SMILE IDENTITY ACQUIRES INCLUSIVE INNOVATIONS, APPRUVE’S PARENT COMPANY, TO BROADENS ITS ID VERIFICATION SERVICES IN AFRICA

The lack of universal identification inspires the 2017 launch of Smile Identity. According to the World Bank, about half of the one billion people...

SOUTH AFRICA’S ESKOM CEO TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY

The CEO of South Africa Eskom, state power utility, Andre de Ruyter, will exit the company immediately as pronounced by the company's board on...

CHIPPER CASH REPORTEDLY LAYS OFF OVER 100 EMPLOYEES

Chipper Cash is supposedly relieving employees of their duties after letting go 13% of its labour force in the later periods, December, of the...

72 AFRICAN EDTECH STARTUPS TO ENJOY CCHUB’S $15 MILLION INVESTMENT

Only 0.72% of Africa’s total venture capital was raised by African edtech entrepreneurs in 2022. Under its Edtech Fellowship Program, Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) hope...

UQUDO AND GETFUNDEDAFRICA COLLABORATE TO RAISE TECH GROWTH IN AFRICA

One of Africa's top technologically focused market place for founders, GetFundedAfrica, has collaborated with Uqudo which is one of EMEA's most inceptive digital identity...

NIGERIAN HEALTH-TECH STARTUP, FAMASI, SECURES PRE-SEED TO BUILD AFRICAN DIGITAL PHARMACY INFRASTRUCTURE

In a round headed by Microtraction, the Nigerian health-tech company, Famasi Africa, has secured an undisclosed pre-seed investment to create the pharmacy infrastructure for...

FLUTTERWAVE CO-FOUNDER IN NAIROBI FOR CONFISCATED BILLIONS, KENYAN BANK PERMIT

The Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Flutterwave, a payment company in Nigeria, Olugbenga Agboola, visited Kenya this week while trying to unfreeze his...

YODAWY GETS $16 MILLION SERIES B TO BOOST E-PHARMACY IN AFRICA

Yodawy, in conjunction with Global Ventures and Delivery Hero, has secured an estimated $16 million in its Series B fund. In 2018, Yodawy was co-founded...

PARTECH CLOSES AFRICA II FUND, THE LARGEST AFRICA-FOCUSED FUND

The famous global venture capital (VC) firm, Partech, which focuses on startup businesses worldwide, has closed its Africa II fund. The fund closes at...

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