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From Kaduna to the world: Meet the VFX team behind Kemi Adetibaโs King of Boys In just five years, The Critics Company went from producing movies with smartphones to creating VFX...
In May 1999, Nigeriaโs Space Agency was born; 22 years, 6 satellites, and several Directors-General later, what can we say? Failure? Success? Both? @OnomeOneyibo did some digging...
New regulations for Kenyaโs digital lenders. Digital credit providers in Kenya will now be required to reveal and provide evidence of their funding sources, following the introduc...
Raising money is hard for anyone regardless of gender but significantly harder for women. We spoke to seven women whose startups have raised over $1 million to learn how to raise m...
Why female founders need to learn how to play the venture capital game. Itโs an open secret that women get less funding than men globally, but African women have seen significantl...
ROUNDUP: In case you missed it, here are the top 5 tech news from across Africa this week ๐๐พ
It has taken African startups only seven weeks to raise their first billion dollars through over 130 transactions in 2022. In comparison, it took them nearly 11 months in 2019, 8 m...
Nigerian fintech startup, @unboxdgifts, wants to help you crowdfund celebrations, no matter how much you have. https://t.co/fbMIpXCX9o Here's how ๐๐พ https://t.co/UjBox2Wajl
In the last few years, every Valentine's day, social media has been filled with images of flowery messages sent to lovers, romantic getaways to Dubai or the Maldives and sometimes,...
@mecho_autotech, a Y Combinator-backed Nigerian vehicle repair and maintenance startup, has announced that it has raised a $2.15 million seed investment. Future Africa, HoaQ Capita...
Investors are more willing to sign cheques for fintech companies than any other sector in Africa. However, other startups are building exciting tech solutions. @Kalibotics is a Ni...
Blockchain is said to be one of the technologies that will usher in the fourth industrial revolution. However, it is still a concept most people canโt wrap their heads around. http...