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Brolly has been selected for the summer 2023 cohort of the Techstars accelerator in Tulsa, Oklahoma, securing access to mentorship, US$120,000 in funding, and the opportunity to secure further investment at demo day. The startup has now…

Miva Open University has received an Open Distance eLearning License from Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council. According to statements on the university’s website, it would offer undergraduate courses in Computer Science, Cyber Security,…

The Kenyan government says the country will unveil its first locally made and affordable smartphones in the next two months to increase the penetration of internet-enabled mobile phones. Eliud Owalo, Kenya’s ICT Cabinet Secretary (CS),…

Grey has picked Kenya as its East African hub as it expands regional operations.   Its products include foreign bank accounts, instant currency exchange, and international money transfers. Launched in 2021 by Idorenyin Obong and Femi…

Chari has secured further funding from Plug and Play to help it continue on its growth trajectory. The platform has onboarded over 20,000 food businesses in Morocco and expanded into Tunisia and Ivory Coast. A participant in the Y…

Helpoo has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Saudi firm Morni Holding to help it scale. Helpoo is an integrated tech-enabled service application that offers timely, high-quality motor vehicle insurance inspections, insurance…

Port443 has secured an undisclosed amount of funding to help it expand its reach further into Africa and the Middle East. Founded by ML Conradie and Tony Walt in August 2021, Port443’s customers include well-known ISP, manufacturing, and…

Tech entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, revealed that Linda Yaccarino has been appointed as Twitter's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Yaccarino is a highly respected and accomplished executive in the media industry,…

M-KOPA said it closed over $250M in new debt and equity funding to expand its financial services offering to underbanked consumers across Sub-Saharan Africa. This marks one of the most significant debt and equity raises in the African tech…

Gricd has secured $1.5 million in a seed funding round. The funding round was led by Atlantica Ventures, with Vested World, Jaza Rift, and Katapult’s participation to expand across Africa and deliver new solutions that will make it easier…