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Finclusion Group consolidates all its brands and products, and is now known as Fin

Algeria Times 17 Mar 2023
The company’s businesses across markets will now be known as Fin Kenya (formerly known as TrustGro), Fin Tanzania (formerly known as Fikia Finance) and Fin South Africa, whose product offerings include SmartAdvance by Fin, NiftyCover by Fin, e-Fin, MediFin and NiftyCredit by Fin.
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Tech Top 5 News

This Day 13 Mar 2023
The initiatives include the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa ... Head of Startup Ecosystem, Africa, Folarin Aiayegbusi, said, “We are thrilled to announce the selected startups for the inaugural class of our Google for Startups Accelerator Africa ... and startups on the continent.
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Accelerating African start-ups with the continental free trade agreement

B & FT Online 07 Mar 2023
A market of this size would give businesses access to more customers, skills and resources and create an enabling environment for innovative startups to thrive ... How can the AfCFTA help businesses in Africa accelerate growth and success? The answer is simple ... The African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) is a boon for Africa’s startup ecosystem.
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Visa Foundation Commits To Uplift Women Entrepreneurs Across Sub-Saharan Africa Through Its Equitable Access Initiative

Hastings Tribune 02 Mar 2023
Through the Equitable Access Initiative, Visa Foundation as of January 2023 has committed $162 Million in grants and investments to 60 grantees and investees in more than 60 countries and supported 3.4 million small businesses globally, including in Africa ... startups in Africa.
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Blockchain Africa Conference 2023: Gearing African businesses to compete in the global marketplace

Cryptopolitan 09 Mar 2023
“This platform is an incredible opportunity for companies, startups, governments, and youth to connect and learn from business use cases and to take a step and scale Africa’s socio-economic growth for e-commerce and entrepreneurship while unleashing the continent’s potential to the rest of the globe,” concludes Kuhnel.
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Blockchain Africa Conference 2023: Gearing African Businesses

Bitcoin Chaser 01 Mar 2023
“This platform is an incredible opportunity for companies, startups, governments, and youth to connect and learn from business use cases and to take a step and scale Africa’s socio-economic growth for e-commerce and entrepreneurship while unleashing the continent’s potential to the rest of the globe,” concludes Kuhnel.
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Arise @ 10: A New Vista for Africa Advertisers

This Day 16 Feb 2023
Arise TV, which is owned by Nduka Obaigbena (Publisher of THISDAY Newspaper) started operations in 2013 with a determination to give Africa a voice in the likes of Cable News Network (CNN) and Al Jazeera ... Just like every new startup in this part, the business struggled to gain traction and faced severe revenue challenges.
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PressOne Raises $600k Pre-seed to Help Entrepreneurs Connect with Customers

This Day 10 Feb 2023
PressOne Africa, a startup with a unique product that allows entrepreneurs to monitor all business calls on the go, announced the closing of her $600,000 pre-seed round ... With the PressOne app, business owners can monitor all customer phone ... We want business owners to run their business more efficiently with peace of mind.
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Digital lender Lulalend raises $35M Series B funding

Algeria Times 06 Feb 2023
Founded in in 2014, Lulalend is the first online automated source of business funding in South Africa. The startup leverages its patented AI technology to create cash flow management solutions for business owners ... meet the financing needs of South Africa’s SMMEs.”.
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US venture capital firm launches Riyadh-based accelerator program

Arab News 24 Jan 2023
The accelerator focuses on startups in the Middle East and North Africa that are establishing and growing their businesses, with the goal of paving the way for future innovation in the region’s digital economy. “I am very excited about the growth of the startup ecosystem in the ...
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Risk management tips for startups in 2023

B & FT Online 23 Jan 2023
Ghana is one of the leading countries that promotes business startups and investments ... In 2022, the country was ranked 82nd out of 100 countries in the startup ecosystem index of Africa ... The ability of startups to proactively identify various risks in their business is a key factor in their success and profits.
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Darwinbox collaborates with Microsoft to redefine future of work

Khaleejtimes 17 Jan 2023
Paco Salcedo, General Manager Enterprise, Microsoft Middle East and Africa, said, “Startups across the country are innovating and finding new ways of doing business ... According to a Gartner report, overall IT spending in the Middle East and North Africa region is forecast to total $178.1 billion in 2023 growing 3.1 per cent from 2022.
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Spurring Women Techpreneurship

Capital Ethiopia 01 Jan 2023
However five years on, if you were to zoom and look deeper into the matter you’ll find that in many countries in Africa, most female-led enterprises are small businesses with little opportunity for growth ... It is an entrepreneurship program that focused on women led startups in Africa.
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African Startup League to Empower Young Africans with $1m Competition

This Day 17 Dec 2022
“Rather than being left to fend for themselves, Africa’s tech startups would benefit from networks that connect founders, tech hubs, universities and government bodies to assist in the identification of business opportunities, overcoming skill shortages and attraction of the required talent.
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Ivor Ichikowitz: US-Africa Leaders Summit is an opportunity we must seize

Pioneer Press 15 Dec 2022
African leaders met this week with President Joe Biden for the second U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit of his administration ... as it is for Africa ... in Africa ... African youth have identified that one of their biggest challenges in starting businesses is access to startup capital. Without startup capital in Africa, they will migrate to the U.S.

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