Six months after raising its second seed round of $6 million, pan-African fintech startup, Chipper Cash has raised $13.8 million in Series A funding. This brings its total funding to $22.2 million in …
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SA fintech, Planet42, founded by Estonian duo, raises $2.4m
Planet42, a South Africa based fintech founded by two Estonian entrepreneurs has raised €2.2-million ($2.4-million) from a number of Estonian investors.…
Introducing ‘Community’ powered by Techpoint Africa
Techpoint Africa is excited to announce that we’ve launched Community, a new discussion forum for you to share ideas and engage in conversations you care about. You can sign up now…
Egyptian on-demand medicine delivery platform, Chefaa nets pre-Series A investment
Egyptian on-demand medicine delivery platform, Chefaa has raised a pre-Series A investment round from US venture capital fund and accelerator 500 Startups, Saudi Arabian fund Vision Ventures, Womena a…
French telecom company, Orange, eyeing entry into Nigeria and SA
France’s largest telecom company, Orange is reportedly eyeing an entry into the Nigerian and South African telecom markets in the coming months, with possible interests in its blossoming payments sect…
4 new Netflix Nollywood originals coming to your screens soon
Netflix pulls a nostalgic move on its Nigerian audience today as it announces plans to produce an original series and movie from two classic novels by popular Nigerian authors. What else should be exp…
Nigeria is developing a policy for the commercial deployment of 5G
A few months after successful trials in three major cities, the Nigerian Communications Commission has started working on a policy for the deployment of 5G in Nigeria, but actual implementation might …
Nigeria’s tax regulator wants to digitally verify taxes paid by telcos
Nigeria’s taxman, FIRS, has finalised plans to integrate a technology solution (API) that will verify the accuracy of taxes paid by telecom operators. What could this mean for businesses in the …
Netflix and Amazon Prime are coming to DStv, but only for Explora subscribers
With the MultiChoice Group set to begin streaming Netflix and Amazon Prime content, what becomes of its plans to make DStv Now a standalone streaming service?…
African fintech investor, Crossfin invests in SA fintech, truID
African fintech investor, Crossfin has invested an undisclosed amount in SA fintech, truID through its ventures investment arm, Crossfin Ventures.…
Ghana wants to break MTN’s market dominance, but will its new policies suffice?
Ghana’s National Communication Authority wants to implement new pricing measures, that will reduce MTN’s dominance and promote competition in the country’s telecom space.…
Twitter’s new ‘test’ feature wants you to share only links you have opened
Twitter is experimenting with a new feature that nudges you to open and read an article before retweeting, in a bid to reduce misinformation …
Nigerian broadcasting agency seeks to regulate exclusive/original local content on Netflix, iROKOtv, PayTV
The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission released an amendment to the 6th edition of its broadcasting code that could bring an end to exclusive content on iROKOtv, Netflix, and PayTV platforms airing in N…
SA entrepreneur and Shopin founder, Eran Eyal deported to Israel, following fraudulent ICO
SA entrepreneur and Springleap and Shopin founder Eran Eyal who was convicted in December of defrauding investors of millions of dollars, has been deported from the US, to Israel…
South Africa’s Sun Exchange secures $3m investment, closes $4m round
SA blockchain-based solar panel micro-leasing marketplace Sun Exchange has raised a $3-million (R50-million) investment from ARPF, a Mauritian private equity fund which is advised by London-based Arch…
Egyptian mental health platform, Shezlong nets investment
Egyptian startup Shezlong has raised a new round of investment, from Asia Africa Investment Consulting (AAIC), angel investor Mohamed El Khamissy and Cairo-based angel investment fund Himangel…
22-year-old founders behind SA startup, Merge App net $100k from Nigerian investor
Johannesburg based startup, Merge has raised $100,000 in investment from Nigerian investor, Platform Capital.…
SA’s Pineapple, Tautona.AI make Sønr and Insurance Post’s Insurtech 100 list
SA intelligent automation company Tautona.AI and insurtech Pineapple have been included on UK digital transformation platform Sønr and UK publication Insurance Post‘s prestigious 2020 Insurtech 100 li…
Danbatta reappointed as executive vice-chairman of Nigeria’s telecom regulator
The Nigerian federal government, has re-appointed Umar Garba Danbatta as Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission. A look back on milestones from his previous tenure.…
SA cashless payment platform, Sticitt lands $176,000 from new VC
Cape Town based cashless payment platform, Sticitt has landed a R3-million ($176k) investment from a new SA venture capital (VC) company, Crucis VC…