Many businesses looking to set up pan-African operations are often met with the challenge of establishing payment services that are appropriate for each country they go to. Most of the payment services merchants working in the continent have solutions that are limited to specific regions, meaning that businesses have to sign deals with multiple providers to cater for the unique preferences of…
Pan-African digital payments company MFS Africa is acquiring U.S.-based Global Technology Partners (GTP) in a cash-and-shares deal worth $34 million, FT reported today.
There are very few deals of such manner; that is, an African tech company buying up a U.S.-based one.
LandWey Pioneers Social Impact Initiative & Set to Plant 5000 Trees in 12 Months
June 3, 2022
LandWey, one of Nigeria’s largest residential developers, intends to plant and conserve 5000 trees by June 2023 in its efforts to fight deforestation and climate change. The effort comes as part of the Build for a Change initiative, a 2-in-1 social impact drive committed…
Blockchain-based company, Vault Hill, has launched its NFT marketplace with the public sale of land in its human-centric metaverse, Vault Hill City (VHC). The ongoing sale is being held auction style using its native token, $VHC.
As part of the land sale, a free HTC VIVE Flow VR glasses will be given per parcel of land bought. However, to ensure scarcity and value, a limited number of…
Adaverse Backs Cassava Network With A Seed Investment To Empower African Content Creators
June 2, 2022
Adaverse, a Cardano ecosystem accelerator established to foster the growth of crypto-native projects in Africa, today announced its investment into a seed funding round for Cassava Network, a blockchain infrastructure that empowers African content creators, developers, and…
DriveMe, Nigeria’s leading mobility technology company, announced the closing of a pre-seed funding round with participation from Niche Capital, FM Capital, and a few local angel investors. This funding will aid in their local expansion and product development.
DriveMe is…
The use of technology or the internet to connect patients to doctors goes as far back as 1994 (PDF) in the MENA region, when Egypt is considered that date is 2002. But wars, doctor and patient resistance, poor infrastructure, lack of funding, poor system quality, and lack of information technology training have hindered the adoption and growth of telemedicine in the MENA region.
These…
The 150-year-old iconic Brand KOHLER has expanded its presence throughout Africa to further its philosophy of ‘Gracious Living’ in this rapidly growing continent. Over the last one and a half century, Kohler has become a global multi-industry brand which designs…
Without mincing words, the current curriculum hinders the development of these youths. Or how else does one explain the case of 19 year-old Emmanuel Njoku who rebelled against university education because the curriculum was too elementary for him. He subsequently had to drop…
SOLO CRYPTO GURU AND BINANCE AFRICA AMBASSADOR “CROSS DA BOSS” IN AWE😲😍 AFTER MEETING ONE OF THE RICHEST BUSINESS MEN IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD AT LARGE “ALIKO DANGOTE” AT A PARTY
In business one of the key to business growth is networking, business owners use networking as a means to form relationships with others, in like or related fields, that help to expand their business ability…