NEWS

Investment in African startups could drop by as much as 40% by the end of the year due to the Covid-19 pandemic—but the bigger question for smaller startups is if they will…

Mdundo, which was launched in 2013 and is now based in Denmark, provides access to all the continent’s favourite music to over 5 million monthly active users in 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with…

Gozem started out in the ride-hailing business in Togo in November of 2018 and expanded to neighbouring Benin in 2019 while adding auto-rickshaws (“tuk-tuks”) to its taxi services. In July 2020, it launched an ecommerce delivery services in Lome and Cotonou, allowing…

In Namibia, “Citizen Connect,” a collaboration between the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative, the MyDigitalBridge Foundation, and the Millennium Challenge Account Namibia, is delivering broadband Internet to 27 schools and 7 circuit offices of the Ministry…

Mastercard has partnered with Samsung, Airtel and Asante on a Pay-on-Demand platform designed to provide safe, secure and convenient consumer financing via Samsung devices with the embedded Knox security platform,…