HOSTAFRICA, an African web-hosting company, has acquired GO54 (formerly known as WhoGoHost). This marks a significant milestone in HOSTAFRICA’s expansion across the continent. HOSTAFRICA entered the ...

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced that applications for its 2025 Entrepreneurship Programmes are now open. Aspiring and existing entrepreneurs from across Africa are invited to apply for ...

Moove, a mobility solutions company, has announced the acquisition of Kovi, an urban mobility provider headquartered in São Paulo. This acquisition aligns with Moove’s commitment to advancing mobility ...

LemFi, a London-based fintech specialising in international payment services for immigrant communities, has acquired Irish payment firm Bureau Buttercrane. The acquisition, which received regulatory ...

AppsFlyer and Google have launched their 2024 “The State of App Marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa” report, analysing the overall performance of finance apps in Sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on a sample of ...

Investing in Innovation Africa (i3), a pan-African initiative to support African healthtech startups to commercialise and scale their offerings is calling for innovators to join its 3 rd cohort.

SeamlessHR, a leading African provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software, has successfully raised $9 million in additional funding from Helios Digital Ventures and the Gates Foundation. This ...

In addition to the currencies already supported, Amazon Web Services customers can now choose to pay in Nigerian naira and seven other currencies. The others include Chilean Peso (CLP), Colombian Peso ...

Kenyan health tech startup Ilara Health has secured a $1 million loan from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). The funding will be used to enhance healthcare access ...

South African insurtech Naked has secured $38 million (about R700 million) in its latest funding round as it continues to redefine insurance through technology-driven convenience, transparency and ...

A new report by Africa: The Big Deal has found that African startups raised US$2.2 billion in equity, debt, and grants (excluding exits) in 2024. However, this was an almost 25% drop compared to the ...

MoneyHash, the payment orchestration platform operating in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), has secured $5.2M in pre-A funding. Building on its momentum, MoneyHash previously secured a $4.5M seed ...