing down its food delivery arm, Jumia Foods, in the sev... | venturesaf... |
| 30.11.2023 | Kenya’s startup bill is poised to be a catalyst for economic... | Kenya’s President, William Ruto, has announced that the Startup Bill 2022, aimed at creating jobs fo... | venturesaf... |
| 24.10.2023 | In the wake of Dash’s closure due to fraud, 5 investors talk... | It’s been a tough year for tech startups globally. These struggles have manifested in layoffs, down ... | techcrunch... |
| 24.10.2023 | What is the future of agency banking in Nigeria? | One of the biggest news from Nigeria’s startup scene over the last week was that Kippa shut down its... | venturesaf... |
| 20.09.2023 | Exclusive: Nigerian fintech PayDay is looking to sell the co... | Months after raising $3 million, the Nigerian fintech PayDay is in talks and hopes to conclude a sal... | techcabal.... |
| 25.08.2023 | As Africa’s struggling currencies hinder growth, should star... | For African startups that raised funds in foreign currencies, rising inflation and currency devaluat... | techcabal.... |
| 29.07.2023 | Copia lays off staff for the third time
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| 22.07.2023 | Bundle Africa shuts down its exchange platform
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| 15.07.2023 | House of reps oppose CBN’s social media KYC requirement
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| 24.06.2023 | Samsung breaks the law in Kenya
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| 20.05.2023 | South Africa’s Eskom to pay citizens for saving electricity
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| 06.05.2023 | SA firm to pay $3.4 billion for crypto fraud
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| 06.04.2023 | Why are startup acts becoming more popular in Africa? | Whether or not you believe in the theory of evolution, you can’t deny that some of its concepts are ... | venturesaf... |
| 01.04.2023 | Microsoft lays off Kenyan staff
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| 20.02.2023 | Chipper Cash executes second round of layoffs less than thre... | African cross-border payments platform Chipper Cash conducted a second round of layoffs last Friday ... | techcrunch... |
| 12.01.2023 | African startups we lost in 2022 | Like a see-saw ride, the African tech ecosystem was full of ups and downs in 2022. First, we were us... | venturesaf... |
| 22.11.2022 | Corporate governance deficiencies can no longer be ignored i... | Since TechCabal’s exposé on the toxic workplace culture at Nigerian payroll management company, Bent... | techcabal.... |
| 02.11.2022 | Techstars’ mentor on how Africa can rise to its calling as t... | The process of building companies in Africa is different from anywhere else in the world. Here, reso... | techcabal.... |
| 27.10.2022 | What Clubhouse’s trajectory can teach African startups about... | 0
Throughout this year, numerous African startups have shut down due to a lack of funds to continue ... | techcabal.... |
| 17.10.2022 | Weekly Economic Index: IMF predicts slower growth for Nigeri... | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted a slower growth for the Nigerian economy in 2022... | venturesaf... |
| 22.08.2022 | Weekly Economic Index: Ghana’s Cedi drops to become the worl... | According to a currency performance ranking by Bloomberg, Ghana’s cedi dropped 1.1 per cent to trade... | venturesaf... |
| 18.01.2022 | Cashflow for African SMEs, Asset financing in Uganda | Share this article:
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| 24.05.2021 | Ethiopia awards its first private telecoms licence to Vodafo... | Ethiopia has awarded one out of the two private telco licences it intends to award to a consortium t... | techcabal.... |
| 24.05.2021 | African Startups Going Global For Success | Gary Fowler is a serial AI entrepreneur with 17 startups and an IPO. He is CEO and co-founder of GSD... | forbes.com... |
| 04.05.2021 | Charting A New Course for Venture Capitals and Early-Stage F... | Adedeji Olowe
How do you build successful businesses? The short answer is it’s hard. Yet from the ou... | techcabal.... |
| 03.03.2021 | How has Covid-19 impacted South Africa’s venture capital spa... | A little under a year ago, South Africa confirmed its first COVID-19 case. At the time, there was st... | venturebur... |
| 03.03.2021 | How has Covid-19 impacted South Africa’s venture capital spa... | A little under a year ago, South Africa confirmed its first COVID-19 case. At the time, there was st... | venturebur... |
| 05.02.2021 | Nigeria’s Facebook Marketplace, Ghanaian $790k funding, Keny... | Share this article:
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| 27.01.2021 | Burn the Copycat, Twitter’s newsletter acquisition, South Af... | Share this article:
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Twitter acquires newsletter startup, Revue
WhatsApp clo... | techpoint.... |
| 08.01.2021 | A Look into the South African Startup Ecosystem | Admit it or not, the startup ecosystem has today become the most crucial component for a country’s e... | vcbay.news... |
| 27.11.2020 | What makes Nigeria the dominant country in West Africa’s sta... | Share this article:
Stakeholders are excited about the progress made on the Nigerian tech scene over... | techpoint.... |
| 18.11.2020 | Startup Funding: A beautiful game that must be played with c... | Share this article:
When the statistics are reviewed, the irrefutable conclusion is that relative to... | techpoint.... |
| 05.11.2020 | The Big 5 Daily | Hey Techies,
Welcome to today’s Big 5 Daily edition.
