IT総合 MVP Match, a tech-talent marketplace, raises $5M from Stage 2 Capital
Tech-talent marketplace MVP Match has raised €5 million ($5 million) seed funding from Stage 2 Capital to double down it...
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IT総合 IT総合 Kenya’s HotelOnline acquires hospitality software company HotelPlus
HotelOnline, a Kenyan-based travel technology scale-up that fashions itself as an e-commerce and digital marketing enabl...
IT総合 Uber wants court to nullify Kenya’s new ride-hailing law that caps service fee at 18%
Uber has appealed to Kenya’s apex court to annul the new digital taxi-hailing regulations claiming that some aspects are...
IT総合 Userpilot, a product-led growth platform for SaaS companies, raises $4.6M
Userpilot, a product-led growth platform for SaaS companies, has raised $4.6 million seed funding in a round led by Sili...
IT総合 Seedstars Africa Ventures appoints new partner to back more founders in the continent
Seedstars Africa Ventures, the pan-African early-stage fund for startups, has appointed Bruce Nsereko-Lule as its new ge...
IT総合 Jumia, Zipline launch drone package delivery in Ghana
Jumia, the pan-African e-commerce company, has partnered with Zipline, to launch on-demand drone delivery in Ghana, with...
IT総合 Kenyan fintech Pezesha raises $11M backed by Women’s World Banking, Cardano parent IOG
Access to finance remains a key growth constraint for small businesses, with data showing a $330 billion financing defic...
IT総合 New rules for digital lenders in Kenya aim to weed out bad actors while bolstering sector growth
Fresh regulations are often met with skepticism from startup founders, but digital lenders in Kenya largely seem to be u...
IT総合 Google Wallet enters South Africa to tap digital payments growth
Google Wallet is now available in South Africa, the first market for this product in Africa, to make it easy for users t...
IT総合 YC-backed Zywa, a neobank for Gen Z, raises $3M to expand across MENA
Dubai-based Zywa, a neobank for Gen Z, plans to fuel its growth in the United Arabs Emirates (U.A.E), and to kick-start ...
IT総合 Kenyan agtech iProcure raises $10.2M to grow its input supply network
The shortage of agricultural inputs like fertilizer, unpredictable prices, and the proliferation of substandard products...
IT総合 Ex-Novastar partner Niraj Varia takes on new challenge as CEO of Kenyan agtech iProcure
Niraj Varia spent the last eight years at Novastar Ventures, a global VC with hubs in Nairobi, Lagos and London, having ...
IT総合 VCs set sights on African countries beyond the ‘Big Four’
Africa’s tech startup scene has grown significantly over the last decade, with various reports showing a sizable increas...
IT総合 In Africa, Kenyan startups have so far recorded highest funding growth this year
Kenyan startups raised nearly one billion dollars in the first half of 2022, surpassing what the country raised in the w...
IT総合 Startups among entities to face tougher laws as Kenya moves to protect personal data
Startups processing personal data in Kenya are among the entities required to register with the Office of the Data Commi...
IT総合 Kenyan insurtech Lami raises $3.7M seed extension led by Harlem Capital
Right from the launch of its first product in 2020, Kenyan insurtech Lami Technologies set out to increase insurance pen...
IT総合 Kenya directs all banks to stop dealing with Chipper Cash, Flutterwave, saying they are unlicensed
A day after Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Kenya’s monetary authority, said that Chipper Cash and Flutterwave were not lic...
IT総合 Facebook risks ban in Kenya for failing to stop hate speech
Kenya’s ethnic cohesion watchdog, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), has directed Facebook to stop...
IT総合 US-based fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenya’s Daraja microfinance bank
Umba, a US-based digital bank with a focus on emerging markets, has acquired a majority shareholding of Daraja, a Kenyan...
IT総合 Facebook glitch hides users’ comments on pages, draws mixed speculations
Facebook users were yesterday unable to engage in discussions or see comments on popular pages, sending confusion to som...
IT総合 As Africa’s digital economy grows, expensive internet hinders investor activity in some countries
A new report detailing the cost of mobile data in different markets across the world, bears the evidence of why internet...
IT総合 Rights groups tell Meta to stop efforts to gag whistleblower
Rights groups are calling on Meta to halt attempts to silence Daniel Motaung, a South African content moderator and whis...
IT総合 Kenyan VC firm FrontEnd Ventures unveils fund to back local founders
After spending years in London, matching Kenyans in the diaspora with investment opportunities back home, and later on a...
IT総合 Funding gap excludes Black-owned startups from South Africa’s booming digital economy
South Africa’s digital industry is among the fastest-growing segments of its economy. However, the low level of racial i...
IT総合 Big tech companies in the spotlight as South Africa investigates dominance abuse
Big tech companies are facing increased scrutiny in South Africa for dominance abuse and anti-competitive behavior, just...
IT総合 SendSprint, by ex-Flutterwave executive, hits market with $5 flat fee for all international money transfers
SendSprint, a money transfer startup based in the UK but with operations in the US and Nigeria, has been launched today ...
IT総合 Persistent Energy raises $10M to grow its clean-tech venture building business in Africa
Persistent Energy has raised $10 million Series C funding to grow its clean-tech venture building business in Africa, in...
IT総合 Universal Music Group signs licensing deal with African streaming service Mdundo
The music catalog of the Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s largest record company, will be available to users of ...
IT総合 Flutterwave denies money laundering and fraud allegations following accounts freeze by Kenyan agency
Flutterwave has come out to deny the fraud and money laundering claims leveled against it by Kenya’s Asset Recovery Agen...
IT総合 Autochek acquires CoinAfrique to grow its footprint in Francophone Africa
Automotive e-commerce company Autochek has expanded to new markets in Africa after acquiring CoinAfrique, a classified a...