Jumia, the leading pan-African e-commerce platform, today announced the launch of e-doctor, a telemedicine service which aims at providing quality, affordable and digital real-time healthcare consultations in Nigeria.
Consumers will have access to a licensed doctor through the e-doctor service on the JumiaPay app. This medical consultation service seeks to address healthcare access issues faced by…
The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and its agencies like NITDA will work closely with Nigerian startups to ensure the procurement of technology solutions without going through unnecessary bureaucratic processes, an official said.
Upon approval by the…
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…
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. While it can be seen as bragging rights for some, MFS Africa made the deal out of a necessity for its next growth phase.
MFS…
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…
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…