Nigerian VoD company IROKO to cut jobs in Africa, focus on North America, Europe
Nigerian video-on-demand (VoD) company IROKO is to pivot from focusing on African growth and target…
Monthly Archives: August, 2020
Ivory Coast VoD startup StarNews Mobile passes 5 million subscriber mark
Ivory Coast-based video on demand (VoD) startup StarNews Mobile, which helps connect users with their…
Tanzanian fintech Mipango joins NVIDIA Inception programme
Tanzanian fintech startup Mipango has been selected to take part in NVIDIA Inception, a virtual…
How SA’s Level Finance is disrupting conventional 30-day payment cycles
With South Africa battling the COVID-19 pandemic, and its economy suffering, many families are facing…
Egyptian marketing tech startup DigiFi Network raises pre-seed funding
DigiFi Network, a Wi-Fi-enabled platform that helps business owners reach digital audiences more efficiently and…
Kenya’s String Analytics piloting credit-scoring solutions ahead of Nigeria expansion
Kenya-based big data startup String Analytics is running two pilots of its platform in the…
SA startups invited to apply for FSAT Labs incubation programme
French South African Tech (FSAT) Labs has opened applications for season seven of its incubation…
Meet Ghana’s Nokwary, the early-stage winner of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge
More than 600 startups from across the continent applied for this year’s Ecobank Fintech Challenge,…
SA recruitment startup Job Crystal raises $250k funding from Enygma Ventures
South African recruitment startup Job Crystal has raised ZAR4.2 million (US$250,000) in funding from Enygma…
New relief facility launched for Nigerian startups affected by COVID-19
A new financial relief facility has been launched for Nigerian startups affected by the COVID-19…