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Uhuru Growth Fund I closes $113 million in its first close with DFI partners and impact investors
Uhuru Investment Partners (Uhuru) a middle-market private equity company based in Lagos and Abidjan, announces the US$113 million first close of Uhuru Growth...
Read moreMicrosoft partners with the Nigerian government to drive the country’s Digital Transformation
Microsoft has outlined many initiatives aimed at accelerating Nigeria's transition to a more digital economy in a joint announcement with...
Read moreMEST Express Accelerator Program and Mastercard Foundation award grants to three Ghanaian startups
MEST has announced the top three performing Ghanaian tech startups that recently graduated from its Beta 2020 cohort of the...
Read moreAfrikrea, an Ivory Coast-based tech startup, has launched ANKA, an all-in-one SaaS solution for payments and online shipping services
As it continues to power e-commerce for Africa, Afrikrea, the e-commerce platform for "all things made of Africa," is launching...
Read moreOlusegun Ogunsanya has been appointed as the new CEO of Airtel Africa
Olusegun Ogunsanya has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and...
Read moreJumia Ghana has appointed Tolulope George-Yanwah as its new CEO
Tolulope George-Yanwah has been appointed as Ghana's new Chief Executive Officer by Jumia, Africa's leading eCommerce platform. Tolulope George-Yanwah succeeds...
Read moreGoodwell Investments has announced the launch of a new EUR50 million fund to support African SMEs
Goodwell V is a new impact investment company founded by Goodwell Investments. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor funds,...
Read moreFlutterwave has been named “Pioneer” in TIME’s list of the 100 Most Influential Companies in the World for 2021
Flutterwave, a Nigerian fintech company, has been named in TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential Companies in the World...
Read moreTeam Bloom Wins Microsoft Game Of Learners virtual Hackathon competition season 2
The second season of the Microsoft Africa Development Center's Game of Learners virtual hackathon featured 12 teams made up of...
Read moreOKO, an insurtech startup, has raised $1.2 million in funding to provide insurance to smallholder farmers as well as to expand across Africa
OKO has received a seed investment of USD$1.2 million from Newfund and ResiliAnce in a funding round. Mercy Corps Venture,...
Read more5 startups emerge as top winners of the NITDA World Creativity and Innovation Day Challenge, receiving a total of 10 million Naira in funding
The NITDA World Creativity and Innovation Day (WCID) challenge has awarded a ten million naira grant to the five startups who...
Read moreMTN Nigeria to provide over 76 million users with unlimited music streaming data bundles at no cost
Audiomack has teamed up with MTN Nigeria to launch the Audiomack+MTN Data Bundle service, which provides MTN subscribers with custom...
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