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Ghanaian game studio Leti Arts has achieved a significant milestone with their mobile game, Puzzle Scout, reaching the top spot on the App Store in Ghana. This success highlights Leti Arts' talent and creativity in developing engaging and popular games. Puzzle Scout offers fun puzzles, immersive storytelling, and stunning...
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Meet Samori Gambrah, the Global Brand Director for Captain Morgan, a Ghanaian American-born individual who takes great pride in his diverse cultural heritage. Besides his successful career in brand management, he considers his most significant role to be a devoted father to his two sons, Samori II and Hendrix,...
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Partech Africa, the VC fund dedicated to technology startups in Africa, has issued its annual report on Africa Tech Venture Capital. The report, which aims to provide a practical picture of the state of the ecosystem, revealed that despite the global VC downturn, the African tech ecosystem grew faster...
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MEST Africa Challenge has announced the top five finalists going into the final stage of the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge pitch competition. The startups that will compete in the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge pitch competition are Sproutly (Nigeria), Kweli (Senegal), Swoove (Ghana), Hisa (Kenya), and Desert Green Africa (South...
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A joint Pan-African venture capital fund between AfricInvest and Cathay Innovation announced the completion of its final closing of €110M. Cathay Innovation, a worldwide venture capital firm, and AfricInvest, a top multi-asset investment platform in Africa, have achieved the final closure of their combined Pan-African Venture Fund, Cathay AfricInvest...
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Paystack Ghana has received a new license to continue helping businesses in Ghana grow. Nigerian-based fintech, Paystack has been granted a Payment Services Provider (PSP) Enhanced license by the Bank of Ghana. The licence, the highest level in the PSP category, permits Paystack to process EMV GH-Link prepaid cards for...
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Emirates Airlines has resumed flights to five African countries, including Ghana, Guinea, Angola, Ivory Coast, and Uganda, after a brief hiatus in December. After pausing flights in December, Dubai-based Emirates has resumed flights to five African countries, including Ghana, Guinea, Angola, Ivory Coast, and Uganda. The airline had suspended...
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The industrial art and craft sub-sector contributed a total of $30,630,413 (1.08 per cent) of Ghana’s non-traditional exports (NTEs) earnings in 2020, the report on ‘Analysis of Non-Traditional Export Statistics’ has revealed.
The figure indicates an increase of 110.88 per cent from $14,524,610 in 2019, and it is attributed to...
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The AfCFTA Secretariat and its partners on the 4D, ProPer, and Caravan Initiatives, AfroChampions and the Arab Bank for Economic Development (BADEA), have announced the winners of the AfCFTA Caravan Prize. Five winners have been announced out of the 10 finalists. The 20 finalists and semi-finalists were tasked with conceiving...
Ghanaian game studio Leti Arts has achieved a significant milestone with their mobile game, Puzzle Scout, reaching the top spot on the App Store in Ghana. This success highlights Leti Arts' talent and creativity in developing engaging and popular games. Puzzle Scout offers fun puzzles, immersive storytelling, and stunning...
Meet Samori Gambrah, the Global Brand Director for Captain Morgan, a Ghanaian American-born individual who takes great pride in his diverse cultural heritage. Besides his successful career in brand management, he considers his most significant role to be a devoted father to his two sons, Samori II and Hendrix,...
Partech Africa, the VC fund dedicated to technology startups in Africa, has issued its annual report on Africa Tech Venture Capital. The report, which aims to provide a practical picture of the state of the ecosystem, revealed that despite the global VC downturn, the African tech ecosystem grew faster...
MEST Africa Challenge has announced the top five finalists going into the final stage of the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge pitch competition. The startups that will compete in the 2022 MEST Africa Challenge pitch competition are Sproutly (Nigeria), Kweli (Senegal), Swoove (Ghana), Hisa (Kenya), and Desert Green Africa (South...
A joint Pan-African venture capital fund between AfricInvest and Cathay Innovation announced the completion of its final closing of €110M. Cathay Innovation, a worldwide venture capital firm, and AfricInvest, a top multi-asset investment platform in Africa, have achieved the final closure of their combined Pan-African Venture Fund, Cathay AfricInvest...
Paystack Ghana has received a new license to continue helping businesses in Ghana grow. Nigerian-based fintech, Paystack has been granted a Payment Services Provider (PSP) Enhanced license by the Bank of Ghana. The licence, the highest level in the PSP category, permits Paystack to process EMV GH-Link prepaid cards for...
Emirates Airlines has resumed flights to five African countries, including Ghana, Guinea, Angola, Ivory Coast, and Uganda, after a brief hiatus in December. After pausing flights in December, Dubai-based Emirates has resumed flights to five African countries, including Ghana, Guinea, Angola, Ivory Coast, and Uganda. The airline had suspended...
The industrial art and craft sub-sector contributed a total of $30,630,413 (1.08 per cent) of Ghana’s non-traditional exports (NTEs) earnings in 2020, the report on ‘Analysis of Non-Traditional Export Statistics’ has revealed. The figure indicates an increase of 110.88 per cent from $14,524,610 in 2019, and it is attributed to...
The AfCFTA Secretariat and its partners on the 4D, ProPer, and Caravan Initiatives, AfroChampions and the Arab Bank for Economic Development (BADEA), have announced the winners of the AfCFTA Caravan Prize. Five winners have been announced out of the 10 finalists. The 20 finalists and semi-finalists were tasked with conceiving...