News
Nigeria: SON Validates Fcmb’s ISO 9001 – 2015 Certification
For improved business processes and consistent delivery of quality products and services to customers, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has validated First ...
Regulatory
Uganda: Economy Not Recovering Soon – Bank of Uganda
The second wave of COVID-19 appears to have hit the economy severely and dimmed prospects for a quick recovery, according to the latest ...
News
SOUTH AFRICA : NEW AMAZON HEADQUARTERS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS SET TO CREATE 40,000 JOBS IN CAPE TOWN
The Western Cape’s trade and investment company Wesgro has reported a record start to its financial year, with the group securing R5 billion ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Showlove.io raises $300k in pre-seed funding
Showlove, a Nigerian social platform for gifting, has closed a $300,000 pre-seed round from Fedha Capital, as well as other angel investors. Founded in ...
Africa
Africell Angola advances its launch of mobile services with Oracle
Africell, Angola’s fourth and newest mobile operator has selected Oracle Communications to manage its charging and billing, as the network operator moves to ...
Innovation
Nigeria: Tizeti launches NeXTGEN connectivity solutions to address post-pandemic ‘new normal’, announces partnership with $5m fund for African startup ISPs
The company announced it’s partnership with a $5m venture fund focused on startup ISPs that are expanding internet access across Africa To enable ...
Ghana
Ghana: Startup Plendify launches B2B e-commerce marketplace
Ghanaian startup Plendify has launched a B2B e-commerce marketplace that connects small and large African wholesalers, manufacturers, exporters and importers with customers. The Plendify B2B ...
Africa
Africa: Chaka partners TradingView to promote boderless digital investing
Chaka, a digital investment platform, just announced a strategic partnership with TradingView, the online charting platform to look out for investment opportunities in ...
Egypt
EGYPT: BANK ABC ACQUIRES 99.5% OF BLOM BANK EGYPT
The Arab Banking Corporation (Bank ABC) has completed its acquisition of 99.5% of BLOM Bank Egypt, to expand its presence in the Middle ...
Egypt
Egypt among top three in MENA regions with highest startup investment rates
MAGNiTTÂ has announced the launch of its first quarter of 2021 reports, which cuts across the eCommerce, food and beverage, fintech, delivery and logistics ...