IT総合 Online food delivery platforms in Kenya under probe
The competition regulator in Kenya is probing the conduct of online food delivery and groceries platforms to inform its ...
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IT総合 IT総合 Big Tech on notice as regulators in Africa group to investigate their market conduct
Several competition watchdogs in Africa plan to collectively interrogate the market conduct of global digital firms, put...
IT総合 African watchdog forces Jumia to review its terms in push to protect consumers
Africa’s largest e-commerce site Jumia has amended its terms and conditions after the regional watchdog, the COMESA (Com...
IT総合 South Africa’s Envisionit Deep AI gets $1.65M to expand access to medical imaging
Dr. Jaishree Naidoo was in charge of pediatric radiology at a South African hospital in 2014, when she had a moment of e...
IT総合 YC-backed HR-payroll provider Workpay raises $2.7M to scale in Africa
The HR payroll market across the world is expected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2% reaching a $14...
IT総合 Jumba, a Kenyan startup simplifying sourcing of construction supplies, raises $4.5M
Less than a year after launch, Kenyan B2B construction tech startup Jumba has secured clients in major regions of the Ea...
IT総合 Kenya’s fintech Power set to scale after $3M seed round
After working in Africa’s microfinance space for seven years, including at Botswana’s Letshego, Brian Dempsey took a bre...
IT総合 Africa’s smartphone market shrunk by 18% last year
Africa’s smartphone market shrunk by 18% in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to the International Data Corp...
IT総合 Morocco’s foodtech Terraa raises $1.5M led by FoodLabs
Terraa, a Moroccan B2B tech-enabled food distribution platform, has raised $1.5 million pre-seed funding in a round led...
IT総合 Cleantech Qotto embarks on growth plan backed by $8M funding
Qotto, a solar kits provider with operations in Burkina Faso and Benin, has raised $8 million in a Series A equity-debt ...
IT総合 BuuPass raises $1.3M to scale mobility sector digitization in Africa
The public transport sector in Kenya is largely traditional and a majority of operators, especially those in road travel...
IT総合 Palm.hr raises $5M, embarks on MENA growth
A few years ago, Richard Shrems was working as a human resources consultant in Riyadh, and at one point sought to implem...
IT総合 Gameball raises $3.5M to scale its CRM platform for consumer brands
The uptake of customer relationship management (CRM) tools has grown immensely over the last few years such that the mar...
IT総合 Meta fails in bid to be removed as a party from an exploitation lawsuit against it and moderation partner Sama in Kenya
More drama is afoot for Facebook’s parent company Meta on the African continent. A Kenyan court today rejected Met...
IT総合 More job cuts loom as Sendy changes course in Nigeria
In October last year, Sendy, a Kenyan logistics scale-up, wound up its supplies service, which enabled retailers to purc...
IT総合 Kenya’s growth was strongest in Africa’s VC market; Clean tech, E-commerce pulled in most of the funding
As VC activity slowed down globally last year, Kenya defied odds to record the strongest growth in funding raised in Afr...
IT総合 Dubai-based accounting and financial compliance startup, Wafeq, raises $3M
In 2016, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states signed the Value Added Tax (VAT) agreement paving way for the ...
IT総合 Why international DFIs are looking to African startups to scale impact investing efforts
Even as VC funding dries up across the world, development finance institutions (DFIs) are looking to African startups to...
IT総合 Uber, Bolt drivers hope for increased earnings foiled as Tanzania reinstates 25% commission
Barely a year after Tanzania capped the commissions that e-hailing firms like Uber and Bolt charge their partners at 15%...
IT総合 Kenyan fintech Kwara raises $3M seed extension, signs deal to reach over 4,000 credit unions
Kwara, a Kenyan fintech digitizing credit unions (saccos), more than doubled its client base last year, and its eyeing e...
IT総合 Xetova exploring market data gaps in Africa to boost trade insight access
Africa is seen as the next trade frontier, following the coming into force of The African Continental Free Trade Area (A...
IT総合 Africa predicted to experience sustained funding slowdown in 2023
Africa seemed to defy the global venture funding decline in the first half of 2022 after its startups raised $3 billion,...
IT総合 Meta’s main content moderation partner in Africa shuts down operations
Meta’s main subcontractor for content moderation in Africa, Sama, earlier Tuesday announced the closure of its content m...
IT総合 Questions linger over Facebook, Twitter, TikTok’s commitment to uphold election integrity in Africa, as countries head to polls
A dozen countries in Africa including Nigeria, the continent’s biggest economy and democracy, are expected to hold their...
IT総合 MyHealth Africa, a startup connecting patients with health specialists across the globe, lands $1M funding
Kenya-based MyHealth Africa, an integrated healthcare platform changing how people access medical services, by connectin...
IT総合 Egypt’s Suplyd raises $1.6M to digitize restaurants supply chain
Suplyd, a procurement platform for hotels, restaurants and catering (HoReCa) businesses in Egypt, has raised $1.6 millio...
IT総合 Meta sued by Ethiopians and Kenyan rights group for fueling Tigray War
A lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company Meta was filed earlier today in Kenya’s High Court over its alleged role in ...
IT総合 Zeraki, a Kenyan edtech providing digital solutions for school admin, raises $1.8M
Zeraki, a Kenyan edtech that has built digital learning and school data analytics platforms, has raised $1.8 million see...
IT総合 With $3M new funding, Egyptian startup OneOrder sets out on growth drive
OneOrder, Egypt’s supply chain solutions provider for restaurants, has raised $3 million seed funding led by Nclude with...
IT総合 Social commerce startup Kapu, by ex-Jumia executive, comes out of stealth with $8M funding
Kapu, a social commerce startup, coming out of stealth today having raised $8 million seed funding, is hoping to help le...