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Cellulant obtains a enterprise licence in Egypt

Cellulant obtains a enterprise licence in Egypt

Kenya’s payments firm Cellulant, which operates across 19 African markets, has taken its business to the Egyptian market.  “With its collections and disbursement payment solutions, Cellulant will enable global and regional merchants operating in Egypt…

BotlhaleAI wins greatest startup at Africa Tech Pageant awards

BotlhaleAI wins greatest startup at Africa Tech Pageant awards

BotlhaleAI, a South African startup that creates conversational AI tools for African languages, has won the startup of year award at the Africa Tech Festival awards in Cape Town, South Africa.  The award, the biggest…

Nigeria flags off plan to coach 3 million tech abilities to curb youth unemployment

Nigeria flags off plan to coach 3 million tech abilities to curb youth unemployment

Nigeria’s minister of communications, innovation, and digital economy, Bosun Tijani, formally launched a plan to train 3 million technical talents over the next four years on Wednesday. If successful, the initiative could help achieve President…

Showmax 2.0 to launch in 2024 however will inherit most of its present limitations

Showmax 2.0 to launch in 2024 however will inherit most of its present limitations

Showmax 2.0 will not do much about stream quality or the number of concurrent screens.  Multichoice’s newly minted platform, Showmax 2.0, will not be launched this November but in February 2024. Showmax 2.0 promised new…

How Estonia desires to catalyse startup success in Africa

How Estonia desires to catalyse startup success in Africa

Estonia delegates at the African Tech Festival have shared ways the continent can replicate the country’s tech startup success. Estonia has produced ten global unicorns from its tech ecosystem. Estonia’s startup ecosystem success can be…

How the metaverse is staying related in South Africa

How the metaverse is staying related in South Africa

Mic Mann, the founder of the metaverse platform Africarare, has stated that there is still a lot of interest in the technology in South Africa. Companies and individuals in South Africa are still embracing the…

Pineapple raises $22 million Collection B spherical

Pineapple raises $22 million Collection B spherical

Pineapple, a South African insurtech startup, has raised $22 million in a Series B round, making it the most capitalised insurtech startup in Africa.  Pineapple, a South African insurtech startup underwritten by Old Mutual Insure,…

Unique: Neighbourgood acquires traveltech startup Native Information for $1.5 million

Unique: Neighbourgood acquires traveltech startup Native Information for $1.5 million

Neighbourgood, the South African real estate investment company with over 1,000 work and co-living spaces across Cape Town and San Francisco, has acquired traveltech startup Local Knowledge in a deal worth $1.5 million in cash…

Netflix loses market chief standing to Showmax

Netflix loses market chief standing to Showmax

As competition intensifies in Africa’s streaming market, Netflix, the previous market leader, which held more than 40% of the market, has lost its status as the market leader to Showmax.  Netflix, the world’s largest paid…

This Swedish non-profit has large desires for tech startups in Kigali

This Swedish non-profit has large desires for tech startups in Kigali

Sweden’s Norrsken Foundation hopes a $20 million investment in its first hub outside Stockholm will birth Rwanda’s first impact unicorn. On Wednesday, November 8, 2023, Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame formally opened Norrsken House Kigali. The…

Eden Life is staking its future on an e-commerce market in essential rejig

Eden Life is staking its future on an e-commerce market in essential rejig

Eden Life is launching an e-commerce marketplace for vendors to sell products in categories such as food, medicine, beauty, and cosmetics. Eden Life, the Nigerian home service platform that provides laundry, cleaning, and meal-delivery services,…

Eyowo stalls resumption of banking providers once more

Eyowo stalls resumption of banking providers once more

Six months after the CBN revoked its license, Eyowo, one of Nigeria’s oldest digital banks, remains unsure of when it will resume its banking services. Eyowo, the Nigerian fintech startup that had its license suspended…