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Uber unveils bike-hailing service via UberMoto in Ibadan

Uber has launched UberMoto, a two-wheeler alternative in Ibadan with a 100 Naira minimum fare offering riders a 78 per cent lower-cost alternative.

These three trends will influence mobile apps in Africa in 2022

Daniel Junowicz, Managing Director of LATAM & Africa at AppsFlyer, explores the key trends of mobile apps in Africa in 2022.

Dojah joins Y Combinator W22 cohort, embarks on pan-African expansion

Dojah, a unified KYC and digital onboarding solution company will participate in the Y Combinator Winter 2022 (YC W22) cohort

Risevest brings together industry leaders for the Moneyrise Conference

Moneyrise Conference is taking place on January 29 in Lagos at The Civic Center, Victoria Island. Teni The Entertainer will also entertain attendees with a live band performance

Frain Technologies announces $473,000 pre-seed to build webhook infrastructure

Frain will use the funds to invest in the development of Convoy, a cloud-native webhook service, and develop more tools for developers.

SeamlessHR secures $10 million in Series A funding round

SeamlessHR has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by TLcom Capital. It will use the funding to launch a new embedded finance product and add other product functionalities.

Afrikea rebrands to ANKA, raises $6.2 million in pre-Series A round

Afrikea has raised $6.2 million in a pre-Series A round. It's also rebranding to ANKA.

Bfree embarks on global expansion following $1.7 million in a pre-Series A round raise

Bfree, a Lagos-based credit management fintech has raised $1.7 million in a pre-Series A round.

mPharma to launch e-commerce platform for pharmaceuticals with $35 million funding

mPharma, a Ghanaian health startup, has raised $35 million in a Series D round led by Citigroup Inc.

Nigerian edtech, Teesas to improve its offering with its $1.6 million pre-seed funding round

Nigerian-focused edtech startup, Teesas has raised $1.6 million in a pre-seed round, to provide e-learning materials in indigenous languages for young Nigerians.

MTN’s Ayoba has attained 10 million active users

MTN-backed Africa’s Super App, Ayoba has attained over 10 million monthly active users.

Lectera celebrates its first anniversary, plans to conquer African markets with fast education, fast results model

In 2021, tech startups operating across Africa have jointly raised over $4.27 billion in 800+ deals.