Egypt
Egypt: Egypt’s Largest Banks Join Forces to Launch New $85M Fintech Fund
Three of Egypt’s largest national banks – Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt, and Banque du Caire – and Global Ventures, a leading ...
News
South Africa: SA Reserve Bank Poised to Hike Repo Rate This Week to Douse Inflationary Flames
The Monetary Policy Committee of the South African Reserve Bank will almost certainly hike its key repo rate on Thursday, 24 March, in ...
Rwanda
Rwanda: Rwandan Tech Startup for Lawyers Secures $1.8 Million in Funding
Kigali-based Hence Technologies has laid out plans to continue growing and scaling operations in Rwanda, especially in finding the best problem-solvers, designers, and ...
Egypt
Egypt: Naspers unit invests in Egyptian fintech start-up
A unit of Naspers, Africa’s biggest company by value, and Egypt’s largest bank invested in Lucky, to help the fintech start-up in the North ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: ThriveAgric raises $56.4m debt funding and accelerates pan-Africa expansion plans
Fundraise will help company take advantage of Africa’s growing agriculture sector and scale-up business across the continent ThriveAgric, a fast-growing technology-driven agricultural company, has ...
Africa
Ukheshe processes first live instant payments in MEA with Mastercard Track Instant Pay
The first businesses in the Middle East and Africa region have started to experience the seamless ease of Mastercard’s Track Instant Pay solution, ...
Africa
Africa: Visa Collaborates with the Bantu Blockchain Foundation to Educate and Foster Financial Inclusion and Empowerment; in Africa and Other Emerging Economies
Visa, the world leader in digital payments is collaborating with the Bantu Blockchain Foundation (Bantu), custodians of the Bantu Blockchain Network infrastructure (Bantu Blockchain) to ...
Nigeria
DEAL: Simplifyd raises $500,000 pre-seed funding, launches ZeroData
Nigerian startup, Simplifyd, has raised US$500,000 in pre-seed funding to solve the challenges associated with accessing affordable data. The new funding came from ...
News
Nigeria: Microsoft opens first $100 million African Development Centre in Lagos
The American multinational technology, Microsoft Corporation, which produces computer software, personal computers and related services, will today, open its first African Development Centre ...
Africa
Africa’s leading independent telecommunications services provider, Phase3 Telecom, scales up layered security for optimized network infrastructure
This massive upgrade will provide secure infrastructure that fortifies its own, and other networks against advanced and malicious cybernetic breaches in Nigeria and ...

















