• UberBODA launches in Nairobi to provide convenient and affordable options.

    Uber has launched UberBODA in Nairobi Kenya, over seven months after it began operations in Kampala to provide convenient and affordable options for commuters. Uber has launched UberBODA in Nairobi Kenya, over seven months after it began operations in Kampala, Uganda in a move expected to provide residents of...
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    Beyond Mobile Money – the FinTech Future for Africa

    Africa is leveraging mobile and digital technologies in its own ways to bring financial services to people in undeveloped places on earth. Africa is a great testing ground for new banking services: the region’s relatively low penetration levels for traditional financial services married to high proliferation of mobile phones...
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    2018 Ventureburn Tech Startup Survey on South African Startups

    Leading technology and startups blog; Ventureburn has released its 2018 Ventureburn Tech Startup Survey which took a look at 153 South African startups. Ventureburn has released its 2018 Ventureburn Tech Startup Survey powered by Telkom Futuremakers which took a look at 153 South African startups to gauge the state of...
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    Ghana’s Famerline Wins USD$50K USAID’s Fall Army Worm Tech Prize

    Ghanaian Agritech company; Farmerline and five others have won the USAID’s Fall Army Worm Tech Prize Frontier Innovation Award. The U.S. Agency for International Development, Land O’Lakes International Development, and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research announced the six winners of the Feed the Future Fall Armyworm Tech Prize at...
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    Kenyan Startup Twiga Foods has secured $10 million from IFC and TLcom

    Kenyan start-up Twiga Foods has secured $10 million investment from World Bank’s investment arm, the International Finance Corporation and TLcom Capital. Twiga Foods connects smallholder farmers in rural areas to informal retail vendors in cities. The startup uses a mobile platform to match supply and demand, aggregating market participants...
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    Podcast: Google’s Mich Atagana on reflecting everyday Africans online

    Andile Masuku hosts Google South Africa’s Mich Atagana in this episode of the Africa Tech Roundup podcast on her views on everyday Africans online. This super-chill conversation, taped at the fringes of Africa Tech Summit 2018, features Google South Africa’s Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Mich Atagana. Mich...
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    Ghana’s Cowtribe Receives USD$300K Funding From Kaplan Foundation

    Ghanaian agritech startup CowTribe has secured a $300, 000 investment from the US-based Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. The startup made the announcement earlier today in a post on Twitter. In a subsequent phone call with Ventureburn, CowTribe co-founder and CEO Awin Peter (pictured above, second from right) said the investment was in the...
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    Boomplay and Universal Music Group Strike Distribution Partnership in Africa

    Boomplay strikes partnership with Universal Music Group to distribute music from UMG’s world-renowned labels to users in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia Boomplay, Africa’s leading music streaming and download service, has struck a licensing agreement with Universal Music Group covering multiple markets within Africa. The company,...
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    Payments, e-Commerce & FinTech on High Agenda at Seamless West Africa 2018

    Seamless West Africa 2018 promises to bring together the greatest international innovators from the payments, fintech & e-commerce industries for 2 days of keynote presentations and roundtable discussions. The payments, banking, and financial sectors are currently at the height of change, defined by innovation and development in technology and regulation. As...
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