• Ghanaian Fintech startup, BezoMoney raises $200k in seed round

    BezoMoney, an Accra-based fintech startup, has secured US$200,000 in a seed funding round led by Goodsoil VC, a venture capital firm based in London. According to the fintech, the funding will be used to acquire the Payment and Financial Technology Service Providers (PFTSP) license in Ghana, build and deploy...
  • Zeepay Ghana commissions state-of-the-art Fintech Campus

    Fintech company Zeepay Ghana has commissioned a state-of-the-art Fintech Campus in Accra, Ghana. Zeepay Ghana, Africa’s fastest-growing fintech, has commissioned its state-of-the-art fintech campus in Cantonments, in the heart of the city of Accra. The campus was purposely built with high tech facilities that adopt artificial intelligence technology in...
  • Clubhouse to Launch Android version in Early May

    The launch can boost the Clubhouse users in India, which now stands at 100,000. The iOS-only app currently has 13.4 million downloads. Clubhouse, an audio-based social network for iOS, is eyeing to unveil its Android release in early May. It sees stiff competition from its counterpart Twitter Spaces, which...
  • Facebook Is Working on a New App to Compete With Clubhouse

    According to The New York Times, Facebook is working on an audio-focused social network to compete with Clubhouse, an invitation-only voice chat app that launched only last year. We don't know when Facebook started production its Clubhouse clone, but we do know that the team working on it currently refers to the product...
  • Twitter to Label the Personal Accounts of Government Officials

    Social media giant, Twitter will soon start placing labels on the personal accounts of government officials. The labels are supposed to help users easily identify anyone associated with the government....
  • Digital in Ghana: All the Statistics You Need in 2021

    #Digital2021: The state of Ghana’s 2021 digital landscape is mapped out in this new report by We Are Social and Hootsuite. Digital innovation has played a critical role in strengthening the relationship between government policies, regulatory institutions, and the desired economic, political, and social outcomes, and it continues to...
  • Tanzania’s Bongo Live! Rebrands to Beem as it Expands Internationally

    Bongo Live!, now Beem, which offers a wide range of services including advanced SMS Messaging, USSD, Airtime, Chatbot, Mobile Money Integration capabilities, and On-Boarding Tools, is also expanding to serve its international audience and multinational clients such as Samsung, Nestle, and Qatar Airways....
  • Ghana’s AgroCenta raises US$ 790k to scale its Agritech Ecosystem

    Ghana’s AgroCenta has raised $790k to enable AgroCenta to further develop its smallholder farmer inclusion programs and procure crops at transparent and fair market prices to service offtake contracts....
  • Nigeria fintech Carbon hits $240M in processed payments

    Nigeria fintech startup Carbon disclosed its financials for the first time. In 2020 the company processed upwards of $241.35 million. ...