IT総合 Sukhiba eyes expansion to power WhatsApp conversational commerce in Africa
The social commerce market size in Africa is expected to continue growing as businesses and micro-entrepreneurs embrace ...
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IT総合 IT総合 LeapFrog to double down on financial and healthcare sectors in Africa and Asia with the new fund
LeapFrog Investments, a private equity firm that is keen on the financial and healthcare sectors, plans to raise $1 bill...
IT総合 Meta negotiations with moderators in Kenya over labor dispute collapse
Out of court negotiations between content moderators, Meta and Sama; the social giant’s former content review partner in...
IT総合 Zest Equity, a UAE-based startup digitizing private market deals, raises $3.8M seed funding
UAE-based Zest Equity, a startup digitizing private market dealings, has raised $3.8 million seed funding to build more ...
IT総合 Kenyan legislative committee calls for Worldcoin shutdown in the country
A Kenyan parliamentary committee formed in August to investigate operations and activities of Sam Altman’s crypto projec...
IT総合 KSOC says it’s tackling cloud-native security in a way that is Kubernetes-first
The take-up of Kubernetes, a tool for managing containerized workloads, is only expected to increase as demand for cloud...
IT総合 South Africa’s FinanceGPT simplifies financial analysis, set to interface in local languages
FinanceGPT is a generative AI startup built to help companies in their financial analysis tasks. Initially built for sta...
IT総合 Kenyan fintech FlexPay is helping shoppers save for future purchases
FlexPay Technologies is a Kenyan fintech out to enable consumers to afford products that would have otherwise been out o...
IT総合 Roam unveils new EV bus model to tap Kenya’s mass transit sector
Kenya-based EV startup Roam has unveiled a new shuttle bus model dubbed Move, coming as the East African country continu...
IT総合 Tugende takes first step towards repayment of defaulted $5M Goldfinch loan
Tugende, a venture-backed lender based in Uganda, and Warbler Labs, the company building Goldfinch, a decentralized cred...
IT総合 Brine Fi challenges Coinbase, Binance with decentralized exchange as it nets Pantera-led $16.5M round
After the collapse of FTX, crypto traders have been looking for decentralized, non-custodial and safer ways to execute o...
IT総合 Catalyst Fund reaches first close to back climate-tech startups in Africa
The Catalyst Fund by BFA Global has reached the first close of its $40 million fund intended for investment in climate s...
IT総合 Why PE firm Alitheia is banking on women in Africa
African women-founders find it incredibly hard to raise capital from private markets, and even banks, a gap that “gender...
IT総合 Meta and moderators agree to mediation on labor dispute
Content moderators suing Meta and its former content review partner in Africa, Sama, for alleged unlawful dismissal, hav...
IT総合 Moniepoint cleared to acquire Kenyan fintech Kopo Kopo
The competition regulator in Kenya has given Moniepoint, the Nigerian fintech that provides business payments and bankin...
IT総合 Twiga lays off 33% of its staff, disbands in-house delivery and introduces logistics marketplace
Twiga will conduct another round of layoffs to keep its business afloat amid macroeconomic headwinds that have made capi...
IT総合 Zanifu raises $11.2M to scale its inventory financing offering in Kenya
Zanifu, a Kenyan fintech providing inventory financing to micro, small and medium-sized businesses, has raised $11.2 mil...
IT総合 Worldcoin ignored initial order to stop iris scans in Kenya, records show
Months before Kenya finally banned iris scans by Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin, the Office of the Data Protectio...
IT総合 Worldcoin plans to resume iris scans in Kenya
Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin yesterday faced its first major hurdle in Africa when authorities in Kenya suspend...
IT総合 Kenya suspends Worldcoin scans over security, privacy and financial concerns
Kenya was one of the first countries where Worldcoin — the controversial startup that aims to create a new “...
IT総合 Nigeria’s Remedial Health gets QED backing in $12M round
Remedial Health, a Nigerian startup digitizing pharmacies and bringing efficiency to the pharmaceutical value chain, has...
IT総合 Kenya’s FarmWorks raises $4M pre-Series A funding
FarmWorks, a Kenyan agtech that provides farmers with access to farm inputs, and market for their produce, has raised $4...
IT総合 Blow for Flutterwave as Kenyan court declines request to withdraw case
Plans by Kenya’s Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) to withdraw its second case against African fintech giant Flutterwave have...
IT総合 Public transit is driving EV sector growth in Kenya
The public transit sector in Kenya is driving the country’s electric vehicle adoption as global calls for a switch to su...
IT総合 Workers that made ChatGPT less harmful ask lawmakers to stem alleged exploitation by Big Tech
Kenyan workers who helped remove harmful content on ChatGPT, OpenAI’s smart search engine that generates content based o...
IT総合 Kenya’s Lawyers Hub gains traction helping startups meet regulatory compliance
African startups clashing with regulators due to non-compliance are often faced with far-reaching consequences, includin...
IT総合 UK’s early-stage media tech VC GMG Ventures rebrands to Mercuri, closes £50M fund
UK-based early-stage media technology venture capital firm GMG Ventures has rebranded to Mercuri. It has also raised £50...
IT総合 Kenya’s MyDawa aims to be an all-in-one health platform backed by $20 million funding
Kenyan e-health startup MyDawa has raised $20 million funding from private equity investor Alta Semper Capital, to expan...
IT総合 Techstars raising $150 million for new accelerator fund
Startup accelerator Techstars is raising $150 million for its new fund, SEC filings show. The accelerator is seeking new...
IT総合 ShopZetu raises pre-seed funding to fuel growth of its fashion marketplace beyond Kenya
Kenyan fashion e-commerce startup ShopZetu is set to add beauty and home décor categories to its portfolio, in response ...