MTN Nigeria has announced that it has been successful in its bid to acquire one of the two 100MHZ spectrum licenses in the 3.5GHz spectrum band auctioned by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

This is a significant step towards achieving the goals of the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (2020-25). Acquisition of the spectrum will enable the rollout of 5G services to MTN Nigeria’s customers. Fifth generation (5G) mobile network technology offers faster data speeds and lower latency...

Moove, an African mobility fintech, has launched operations in Nairobi, its first city in East Africa and sixth on the continent.

To expand their vehicle and product offerings to customers, the revenue-based vehicle financing company has partnered with Uber to allow ride-hailing and delivery drivers to purchase motorcycles for Uber Connect, UberEats deliveries and UberBoda trips. In addition, following its recent partnership with pan-African e-logistics platform Lori Systems, Moove...

ITC Secure (ITC), a leading advisory-led cyber security services company and a Microsoft Gold cyber security partner, and Cassava Technologies, the pan-African technology leader, announced today that they have entered into a Joint Venture (JV) to build and launch an extensive portfolio of cyber security services, powered by Microsoft Azure cloud technologies in Africa.

Hardy Pemhiwa, the CEO of Cassava Technologies said: “Digital transformation in Africa is accelerating the adoption of cloud services which is creating an urgent need to better...

Telkom Kenya, and the financial services group Britam Holding, have partnered to launch a mobile-based insurance product.

Known as Life Bila Noma bundle, the product will see customers benefit from a bespoke mobile and insurance bundle that includes mobile data, voice minutes, SMS, personal accident and last-expense insurance. It will be available in two options, Life 200 and Life 300. Life 200 at a monthly cost of only KES 200 will provide monthly insurance...

Meta has announced a new partnership with HerHustle to launch a program to equip women entrepreneurs in Kenya with the knowledge and digital skills to grow their businesses online. Known as ‘SheMeansBusiness’, the program aims to train over 3,000 women-owned businesses in the country.

The program will be implemented by HerHustle,  an organization that facilitates digital business growth programs for young women. The training will be delivered through instructor-led live webinars, short videos and infographics...

IBM has announced the appointment of Julia Carvalho as General Manager for IBM Growth Markets, Africa. 

Ms. Carvalho will be responsible for IBM’s business operations, growing our partner ecosystem and driving client satisfaction across multiple regions in Africa. With an increased focus on the partner ecosystem in Africa, Ms. Carvalho will lead the drive to strengthen the IBM business on the continent through a deeper level of technical expertise and industry experience to build growth for our company, clients...

IBM and MuleSoft have announced a global relationship. MuleSoft plans to extend its Anypoint Runtime Fabric, a container service for multi-cloud and hybrid deployments, to run on Red Hat OpenShift, the industry's enterprise Kubernetes platform.

IBM and MuleSoft plan to deliver increased integrations and solutions around the IBM Z product family to support financial services and other mutual customers. In addition, IBM plans to significantly expand its overall investment in integration...

Writer Information Management Services (Writer Information), a unit of Writer Business Services and India's comprehensive information management company, announced its cyber security services partnership with Morphisec, to offer its cyber threat-prevention platform in the GCC region.

This partnership aims at offering Morphisec’s patented Moving Target Defense technology across advanced endpoints, virtual desktops, cloud workload and servers. Morphisec is the latest entrant into Writer Information’s compelling and...

Lagos- and London-based startup online learning platform, Edukoya has raised $3.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Target Global.

Other participating angel investors in the round included European and African founders such as Shola Akinlade - CEO and co-founder of Paystack (acquired by Stripe), Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha - founders of Kuda, Brandon Krieg and Ed Robinson - founders of Fintech Stash and Raffael Johnen - CEO of Aux Money among others. Launched in...

Kenyan startup Wowzi has raised $2 million in seed funding to expand its digital marketplace across Africa. The round was led by 4DX Ventures with participation from To.org, Golden Palm Investments, LoftyInc Capital, Afropreneur Angels, and Future Africa.

Other participants in the round included Andela co-founder Christina Sass, and former Andela executives Jessica Chervin, Justin Ziegler, as well as Johnny Falla, who currently serves as chief development and growth officer at Wowzi. This round...

Helium Health was founded in 2016 by three incredible young Nigerians The technology start-up ecosystem in Nigeria is one of the fiercest on the continent falling short to South Africa and Kenya. On a daily basis, young Nigerians look for various ways to add value to themselves for survival.

Through the hustle and bustle of some of Nigeria’s biggest cities, tech-labs that educate young Nigerians on how to code and make efficient use of the internet spring up regularly. To validate how the system has grown in a short space of time...

If you can access it, the internet is alive with opportunity and Poa Internet (poa!), has harnessed the power of Chrome Enterprise to help connect those living in the underserved communities of Africa with unlimited, high-quality, and highly affordable home and street internet connectivity.

Achieving tangible business growth in Africa during a pandemic may seem like an insurmountable task for entrepreneurs across the continent; however, it doesn’t have to be that way. With the right partners and the right tech...

Financial technology (Fintech) has been a key driver of growth in the financial services sector in the face of the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As countries around the world move past the economic downturn brought about by the pandemic, with governments mooting strategies to jumpstart frail economies, fintechs have improved access to financial services to the unbanked and underbanked populations. The pandemic exposed and perhaps exacerbated the financial inclusion gaps among the...

Released globally in April 2018, HUAWEI AppGallery is now available in more than 190 countries, including, South Africa. In such a short space of time, it has already become one of the top used App platforms in the world.

But why should Huawei customers have all the fun? Even if you have another make of Android device, you can still experience the wide variety of apps and games on offer in AppGallery. Here are five reasons why you should check it...

The truth is, all businesses are at risk of being scammed at some point, and just one incident can cost a company millions of Rand.

Ryan Mer, CEO, eftsure Africa, a Know Your Payee™ (KYP) platform provider, says that fraudsters are constantly finding new ways to exploit vulnerabilities and attack corporate payment systems and it’s critical that we all work together and share information to remain one step ahead of scammers. Accounts payable fraud is one of the most...

Kenya’s leading telco Safaricom has launched a number of interesting products this week. Safaricom partnered with Google and Transsion, the company behind TECNO, Infinix and itel to add new devices under its Lipa Mdogo Mdogo smartphone financing plan. 

It also announced the expansion of its Baze platform to include music, enabling its customers to enjoy a mobile-first, ad-free, music streaming experience from as little as KES 10 per day. Earlier in the week, the telco also partnered with...