Johnstone Kpilaakaa

How to apply for the 2022 Black Founders Fund for Africa

Google for Startups has opened applications for the second cohort of the Black Founders Fund for Africa.

BD Insider 114: ⏰Timeline of the SEC’s crypto stance

For BD Insider #114, we examined Nigeria's SEC recent crypto guidelines and Microtraction's updated deal.

Bridgecard secures $440,000 pre-seed to build the OS for finance in Africa

Bridgecard has secured $440,000 pre-seed from ABV funds, Ingressive Capital, Voltron Capital and other investors to build the OS for finance in Africa.

Alewa House is powering the creator economy in Northern Nigeria

In Northern Nigeria, Alewa House is enabling creators to monetize and distribute their content.

What do the CBN and Bank of Uganda have in common?

For BD Insider #113, we examined the Bank of Uganda's crypto stance and Kenya's deal with Netflix.

BD Insider: Y Combinator has invested in 95 African startups, as of March 2022 — Report

In this letter, we covered Y Combinator's activities in Africa since 2009 and Nigeria telcos' proposal for a 40% tariff hike.

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.

Ethiopia is creating enabling regulations ahead of Safaricom’s M-Pesa launch

Ethiopia has started changing its national payments law to clear the way for Safaricom to introduce its popular mobile payment platform M-Pesa in the market of 110 million users.

BD Insider: Flutterwave responds to 86fb/86z’s allegations of maliciously freezing and extorting its funds

In this letter, we covered Meta's response to allegations of poor work conditions at its contractor’s hub in Kenya and Flutterwave's response to 86fb/86z allegations

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.

The Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as legal tender

The Central African Republic (CAR) has adopted bitcoin as legal tender. Making CAR the first African country and the second country in the world to make the adoption—after El Salvador.

These edtech startups are revolutionising learning in Africa

Over 200 edtech startups are spread across Africa using diverse models to bridge the quality education gap. This listicle captures a few of the edtech startups that will have covered previously.