Leaks show how Isabel dos Santos became Africa’s richest woman at expense of Angolan state Profile: Isabel dos Santos The diamond deal that rocked Angola The complex financial schemes that… Read more »
Inquiry into Isabel dos Santos’s management of Sonangol turns on a series of events before her sacking The diamond deal that rocked Angola Revealed: how Angolan ruler’s daughter built $2bn… Read more »
Bolt, the billion-dollar startup out of Estonia that’s building a ride-hailing, scooter and food delivery business across Europe and Africa, has picked up a tranche of funding in its bid… Read more »
The business of selling consumer goods and services online is a relatively young endeavor across Africa, but ecommerce is set to boom. Over the last eight years, the sector has… Read more »
2019 brought more global attention to Africa’s tech scene than perhaps any previous year. A high profile IPO, visits by both Jacks (Ma and Dorsey), and big Chinese startup investment… Read more »
More than 70 dead and dozens injured after morning rush-hour blast in Somali capital A truck bomb has exploded in central Mogadishu, killing at least 76 people including many university… Read more »
Turkish leader’s visit comes as Ankara moves to strike deals with Mediterranean nations The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has arrived in Tunisia on a surprise visit for talks with… Read more »
Nigerian startup Rensource Energy has raised a $20 million Series A round co-led by CRE Venture Capital and the Omidyar network. The renewable energy company builds and operates solar powered… Read more »
African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has raised a $6 million seed-round led by Deciens Capital. The San Francisco-based company offers mobile-based, no fee, P2P payment services in six countries:… Read more »
November 2019 could mark when Nigeria (arguably) became Africa’s unofficial capital for fintech investment and digital finance startups. The month saw $360 million invested in Nigerian focused payment ventures. That… Read more »
Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up… Read more »
Nigerian founder Sim Shagaya is back with a new startup — uLesson — that has raised a $3.1 million seed round led by TLcom Capital. The venture is integrating mobile… Read more »
AI training data provider Samasource has raised a $14.8 million Series A funding round led by Ridge Ventures. The San Francisco headquartered company delivers Fortune 100 companies with the inputs… Read more »
Data from the U.S. government sure seems to indicate that the Earth is warming (despite what the current leadership may say). Apparently, the globe just experienced the second-hottest October ever… Read more »
Africa focused fintech startup OPay has raised a $120 million Series B round backed by Chinese investors. Located in Lagos and founded by consumer internet company Opera, OPay will use… Read more »
Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion has listed in an IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market, a Transsion spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch. Headquartered in Shenzhen, Transsion is a top-seller of smartphones in… Read more »
Africa focused tech talent accelerator Andela will cut 400 junior engineers across Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria, CEO Jeremy Johnson told TechCrunch. The layoffs come as the startup released first time… Read more »
People win prestigious prizes in tech all the time, but there is something different about The Bold Prize. Unless you’ve been living under a literal or proverbial rock, you’ve probably… Read more »
DHL has expanded its DHL Africa eShop business to 13 additional markets, upping the presence of the global shipping company’s e-commerce platform to 34 African countries. DHL href=”https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/11/dhl-launches-africa-eshop-app-for-global-retailers-to-sell-into-africa/”>went live with the… Read more »
Final years in power were characterised by financial collapse, violent intimidation and vicious power struggle How Mugabe became Africa’s fallen angel In pictures: from liberation fighter to deposed leader Robert… Read more »
Zimbabweans in capital bemoan lingering legacy of former leader’s economic and political misrule Robert Mugabe, former Zimbabwe president, dies aged 95 There was little regret expressed on the streets of… Read more »
The African no-fee, cross-border payment startup Chipper Cash has expanded to Nigeria. The San Francisco based startup, with offices in Ghana and Kenya, will offer its P2P payment service and app… Read more »
As someone who covers Africa’s tech scene, I’m frequently asked about Andela . That’s not surprising, given the venture gets more global press (arguably) than any startup in Africa. I’ve… Read more »
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 first-stage that had previously served two missions in July and November of 2018, today carrying its final payload, the AMOS-17 satellite for Spacecomm. SpaceX… Read more »
Blast occurred around midnight at National Cancer Institute in Egyptian capital Twenty people have been killed and 47 injured after an explosion outside a cancer hospital in central Cairo. The… Read more »
Scientists say bones formerly identified as Massospondylus are from a different species Fossil hunters have discovered a new species of dinosaur that has been hidden in plain sight in a… Read more »
British student died following her fall from airplane shortly after takeoff A British student who died after falling from an airplane flying over Madagascar opened the door of the aircraft… Read more »
It follows second Ebola death in densely populated city of Goma, on Rwandan border Rwanda has closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a deadly Ebola outbreak… Read more »
Family pays tribute to ‘bright, independent’ Alana Cutland, 19, who was on an internship A Cambridge University student has died in Madagascar after falling from a plane. Alana Cutland’s family… Read more »
Seham Sergiwa was taken by armed men after she criticised Haftar offensive in Tripoli The family of a Libyan member of parliament and campaigner abducted by armed men two weeks… Read more »