Playfre, Africa’s Spotify Launches Chika Nwaogu, a Nigerian computer programmer and founder of LAGbook, has created the very first indigenous music streaming platform with over 45...
Jumia Jumps 9.3% on Wednesday Jumia (NYSE: JMIA) rose by $3.99 or 9.28 percent on Wednesday to $46.99 per share. The largest e-commerce company in Africa...
MTN to Sell Jumia Stake After Lock-in Period MTN Group Ltd is expected to sell at least half of its $655 million investment in Jumia Technologies...
Tizeti Launches IP Voice Call Service in Nigeria A Nigeria based startup, Tizeti, just launched an internet voice-calling service for businesses and individuals in Nigeria. Wificall...
Mastercard, Visa to Cut Transaction Fees in Europe Mastercard and Visa plan to cut transaction fees on purchase made in the Euro-area with foreign issued debit...
Serena Williams Join Icons Behind Andela Serena Williams, the 23-times Grand-Slam Champion, joined the number of global icons putting their weight behind Andela. Andela, an African...
WorldRemit Partners Paga to Deepen Growth WorldRemit has partnered Nigeria’s Paga to enhance its international digital money transfer reach in Nigeria and across the world. The...
Centbee Gets R18.3m Investment Centbee, a South Africa based Bitcoin Startup, just secured R18.3 million investment from Calvin Ayre, the founder of Ayre Ventures and CoinGeek....
Startups Funding: Investors Overlook Francophone Africa for Anglophone The growing interest in Africa’s startups is not even despite proximity and potentials as interested investors continue to...
Funding: Nigeria’s Startups Attract the Most in Africa A report compiled by Disrupt Africa showed a total of 210 African start-ups attracted US$334.5 million worth of...
