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Gamic Guild made it into Binance Labs Season 4

Binance Labs has accepted the leading gaming guild in Africa into its incubation program, Gamic Guild to position the guild as the most sought after gaming guild in Africa. Binance Labs is excited to help Gamic Guild create massive opportunities, access an extensive network of industry leaders, establish a strong market presence and launch market-fit products and services. GameFi recorded over…
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AfCFTA marks 3rd anniversary with hackathon to support SMEs/Start-ups

Throughout the month of May, Wamkele Mene, the Secretary-General of AfCFTA, and Mahamadou Issoufou, the AfCFTA Champion and former President, are hosting a month-long Hackathon. They are searching for creatives who can assist SMEs upgrade their brand identity to help them upscale and make profit. The hackathon is also for small businesses in the product manufacturing terrain. The categories…
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How Lendsqr is solving Africa’s credit problems

With a population of 1.4 billion people, Africa’s demand for smartphones, internet, the good things of life, is growing at a rapid pace. Many of these, including education, health, would need to be financed with credit. However, access to credit continues to be a challenge which becomes a barrier for the young woman in Accra from realizing her dreams and the lad in Kampala from going to the…
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Lastmile Financials Ltd. launches PayMasta

Capitalizing on the importance of Workers’ Day on Monday, Lastmile Financials Limited, a Nigerian fintech, has officially launched PayMasta, a new product to cater to the needs of Nigerian employees, seeking to cut their wages ahead of payday. At the heart of PayMasta is…
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Norebase Secured a $1 million Pre-Seed Funding

Norebase, a Nigerian-based tradetech company launched in 2021, has secured a $1 million pre-seed funding round to accelerate plans to build a plug-and-play company incorporation technology. According to the company, the funding will broaden its trademark registration…
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Nigeria’s edtech startup, 9jacodekids, raises $350K seed funding.

A Nigeria-based edtech startup, 9jacodekids, has raised a $350K seed funding round to expand its team and operations across Nigeria. The founder and CEO, Ugochukwu Nkwocha, on Monday, confirmed the development in a post on the startup’s website. Ripples Nigeria gathered that the startup featured in Ultima’s second season of Lion’s Den, a business reality show that gives new startup owners…
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