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Johnstone Kpilaakaa

Johnstone is a journalist covering innovation and social responses in Africa. He is 2024 MTN Media Innovation Fellow at School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University in Nigeria. He was formerly a senior reporter at Condia.
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Visa launches its first African innovation hub in Kenya

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has fined some commercial banks for failing to comply with regulations that bar customers from transacting in cryptocurrencies.

Press Release

SmartWage secures $2 million to enhance digital inclusion in South African enterprises

SmartWage has raised a $2 million seed fund to bridge the gap between South African enterprises and their frontline employees

News

Microsoft includes Zulu to Azure Cognitive Services Translator

Microsoft has announced that they have added Zulu to its Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services Translator.

Opinion

What these African CTOs learnt from building engineering teams

In this article, Deji Lana, CTO at SeamlessHR and Olorunfemi Jegede, COO at Credpal shared the lessons they both learned while building engineering teams at various African startups.

News

Opis Group expands free-to-play, play-to-earn NFT game “OpiPets” to Africa, announces $500 giveaway contest

Opis Group, a British blockchain technology company has expanded its non-fungible token (NFT) play-to-earn (P2E) game, OpiPets, to Africa.

Newsletter

BD Insider: African startups raised over $1.5 billion last quarter from just six deals

BD Insider, Letter 107 covers the top six disclosed funding rounds by African startups in Q1 2022, Congo’s admission into the East African Community.

News

CBN approves MFS Africa’s acquisition of Capricorn Digital Limited

MFS Africa has announced that they have completed their acquisition of the Nigerian super-agent Capricorn Digital Limited (Baxi).

News

Cassava Technologies acquires a fibre pair on Equiano Subsea Cable

Liquid Intelligent Technologies has announced that they have acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable.

Opinion

Credrails founder talks about Open Finance in Africa and the next billion-dollar startup on the continent.

In an interview with Clara Wanjiku Odero, Credrails co-founder, she gave insights into open finance in Africa and the next billion-dollar startup on the continent.

Spotlight

Inside Flutterwave’s plan for Tanzanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Flutterwave has been licensed as a payment services provider by the Bank of Tanzania to support Tanzanian SMEs overcome challenges presented by the nation's fragmented payment infrastructure.

News

Moove partners Swvl to roll out electric vehicles across the MENA region and Pakistan

Moove has partnered with Swvl Inc. to scale Moove’s revenue-based vehicle financing model across the MENAP (Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan) region, as well as expand vehicle classes to include electric buses.

Insider

BD Insider: Nelson Mandela’s arrest-warrant NFT raises $130,550 in auction

BD Insider, Letter 106 covers Nelson Mandela's arrest-warrant NFT $130,550 auction raise, Ethereum founders support for Zambia's tech hub bid and Meta's plan for Kenya's 2022 elections.

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