Survey Reveals 86% of African Tech Founders Report Impact on …
2 days ago · The survey revealed that 86% of founders report an impact on their wellbeing, with 60% reporting anxiety, 58% high stress, 52% exhaustion and burnout, and 20% depression. Furthermore, no one is immune to these effects; even high-performing founders feel the pressure, with more than 7 in 10 founders who say their startups are “thriving ...
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Visa Invests in Four African FinTech Startups From Accelerator …
3 days ago · Visa has announced investment into four startups that graduated from the first batch of its Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program. The startups are Ghana-based Oze, which offers embedded financial services to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs); Kenya-based Workpay, an HR tech firm; Nigeria-based OkHi, which digitally verifies addresses ...
Coins by Bamboo Launches to Empower Nigerians in Diaspora …
Nov 6, 2024 · Bamboo, the investment platform enabling Africans to invest globally through real-time access to global markets, has launched its remittance app, “Coins by Bamboo.” Backed by the Canadian Money Service Business licence, the new remittance app, available on the Google Play and Apple stores for download, will enable Nigerians in the diaspora to make faster, more secure and cheaper money ...
Nigeria's MDaas Expands to Cameroon - techawkng.com
2 days ago · MDaaS Global, a Nigerian healthcare company, has launched in Cameroon opening its first diagnostic clinic. Founded in 2017, MDaaS provides a range of diagnostic services, including X-rays, ultrasounds, and laboratory tests, through its 16 clinics in Nigeria. MDaaS CEO Oluwasoga Oni explained, “We observed that customer service and efficiency ...
20 African Female Founded Tech Start-ups Selected for The Future …
Nov 7, 2024 · Twenty African female-founded tech startups have been selected for the fifth edition of The Future is Female Mentorship Program, a PR and communications mentorship program dedicated exclusively to African female tech founders.. Launched on Africa Day in 2020, by the Africa tech-focused PR agency C. Moore Media International PR, acquired by global agency Allison, The Future is Female Mentorship ...
ETAP Secures Insurtech Operational License in Ghana
Oct 30, 2024 · ETAP, an insurtech that creates solutions and incentives to deepen insurance penetration across Africa, has acquired an operational license from the National Insurance Commission (NIC) of Ghana. This will enable the startup to process claims, collect premiums and provide other innovative auto insurance products and services to consumers and businesses in the Ghanaian market.
Nigeria’s Decagon Secures Funding to Train and Finance Software …
Aug 6, 2021 · Decagon, a Nigerian startup that helps leading companies build faster with vetted remote software engineering talents, has raised a $1.5 million funding from Kepple Africa and Timon Capital. Some angel investors like Paul Kokoricha, managing partner of the private equity business of ACA, and Tokyo-based UNITED Inc., also took part.
TLcom Secures First Close of $150mn Pan-African Tech Fund
Jan 27, 2022 · TLcom, the Africa-focused venture capital firm, has announced a first close of $70mn for its $150mn Africa-focused tech fund. With the first close in line with the total size of its TIDE Africa Fund closed in 2020, TLcom’s second fund sees participation from Allianz, through AfricaGrow, its joint venture with DEG Impact (German Investment Corporation), as well as a host of new and returning ...
Nigeria's MAX Gets UK Govt Backing to Assemble Electric Vehicles …
Sep 21, 2021 · Metro Africa Xpress (MAX) has received the backing of the United Kingdom government through its Manufacturing Africa Initiative to assemble electric vehicles in Nigeria.. Catriona Laing, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, disclosed this during a recent courtesy visit to MAX in Lekki, Lagos.