GSMA has released its Mobile Economy Report for... | techgistaf... |
| 03.11.2020 | Wee Media, the parent company of tech and business publicati... | Share this article:
Yesterday, Wee Media, a Pan-African media company, secured a seed round of $400k... | techpoint.... |
| 30.10.2020 | Nigerian HR startup, SeamlessHR, raises a seven-figure round... | Share this article:
Nigerian HR startup, SeamlessHR, has raised a new round of funding in a bid to d... | techpoint.... |
| 15.09.2020 | The gig economy is a big boost, but still a different story ... | Share this article:
Earlier in September, Andela — a popular startup in the African talent-sharing m... | techpoint.... |
| 12.09.2020 | Former Cars45 CEO, Etop Ikpe, will head Autochek, a new comp... | Share this article:
Yesterday, Techpoint Africa gathered that Ex-CEO of Cars45, Etop Ikpe, will be a... | techpoint.... |
| 03.09.2020 | 11 Senior Execs dramatically leave Cars45; Here’s what we kn... | At Cars45, the exit of the CEO, Co-founder and 9 other senior management employees is raising questi... | techcabal.... |
| 18.08.2020 | Victor Basta: How to prepare for big mergers and acquisition... | Where are the exits in Africa?
This question often arises at African tech events and in social media... | techcabal.... |
| 12.08.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 7th August 2020 | Hey Guys
Hope you’ve got your Big 5 Daily TGIF vibes ready for the weekend.
Guess what! Facebook Acc... | techgistaf... |
| 17.07.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 16th July 2020 | Hello Guys,
Throwback, its Thursday!
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Today’s Big 5 Daily is up and ready for reading.
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| 10.07.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 8th July 2020 | Hello Guys,
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| 10.07.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 7th July 2020 | Hello Techies,
It’s time for the Big 5 Daily gists.
Where are my football lovers? Showmax has today,... | techgistaf... |
| 25.06.2020 | Another report, another number, for VC investments in Africa... | Those in Africa’ tech startup scene can be forgiven for being confused when asked how much venture c... | venturebur... |
| 25.06.2020 | Another report, another number, for VC investments in Africa... | Those in Africa’ tech startup scene can be forgiven for being confused when asked how much venture c... | venturebur... |
| 18.06.2020 | My Life in Tech: Anis Kallel’s Kaoun wants to bank Tunisia’s... | My Life In Tech is putting human faces to some of the innovative startups, investments and policy fo... | techcabal.... |
| 15.05.2020 | Opera’s OPay still plans Africa expansion on Nigerian super ... | Opera’s Africa fintech startup OPay remains committed to building a multi-service super app in Niger... | techcrunch... |
| 08.05.2020 | What’s happening to OPay’s super app plans? | Share this article:
For a startup that raised $50 million in its Series A round just nine months aft... | techpoint.... |
| 05.05.2020 | Andela lays off 135 staff across four locations, most senior... | Andela, the software engineering talent company, has laid off 135 of its staff across four locations... | techcabal.... |
| 04.05.2020 | Post-lockdown rush underscores slow pace of digitization in ... | Emmanuel has waited for more than two hours outside a Zenith Bank branch in Surulere, Lagos state. H... | techcabal.... |
| 24.04.2020 | After having a fantastic 2019, the year 2020 has been tough ... | OPay is having a difficult 2020
OPay became a household name in Lagos, Nigeria last year. At the sta... | techcabal.... |
| 14.04.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 8th April, 2020 | Hello!
