Category: Technology
Starlink Reopens Nairobi Sign-Ups After 7-Month Freeze
Starlink has resumed new sign-ups in Nairobi and surrounding counties, ending a seven-month freeze caused by overwhelming demand a...
Flutterwave Acquires Payment License in Cameroon To Off...
African fintech giant Flutterwave has officially launched its suite of digital payment services in Cameroon, marking a significant...
Chowdeck Acquires POS startup Mira to Become Full-Stack...
Nigerian delivery giant Chowdeck has acquired Mira, a fast-growing point-of-sale (POS) platform serving the food and hospitality s...
PaidHR Raises $1.8M to Scale Financial Access for Afric...
Nigerian HR tech startup PaidHR has raised a $1.8 million seed round, led by Accion Venture Lab, to expand its payroll and earned ...
Starlink Service Goes Live In Lesotho
Elon Musk’s satellite internet venture, Starlink, has officially gone live in Lesotho. The company was granted a 10-year license t...
E-Commerce Startup Sabi Lays Off 20% of Staff as It Shi...
African B2B e-commerce startup Sabi has laid off about 20% of its workforce—roughly 50 employees—as it pivots away from retail ser...
Onafriq and PAPSS Launch Cross-Border Payment Service P...
Onafriq, in partnership with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), has launched a new cross-border payment servic...
X Eyes the Future of Finance with Ambitious Payments Pu...
Elon Musk’s vision to turn X (formerly Twitter) into an “everything app” is taking clearer shape, with financial services at the c...
Chpter Expands to 11 New African Markets in Flutterwave...
Kenyan startup leans into AI and WhatsApp commerce as it scales SaaS across the continent The post Chpter Expands to 11 New Africa...
Yellow Card and Visa Team Up to Boost Stablecoin Paymen...
Stablecoins — digital currencies pegged to traditional assets like the US dollar — offer a low-cost, fast alternative to tradition...
Starlink Goes Live in Guinea-Bissau, Expanding Its West...
Starlink, the satellite internet service by SpaceX, has officially launched in Guinea-Bissau — its seventh market in West Africa a...
World Product Day Lagos 2025: Uniting Africa’s Boldest ...
Innovate Africa Fund proudly hosted the inaugural World Product Day Lagos, a groundbreaking event that convened over 200 founders,...
WhatsApp to Start Showing Ads in Status Updates
After years of being ad-free, WhatsApp will soon start showing advertisements — but only in its Status section, the app’s version ...
How LemFi’s Acquisition Of Fintech Pillar Will Help Im...
LemFi, an international payment services startup based in London, has acquired Pillar, a UK-based fintech focused on credit access...
LemFi’s Acquires UK Based Pillar To Help Immigrants wit...
Fintech startup LemFi wants to use international credit data to help immigrants in the UK access financial services and has acquir...
Ghana Signs MoU With China to Set Up Electric Vehicle F...
Ghana and a Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) enterprise signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish an advanced NEV as...
Trump Administration Eyes Major Expansion of Travel Ban...
The Trump administration is weighing a sweeping expansion of its travel ban, potentially restricting entry to citizens from 36 add...
Tesla Sets Up in Morocco, Signaling Major Bet on Africa...
Tesla has a new foothold in Morocco, positioning the country as a rising node in Africa’s electric mobility and renewable energy l...
GOODsoil VC winds Down $67.5M fund, Won’t Raise Follow-...
GOODsoil VC, a Ghana-based early-stage venture capital firm, has officially completed the full deployment of its $67.5 million fla...
Moove Aims To Raise $300 Million Which Would Value It P...
The Nigerian-founded startup is raising $300M to push its valuation past $1B The post Moove Aims To Raise $300 Million Which Would...
