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…
With operations spread across Nigeria, Senegal and Ivory Coast, BetaStore, a tech-enabled B2B retail startup, has closed a $2.5 million pre-series A funding round.
The fund will enable BetaStore’s expansion into Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon by the…
Leading digital identity and consumer analytics technology company, VerifyMe Nigeria, has launched a digital plate number verification service that verifies motor vehicle and motor owner data instantly via plate numbers.
With products such as license plate verification…
LESSONS TO LEARN FROM THE DOWNTURN AND PANIC OF THE TECH MARKET BY IYIN ABOYEJI
May 27, 2022
Iyin Aboyeji took up to this Twitter page @iyin.eth to educate people on how to trive in this supposedly trying times. He dropped bullet points and concluded the tweet thread with the Bible verse Jude1:24 “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,(KJV-king James version)”
Here is a summary of all he…
The leading Nigeria fintech platform shares the below on its twitter page:
Hi team We’re partnering with our friends
@VC4Africa
to help women founders of fast-growing startups across Africa to access capital to grow their products. If this is you, apply here to get…
Traction, a Nigeria-based fintech, thinks it can solve this problem using its proprietary solution.
The company provides an app that business owners can use to accept payments, generate invoices, manage inventory, and track payments. It also enables the merchant’s…
Cliqki is a social media marketplace for brands and influencers where content creators can create awareness for their products and services, and offer incentives to users and influencers to help promote their services.
Upon realisation that traditional social media make millions of dollars as revenue from brands and the users get only a little portion, the Odufuye triplets, Adetomi Odufuye (CEO)…
Mastercard has partnered with OPay, a seamless mobile money service provider, to grow a cashless ecosystem and advance digital financial inclusion for millions of people across middle East and Africa.
This partnership is the latest milestone in Mastercard’s emerging…
Nigerian clean-tech startup Kaltani raises $4m to tackle plastic pollution in Africa
May 23, 2022
Nigerian clean-tech plastic waste recycling company Kaltani has raised US$4 million in seed funding to expand its recycling operations across the country.
Founded in Nigeria by Engineer Obi Charles Nnanna, Kaltani aims to solve Africa’s growing plastic waste crisis by…
Nigerian logistics startup Topship has raised a US$2.5 million funding round as it continues to build the “Flexport for Africa”.
Launched in June 2020, Topship allows African businesses to export and import cargo, freight and parcels to their suppliers, distributors and customers at any location worldwide.
The startup says it is building “Flexport for Africa”, and it has now raised a…