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Drum roll! The Jack Ma foundation has ... | techgistaf... |
| 10.04.2020 | On funding, African startups did well in Q1 2020. But don’t ... | Venture funding in the first quarter of the year was not terrible for African startups. Considering ... | techcabal.... |
| 30.03.2020 | Why this is the best time for physical tech talent startups ... | Tech talent training startup Decagon closed its physical offices last week Monday. Students who live... | techcabal.... |
| 27.03.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 25th March, 2020 | Hello,
Welcome to another edition of the Big 5 Daily!
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Drum roll! The South African Department... | techgistaf... |
| 20.03.2020 | Latest report puts new number to Egypt’s record year of star... | Egypt topped the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region last year when it came to the number of ... | venturebur... |
| 20.03.2020 | Latest report puts new number to Egypt’s record year of star... | Egypt topped the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region last year when it came to the number of ... | venturebur... |
| 16.03.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 16th March, 2020 | Hello Monday,
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Big news! CcHUB is calling on startups with project... | techgistaf... |
| 11.03.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 11th March, 2020 | Hello,
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Big news! Nigeria’s Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Righ... | techgistaf... |
| 05.03.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 5th March, 2020 | Hello,
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Big news! Scientists monitoring the l... | techgistaf... |
| 04.03.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 4th March 2020 | Hello,
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Heard about WhatsApp Dark mode? Well, its now available for android and... | techgistaf... |
| 04.03.2020 | Did African startups raise $496M, $1B or $2B in 2019? | Five years ago, it was hard to come by any formal numbers for annual VC investment in Africa. These ... | techcrunch... |
| 03.03.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 3rd March 2020 | Hello,
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Big news! IHS Towers has crosse... | techgistaf... |
| 27.02.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 27th February, 2020 | Hello!
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Big news! The Nigerian government has revealed a p... | techgistaf... |
| 26.02.2020 | South African fintech startup Jumo raises second $50M+ VC ro... | South African fintech startup Jumo closed a $55 million round from a diverse group of investors, the... | techcrunch... |
| 24.02.2020 | Is the coast clear for Lagos’ bus-hailing startups? | Transport in Lagos is big business. With its 21 million people always crisscrossing for work and pla... | techcabal.... |
| 21.02.2020 | Is Africa the next frontier for emerging technologies? | For every bad rep the African continent gets in terms of its politics, infrastructure shortcomings a... | techcabal.... |
| 07.02.2020 | African Tech News Roundup | Hello techies, welcome to the Africa Tech News Roundup. Thank God it’s Friday (Dancing).
It’s indeed... | techgistaf... |
| 06.02.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 6th February, 2020 | Hello,
Your Big 5 Daily Crooner is back with another mouthwatering gist from Africa’s tech ecosystem... | techgistaf... |
| 05.02.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 5th February, 2020 | Hello,
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William Sachiti, a Zimbabwean AI expert, has published an open-s... | techgistaf... |
| 30.01.2020 | Tech firms serving Africa raised over $2bn in funding in 201... | Venture capital (VC) investments in tech companies that serve the African market last year grew 74% ... | venturebur... |
| 30.01.2020 | Airtel’s review of out-of-bundle browsing tariffs for Kenyan... | Share this article:
Airtel Kenya recently announced a downward review of its out-of-bundle browsing ... | techpoint.... |
| 30.01.2020 | Tech firms serving Africa raised over $2bn in funding in 201... | Venture capital (VC) investments in tech companies that serve the African market last year grew 74% ... | venturebur... |
| 21.01.2020 | African fintech firm Flutterwave raises $35M, partners with ... | San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave has raised a $35 million Series B round an... | techcrunch... |
| 20.01.2020 | How many African startups co-founded by women raised $1 mill... | Share this article:
Briter Bridges, a data-driven research company, recently released its “Africa’s ... | techpoint.... |
| 19.01.2020 | Catalyst Fund gets $15M from JP Morgan, UK Aid to back 30 EM... | The Catalyst Fund has gained $15 million in new support from JP Morgan and UK Aid and will back 30 f... | techcrunch... |
| 17.01.2020 | African tech firms closed funding deals worth $1.27b in 2019... | African tech companies raised $1.27-billion in funding across 167 disclosed deals in 2019, an invest... | venturebur... |
| 17.01.2020 | African tech firms closed funding deals worth $1.27b in 2019... | African tech companies raised $1.27-billion in funding across 167 disclosed deals in 2019, an invest... | venturebur... |
| 05.01.2020 | Into Africa: tech leaders weigh in on Jack Dorsey’s planned ... | It’s not every day that the CEO of a large Silicon Valley tech company decides to relocate to a diff... | techcrunch... |
| 04.12.2019 | Lessons from M-Pesa for Africa’s new VC-rich fintech startup... | In African fintech, the fourth quarter of 2019 brought big money to new entrants.
