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Techstripped Africa Launches Inaugural Innovation Challenge to Empower Tech Students in Ghana
Techstripped Africa is thrilled to announce the launch of its first-ever Innovation Challenge, aimed at inspiring and empowering…
Africa-Focused Bitcoin Platform Paxful Suspends Operations
Paxful, an Africa-focused Bitcoin trading platform, is indefinitely suspending its operations, the company’s co-founder, Ray Youssef, said in…
African tech startup funding dramatically declines in Q1 2023
African tech startups raised US$649,303,000 between January 1 and March 31 this year, down 57.2 per cent on…
Four Ghanaian digital commerce ventures receive funding from Catalyst Fund
The Accelerator, managed by BFA Global in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), focuses on building…
IT Companies in Nairobi: 7 Kenyan Tech Startups to Look Out For
The Kenyan startup ecosystem is one of the best in Africa. In this guide, you will discover a…
Opibus Secures $7.5M USD – Sub-Saharan Africa’s Largest Ever Fund Raise In Electric Mobility
Opibus, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading electric vehicle manufacturer, announced today that it has raised $7.5 mil in funding led…
African Edtech Company Mwabu Concludes Series B Funding Round
An AppsAfrica Award winner in 2016, Mwabu provides high-calibre educational tools to more than 500 000 learners and teachers in…
Jeff Bezos-Backed Chipper Cash Raises US$150m Series C
Pan-African cross-border payments company Chipper Cash has secured US$150 million in an extension to its Series C, TechCrunch reported. The…
Flutterwave raises $170m, processed over $1Billion in transaction across Africa
Flutterwave, Nigeria fintech company, has raised $170million from a group of investors in a Series C round; processed…
