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Strategies for Surviving COVID As a startup trying to master your new business at any time is quite a challenge but never more than now – here are some useful…

Finnfund, the Finnish development financier has invested $1-million in Kasha, an ecommerce platform that aims to improves women’s access to health, hygiene and self-care products in East Africa. Kasha was founded in…

Jumia has donated face masks to the health ministries in Nigeria, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Uganda and Morocco. Naspers has donated 1bnR ($5.5m) of PPE equipment to the South African government. The genomics research startup 54gene has…

Recently the East African Community (EAC) and Trademark East Africa (a business initiative) have worked to reduce customs clearance between the 7 EAC member states. It is claimed that customs…

Safaricom will sell 4G smartphones in partnership with Google. The telco announced the plan during its earnings call on April 29. Under a device financing scheme, it will provide people…

In March, Kenyan telecom operator Safaricom announced a move that on the surface appeared counterintuitive – for a 90-day period, it made all person-to-person (P2P) transactions under $9 free on the…

Transporting goods quickly and cheaply is vital for trade, but it’s a struggle in many African nations. Now a startup is hoping to change that in Nigeria. The digital platform Kobo360 was launched in…

Egyptian startup Eventtus has secured an investment round to enable it to launch a digital events platform as it responds to the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the…

Woolworths is expanding its click and collect drive-through shopping service, joining others in the sector forced to innovate during the lockdown and help consumers get vital supplies. For the Easter period,…

South African fintech startup TaxTim has made Nigeria its second international market after partnering with PWC to offer virtual tax assistance. TaxTim lets users file their tax returns online with step-by-step…