Chinese investors ... | techcrunch... |
| 12.11.2019 | PalmPay launches in Nigeria on $40M round led by China’s Tra... | Africa-focused payment startup PalmPay has launched in Nigeria after raising a $40 million seed roun... | techcrunch... |
| 12.11.2019 | Chaka opens up global investing to Africa’s most populous na... | Fintech startup Chaka aims to open up online investing to Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria.
Th... | techcrunch... |
| 31.10.2019 | Up to $150k on offer in Daikin-Samurai Incubate Africa Ideat... | Tech startups that pitch at the Daikin-Samurai Incubate Africa Ideathon set for 10 and 11 December i... | venturebur... |
| 31.10.2019 | Up to $150k on offer in Daikin-Samurai Incubate Africa Ideat... | Tech startups that pitch at the Daikin-Samurai Incubate Africa Ideathon set for 10 and 11 December i... | venturebur... |
| 25.09.2019 | MaxAB raises $6M seed round to optimize Egypt’s B2B grocery ... | Cairo-based startup MaxAB looks to optimize the supply-chain network for Egypt’s food and grocery re... | techcrunch... |
| 12.09.2019 | Nigerian digital bank, Kuda, raises $1.6 Million pre-seed fu... | When it launched in 2016, fintech startup KUDImoney, offered small loans of up to US$5,000 to indivi... | techcabal.... |
| 12.09.2019 | Investment in African Startups Hits Over $400mn by Q3 2019 | A data curated by Maxime Bayen titled ‘54 startups in Africa that have raised $1m+ in 2019’, shows t... | techgistaf... |
| 04.09.2019 | SF-based African fintech startup Chipper Cash expands to Nig... | The African no-fee, cross-border payment startup Chipper Cash has expanded to Nigeria.
The San Franc... | techcrunch... |
| 02.09.2019 | Africa Roundup: Goldman backs Kobo360, Rwanda commits to EVs... | Nigerian freight logistics startup Kobo360 raised a $20 million Series A round led by Goldman Sachs ... | techcrunch... |
| 19.08.2019 | “Nigerian tech startups can become giants without serving ot... | Share this article:
Figures from past editions of Techpoint’s Nigerian Startup Funding Report have s... | techpoint.... |
| 30.07.2019 | Why this Nigerian fintech startup is volunteering audited fi... | Nigerian fintech firm Carbon — an early-stage financial services startup based in Lagos — has posted... | techcrunch... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup lands... | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an... | venturebur... |
| 19.07.2019 | Everything you need to know about West African startup lands... | Update: Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an... | venturebur... |
| 24.06.2019 | Startup Acquisitions Continue to Grow Big in Africa. What Do... | The African startup ecosystem continues to attract a lot of venture capitalist attention. Yet the co... | techcabal.... |
| 21.06.2019 | African fintech dominates Catalyst Fund’s 2019 startup cohor... | African fintech has taken center stage for the Catalyst Fund, a JP Morgan Chase and Bill & Melin... | techcrunch... |
| 22.05.2019 | Meet 12-years old Nigerians who Independently Built Robots | African children are not excluded from the use of the latest technologies. Schools are integrating S... | techgistaf... |
| 04.04.2019 | WeeTracker features interview with GreenTec CEO Erick Yong | Frankfurt (Germany), April 2019. GreenTec is very happy to report that WeeTracker has recently publi... | greentec-c... |
