| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.06.2025 | How Trump's Tariffs Are Reshaping Startups and Venture Capital Trump's 2025 tariffs have disrupted startups and VC markets, forcing founders to adapt through supply chain pivots, sector shifts, and al... | President Donald Trump's 2025 tariff policies — a 25% levy on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10% duty on Chinese imports — sent shockwaves through the global economy. While framed as a strategy to bolster domestic manufacturing and curb... |
| 19.04.2024 | Innovative Early-Stage Startups to Win $10,000 Cash Prize & Japan Trip at Pitch2Win 4 | Lagos, Nigeria – 10 am GMT+1, 19th April 2024 – Nigeria’s tech scene is brimming with potential, but early-stage startups often face hurdles in securing funding and gaining recognition. Last year, after a very rigorous selection process, 15... |
| 01.04.2024 | Weekly Economic Index: The Naira’s best in 5 years, CBN increases minimum capital, and Cellulant’s exit | Here are three big stories from Africa’s business and policy landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week: Naira makes a dramatic recovery in March
The Nigerian Naira defied expectations and surged against the US d... |
| 25.01.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: BlueWhite, Protix & IGS raise funding, Eatable Adventures program investing in agrifood | This week saw fundraises from “robots-as-a-service” startup BlueWhite, insect protein producer Protix, and AgFunder portco vertical farming technology provider Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS). Other startups closed new rounds for livesto... |
| 16.01.2024 | Kenya’s $27 billion loss underscores the devastating cost of social media shutdowns in Africa | Last November, Kenya experienced an unexpected shutdown of Telegram, one of its most popular social media platforms. The outage lasted for eight days and coincided with the national exams for secondary school students. It led people to beli... |
| 27.10.2023 | 6 супераппов, о которых вы никогда не слышали | Расскажем про аналог Тинькофф в Египте и африканскую версию VK.
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👉🏻 В блоге анализируем UX/UI и рассказываем, как сделать кру... |
| 04.08.2023 | Antler Malaysia appoints serial entrepreneur as associate partner | ManagementNews
Shadine Taufik · 8 Aug 2023 · 1 min readAntler Malaysia appoints serial entrepreneur as associate partner
Antler Malaysia country head and associate partner Frank Kang / Photo credit: Antler
VC firm Antler has appointed Frank... |
| 08.05.2023 | Weekly Economic Index: Nigeria’s debt reduction plan, a new blockchain policy, and Kenya’s crypto tax. | A debt dilemma: Bonding over borrowing costs?
Last week, Nigeria agreed to convert $4.9 billion of debt owed to the central bank into bonds as part of its plan to reduce the country’s debt burden. The move is expected to free up funds for i... |
| 13.02.2023 | Digital health news, funding round up in the prior week; February 13, 2023 | ShiftMed raised $200M; CVS Health bought Oak Street Health; Blue Shield of California added Virta
Top Health News
VideaHealth, a dental artificial intelligence platform, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued 510(k) cl... |
| 21.11.2022 | Digital health news, funding round up in the prior week; November 21, 2022 | DispatchHealth raised $330M; Sondermind bought True Brain; Elizabeth Holmes gets 11 years in prison
Top Health News
Highmark Health, Google Cloud, and League unveiled their collaboration on an interoperable, digital health platform that mak... |
| 17.06.2022 | Does Africa need smart cities? | City life in Africa is a unique case study. It’s one of those areas where we often see sky-high optimism among its observers in the face of outright chaos. You’d be curious how a researcher studies Africa and concludes that it will have the... |
| 05.11.2020 | The Big 5 Daily | Hey Techies,
It’s the mid-week edition of the Big 5 Daily gist o’clock.
WorldRemit has announced plans to acquire Sendwave, a US-based Africa-focused remittance app. The acquisition will be completed in cash and stakes by the fourth quarter... |
| 05.11.2020 | The Big 5 Daily | Hi Guys,
We have a brand new edition of the Big 5 Daily gist for you.
In what is recorded as the biggest acquisitions in Nigeria this year, Stripe acquired Paystack for over $200 million. The last time we heard such good news was when World... |
| 05.11.2020 | The Big 5 Daily | Hey Guys,
Welcome to a brand new edition of the Big 5 Daily.
First, on the Big 5, Andrew Left has finally denounced his fraud allegations against Jumia. He did not only denounce but has also bought shares of the e-commerce startup. The stoc... |
| 05.11.2020 | The Big 5 Daily | Hey Techies,
We have freshly juiced gists on today’s edition of the Big 5 Daily.
Karl Olutokun Toriola will take over as the CEO of MTN Group on the 1st of March 2020. He has worked for MTN Group in various capacities in the last 14 years. ... |
| 05.11.2020 | The Big 5 Daily | Hey Techies,
We have freshly juiced gists on today’s edition of the Big 5 Daily.
Huawei has launched Mondia Pay for users to be able to make cardless paments across the Middle East and African region. The app is now available for download i... |
| 05.11.2020 | The Big 5 Daily | Welcome to yet another edition of your favourite Big 5 Daily gists
Let’s go!
Mastercard Foundation has partnered with MEST Africa, and Catalyst Fund to launch a $4.3 million accelerator in Ghana. The Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce... |
| 15.08.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 14th August 2020 | Hey Guys,
The weekend is calling, Big 5 Daily is ready.
Ready? Let’s read!
Is Ethiopia liberalizing or what? After inviting Telcos to bid for as much as 40% stakes, it has come back to say that the two incoming operators will have to rent i... |
| 14.08.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 12th August 2020 | The Big 5 Daily!
