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Five tech careers that require no coding

If you’ve got zero interest in coding but still fancy a career in tech, these are a number of non-coding career roles you could explore.

Inside Irritech’s effort to enable irrigation in Nigeria

Founded in 2020, Irritech has provided solar-powered irrigation and water pumping systems for 2146 farmers across 16 states in Nigeria

Topship lands a $2.5 million seed round for international shipping

The funds will be used to expand to other African countries, improve its asset-light technology and build out a proprietary global shipping infrastructure.

How Flying Farmer is using drones to revolutionise agriculture in Africa

Femi Adekoya, also known as the flying farmer, is revolutionizing Nigeria’s agriculture by giving drone-powered solutions to commercial and smallholder farmers.

Pennee deploys 25% of its $2.7 million to its first small business accelerator cohort

Pennee set out to provide credit financing options to small businesses.

AFEX tops Agriculture & Commodities list in FT’s ranking of Africa’s fastest growing companies

Commodities exchange wins recognition in first-ever Africa ranking list that recognises innovative, modern and fast-growing companies

Norebase lands $1 million pre-seed to facilitate seamless incorporation across Africa and the US

Norebase has secured $1 million pre-seed to facilitate its platform to enable businesses to start, scale and operate across Africa and the US.

OnePort 365 secures $5 million seed funding to digitize freight management in Africa

OnePort 365 has raised $5 million in seed funding to drive the end-to-end digitisation of freight management in Africa and support its expansion into new markets across the continent.

Eden Life acquires Lynk for strategic partnership in Kenya

Eden Life, Africa’s first home concierge services scheduling platform, has acquired Lynk, the former technology company connecting informal workers to job opportunities across Kenya.

Fanbants taps Ndidi, Ozo and Paystack CEO to scale fantasy football in Africa

FanBants puts every football fan where they want to be – as managers of their own team.

MTN announces Nigeria’s largest commercial paper issuance – worth ₦127 billion

MTN Nigeria's new funding is in accordance with the company’s strategy to diversify its financing options, with the proceeds being deployed towards working capital and general corporate purposes.

Farmerline lands $12.9m pre-Series A funding to consolidate infrastructure

Farmerline delivers quality farm inputs and education on the best farming practices through partner agribusinesses.