The fintech platform M-KOPA, which offers digital credit to customers who are underbanked, has announced the publication of its 2021 Impact Report. By utilizing data to link digital micropayments with the Internet of Things technology, M-KOPA, a fintech platform founded in 2011 that offers connected finance and digital...

Kunle Awosika, a seasoned Microsoft employee, has been named Managing Director for the Africa Transformation Office to drive its strategic digital transformation initiatives across Africa. Microsoft veteran and Africa expert Kunle Awosika assume the position of Managing Director for the Africa Transformation Office as Wael Elkabbany steps into a...

The Suzuki brand of vehicles from CFAO Motors and Vehicle Financing startup, Moove received zero safety ratings and are declared dangerous for our roads. For its mobility entrepreneurs in Ghana and Nigeria, Moove, an African mobility fintech firm, partnered with CFAO Motors, the continent’s most prominent automotive distribution network...

Pan African VC Microtraction has raised $15 million in the first close of its second fund, Microtraction Community Limited. A $15 million first close of Microtraction’s second fund has been announced by Microtraction, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in African internet entrepreneurs at the pre-seed stage. The...

Pre-seed to seed stage technology startups in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, and South Africa are invited to apply to participate. MEST Africa has officially announced the opening of applications for the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge. The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is an Africa-wide technology entrepreneur training program,...

The 2022 TEDxSpintex event hopes to spark discussions around “MINDSET.” To reconsider, learn from, unlearn, and re-learn our experiences like a “tabula rasa.” Riding on the success of previous TEDx events in Ghana over the years, it is exciting to see another TEDx event – TEDxSpintex being organized in...

The MEST Express accelerator, which focuses on developing start-ups in the technology solutions industry, is now accepting applications for its major partner, MEST Africa. Applications are now being accepted for MEST Africa‘s principal partner of the MEST Express accelerator, which focuses on accelerating emerging enterprises in the technology solutions...

Chirp 2022 will take place on the 16th of November at The Midway in San Francisco, California. The online and physical event will include a keynote and technical sessions on community development and Twitter API v2. The Twitter Developer Platform team a Q & A session....

Twitter will launch an Edit feature for Twitter Blue users in the coming months, according to the company’s announcement on Tuesday. Social media platform, Twitter has confirmed that it is working on an Edit feature, which has long been a popular request by the users of the social media...