FITC Nigeria has launched its Youth Connect Essay Challenge for young undergraduates across Africa. The initiative focuses on youth employability and supports youth-led innovation. If you got what it takes to write a creati... |
| 12.08.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 10th August 2020 | Hey Guys,
Welcome to a fresh and super-duper week. Here is a steaming serving of the first Big 5 Daily gists of the week.
Remember when we reported the ban of commercial motorcycles in Lagos Nigeria that affected e-hailing startups in Febru... |
| 29.07.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 29th July 2020 | Hey Guys,
It’s time for the mid-week edition of the Big 5 Daily. Leggo!
The Kampala Capital City Authorit Affairs (KCCA) has relegated Boda Boda (commercial motorcycles) to the suburbs of Uganda. This implies that commercial riders are proh... |
| 29.07.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 28th July 2020 | Hey Techies,
It’s time for the Big 5 Daily gists of the day.
Brace up!
Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative has shortlisted 50 startups out of over 22000 applications submitted from all over Africa. The first 50 will be accessed via... |
| 22.07.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 20th July 2020 | Hey guys,
Welcome to a fresh week’s edition of your Big 5 Daily
Uber has launched Uber Connect, its delivery service in Kenya and an intercity bus service in Egypt. This latest development is part of its strategy to formulate better ways of... |
| 19.07.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 16th July 2020 | TGIF!!!
Let’s delve into the Friday edition of the Big 5 Daily.
MTN has introduced e-SIMs into its Nigerian market. This feat happens to be the first-ever in West Africa. The eSIM trial will run for a year and is open on a first-come basis ... |
| 16.07.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 14th July 2020 | Hello Techies,
We have ready the Big 5 Daily gists of the day.
Have a fun read.
First, TradeDepot, a Nigeria-based e-commerce startup has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Partech. The funds will be used to provide a range of fin... |
| 10.07.2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 9th July 2020 | Hey Guys.
It’s Big 5 Daily o’clock.
Nedbank has launched the first-ever contactless payment card in Africa. The card utilizes a “Tap and Pay” method to process transaction without the need of a PIN. Cool, right? But I am bothered about thef... |
| 19.06.2020 | Новости экосистем: Facebook инвестирует в супераппы, Mail.ru Group запустила единый ID, SnapChat добавила мини-аппы | Всем привет! Это Heads and Hands — студия разработки мобильных экосистем. Мы уверены, будущее за цифровыми экосистемами и за супераппами в частности. Мы следим за тем, что происходит с крупнейшими платформами прямо сейчас. Самыми важными но... |
| 09.07.2018 | A Quick Look At The Different Sectors Drone Tech Is Transforming In Africa | Drones, those aerial vehicles that require no human pilots, originally used for military purposes, have gone from being popular for taking aerial images to now delivering life saving medical supplies. Today, it is finding application in dif... |
| - | The Big 5 Daily: 29th July 2020 | Hey Guys,
It’s time for the mid-week edition of the Big 5 Daily. Leggo!
The Kampala Capital City Authorit Affairs (KCCA) has relegated Boda Boda (commercial motorcycles) to the suburbs of Uganda. This implies that commercial riders are proh... |
| - | The Big 5 Daily | Hey Techies,
We have freshly juiced gists on today’s edition of the Big 5 Daily.
Karl Olutokun Toriola will take over as the CEO of MTN Group on the 1st of March 2020. He has worked for MTN Group in various capacities in the last 14 years. ... |
| - | The Big 5 Daily: 12th August 2020 | The Big 5 Daily!
FITC Nigeria has launched its Youth Connect Essay Challenge for young undergraduates across Africa. The initiative focuses on youth employability and supports youth-led innovation. If you got what it takes to write a creati... |
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| - | The Big 5 Daily: 14th July 2020 | Hello Techies,
We have ready the Big 5 Daily gists of the day.
Have a fun read.
First, TradeDepot, a Nigeria-based e-commerce startup has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Partech. The funds will be used to provide a range of fin... |
| - | The Big 5 Daily: 28th July 2020 | Hey Techies,
It’s time for the Big 5 Daily gists of the day.
Brace up!
Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative has shortlisted 50 startups out of over 22000 applications submitted from all over Africa. The first 50 will be accessed via... |
| - | The Big 5 Daily: 10th August 2020 | Hey Guys,
Welcome to a fresh and super-duper week. Here is a steaming serving of the first Big 5 Daily gists of the week.
Remember when we reported the ban of commercial motorcycles in Lagos Nigeria that affected e-hailing startups in Febru... |
| - | The Big 5 Daily: 14th August 2020 | Hey Guys,
The weekend is calling, Big 5 Daily is ready.
Ready? Let’s read!
Is Ethiopia liberalizing or what? After inviting Telcos to bid for as much as 40% stakes, it has come back to say that the two incoming operators will have to rent i... |
| - | The Big 5 Daily: 9th July 2020 | Hey Guys.
It’s Big 5 Daily o’clock.
Nedbank has launched the first-ever contactless payment card in Africa. The card utilizes a “Tap and Pay” method to process transaction without the need of a PIN. Cool, right? But I am bothered about thef... |
| - | The Big 5 Daily: 16th July 2020 | TGIF!!!
Let’s delve into the Friday edition of the Big 5 Daily.
MTN has introduced e-SIMs into its Nigerian market. This feat happens to be the first-ever in West Africa. The eSIM trial will run for a year and is open on a first-come basis ... |
| - | The Big 5 Daily: 20th July 2020 | Hey guys,
Welcome to a fresh week’s edition of your Big 5 Daily
Uber has launched Uber Connect, its delivery service in Kenya and an intercity bus service in Egypt. This latest development is part of its strategy to formulate better ways of... |
