Justina Salami

Tyms partners with Seedstars to bring AI-native accounting to emerging market entrepreneurs

Tyms Inc., the AI-native accounting platform partners with Seedstars to bring AI-native accounting to emerging market entrepreneurs.

Ventures Platform closes its second fund at $84 million

Ventures Platform has reached the final close of its second institutional fund, VP Pan-African Fund II, at $84 million.

Talksign launches marketplace to solve sign language AI’s data problem

Talksign has launched a marketplace letting Deaf communities license and sell sign language datasets, tackling AI's biggest accessibility data gap.

South African AI startup Verascient raises $1.2 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round

Verascient, a South African AI startup, has raised $1.2 million (R19.5 million) in its first funding round. The oversubscribed round was backed by several notable investors.

Level Up: He failed medical school. Now he helps global founders communicate clearly

"My advice for early-stage founders is: get one senior comms advisor, not necessarily a full firm, and build a small internal comms function first"

Juicyway COO, Justin Ziegler, exits startup after four years

Justin Ziegler has left his role as chief operating officer of Juicyway, the cross-border fintech startup after four years. The company is yet to name a replacement.

Africa’s largest prediction market, Bayse, called the Osun state election weeks before it happened

Africa's prediction market, Bayse, predicted Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party would win weeks before INEC's declaration.

Former SpaceX director joins Terra Industries as VP of Strategy

Ben MacWilliams, a former SpaceX director, has joined Nigerian defence startup Terra Industries as Vice President of Strategy.

South Africa’s HR startup Jem raises $8.4M Series A

South African workforce management startup Jem has raised $8.4 million in a Series A round led by Quona Capital.

Level Up: What working at PiggyVest, LemFi, and Moniepoint taught Omotoso Dolapo about success

"Some of the kindest people I know are those I met at PiggyVest, and many are still close friends. I also learnt that it was okay to make friends in the workplace."

IFC to anchor $50 million funding for Jumia

The International Finance Corporation will provide $25 million to anchor a $50 million funding package for Jumia, the company revealed today.

How Oluwatobiloba Animashaun went from customer service intern to Flutterwave product manager

After watching an interview with Flutterwave's co-founder, Oluwatobiloba Animashaun joined the startup as an intern. Eight years later, she's leaving as a product manager.