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Chari has launched a new chain of B2B stores to meet the needs of local grocery stores. The platform has onboarded over 20,000 food businesses in Morocco and expanded into Tunisia and Ivory Coast. A participant in the Y Combinator S21…

Prepdia said it has grown to Gabon after seeing impressive growth in its home market. Prepdia has assisted more than 1,200 learners with more than 400 tutors across the country and sold more than 75,000 hours of lessons. It has also…

Pandascrow has launched a payments solutions platform built on escrow technology to help African businesses grow from new startups to market leaders in the commerce industry and beyond. Pandascrow was born out of the painful experiences…

Flat6Labs has announced the launch of a new US$95 million fund to nurture the growth and development of early-stage tech startups on the African continent. Flat6labs said Its new Africa Seed Fund (ASF) will focus on three primary…

On March 10, the President  & CEO of YCombinator, Garry Tan,  tweeted that 30% of YC companies cannot make payroll in the next 30 days due to Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) failure. SVB's failure is the most significant US bank failure…

Andela said it has acquired a 100% stake in Qualified, an assessment platform that certifies top engineering talents. The deal, which was finalized at an undisclosed sum, will add about 3.6 million engineering talents to Andela’s global…

Nigeria is the largest and most populous country, in Africa, with a growing economy and a young, tech-savvy population. In recent years, the country has seen a surge in technology adoption, with an increasing number of businesses and…

Envisionit Deep AI has raised US$1.65 million in funding to unlock its next growth phase, as it aims to address critical shortages in the African and emerging market healthcare sector and democratize access to diagnostic imaging using…

Naked said it had raised US$17 million in Series B funding to drive its growth. In 2021, Naked raised a US$11 million Series A funding round, led by Naspers, and has now secured US$17 million in Series B funding. This funding round was…

Dell said it would cut 6,650 jobs from its global workforce, as the PC maker becomes the latest tech firm to reduce costs amid economic uncertainty. Dell told employees that market conditions were deteriorating and that initial attempts to…