Alewa House is powering the creator economy in Northern Nigeria

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

Activant Capital opens new Cape Town office, to intensify research

Global Investment firm with over $2.3B AUM appoints SA-Native Robert Lamprecht as Head of Research

ROAM Jobs rebrands to the African Talent Company

Africa’s leading recruitment marketplaces like Jobberman Nigeria, Jobberman Ghana, BrighterMonday Kenya and Uganda announces their new identity.

Hello Pay launches new high-end mPOS device

Hello Pay’s new high-end Android mPOS device will help merchants, from small traders to SMEs, be a part of tomorrow’s business landscape today.

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.

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.

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.

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.