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  • October 18, 2019 Staff Writer 0
    Jumia’s stock has reportedly lost more than half of its value since its NYSE public IPO
    Jumia, the ‘African’ ecommerce company that has its corporate headquarters in Dubai...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Internet 
  • October 16, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0
    Singapore based Credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launches in Kenya
    Alternative credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launched in Kenya recently is lined...
    APPS featured FINANCE MOBILE STARTUPS 
  • October 8, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0
    Cellulant’s super payments app Tingg unveiled in 8 African countries
    Cellulant the African fintech company has Tuesday announced the launch of Tingg,...
    APPS BUSINESS featured FINANCE MOBILE TECH 
  • September 24, 2019 olivia Craig 0
    The New Ethiopian Government to address the grievances raised over the issue of diaspora shares confiscated by NBE
    Ethiopia’s parliament recently passed a bill to open up the country’s financial...
    BUSINESS Commentary featured FINANCE 
  • August 23, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0
    Tala Microloan Startup gains $110 Million In latest Funding
    Tala, a Los Angeles startup that makes microloans to consumers and small...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE MOBILE STARTUPS 
Jumia’s stock has reportedly lost more than half of its value since its NYSE public IPO

Jumia’s stock has reportedly lost more...

October 18, 2019 0
Singapore based Credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launches in Kenya

Singapore based Credit scoring fintech company,...

October 16, 2019 0
Cellulant’s super payments app Tingg unveiled in 8 African countries

Cellulant’s super payments app Tingg unveiled...

October 8, 2019 0
Google’s Android Go, a lightweight alternative for low-end phones is faster brags the company

Google’s Android Go, a lightweight alternative...

September 27, 2019 0

Featured

  • October 18, 2019 Staff Writer 0

    Jumia’s stock has reportedly lost more than half of its value since its NYSE public IPO

    Jumia, the ‘African’ ecommerce company that has its corporate headquarters in Dubai and operations in 14 African countries including Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria, continues to struggle after an initial good run at the New York Stock Exchange. It’s stock closed at $6.68, an all-time low, on Friday,...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Internet 
  • credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launched in Kenya
    October 16, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Singapore based Credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launches in Kenya

    Alternative credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launched in...
    APPS featured FINANCE MOBILE STARTUPS 
  • Tingg Celuulant
    October 8, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0

    Cellulant’s super payments app Tingg unveiled in 8 African countries

    Cellulant the African fintech company has Tuesday announced...
    APPS BUSINESS featured FINANCE MOBILE TECH 
  • September 27, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Google’s Android Go, a lightweight alternative for low-end phones is faster brags the company

    Google is redesigning its Android Go — a...
    APPS Cybersecurity MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA 

Business

  • October 18, 2019 Staff Writer 0

    Jumia’s stock has reportedly lost more than half of its value since its NYSE public IPO

    Jumia, the ‘African’ ecommerce company that has its corporate headquarters in Dubai and operations in 14 African countries including Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria, continues to struggle after an initial good run at the New York Stock Exchange. It’s stock closed at $6.68, an all-time low, on Friday,...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Internet 
  • credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launched in Kenya
    October 16, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Singapore based Credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launches in Kenya

    Alternative credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launched in Kenya recently is lined to drive financial inclusion...
    APPS featured FINANCE MOBILE STARTUPS 
  • Tingg Celuulant
    October 8, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0

    Cellulant’s super payments app Tingg unveiled in 8 African countries

    Cellulant the African fintech company has Tuesday announced the launch of Tingg, an all-in-one, multi-functional consumer...
    APPS BUSINESS featured FINANCE MOBILE TECH 
  • Ethiopian birr NBE diaspora shares
    September 24, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    The New Ethiopian Government to address the grievances raised over the issue of diaspora shares confiscated by NBE

    Ethiopia’s parliament recently passed a bill to open up the country’s financial sector to an estimated...
    BUSINESS Commentary featured FINANCE 

Interviews

  • Not coming to Ethiopia to Invest unless central bank rectifies the wrongful appropriation of diaspora shares – Sophia Bekele
    July 24, 2019 Editor 0

    Not coming to Ethiopia to Invest unless central bank rectifies the wrongful appropriation of diaspora shares – Sophia Bekele Eshete

    The monies and profits confiscated from the sale of the diaspora shares should be returned in...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Q&A Women 
  • Search Results Featured snippet from the web Dr. Precious Lunga is CEO and Co-Founder of Baobab Circle, a health technology company delivering innovative health solutions via phones across Africa. She will be joining the 2nd edition of the EurAfrican Forum in Portugal as a speaker.
    June 24, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Startups and Partnerships, EurAfrican Forum enables cross pollination of ideas: Dr. Precious Lunga – Baobab Circle

    Dr. Precious Lunga, CEO and Co-Founder of Baobab Circle, will be joining the 2nd edition of...
    APPS BUSINESS featured Q&A STARTUPS 
  • March 25, 2019 Editor 0

    Women VCs investments explains the inequality in their field

    Female venture capitalists (VCs) have made steady progress over the past few decades, but still make...
    FINANCE Q&A STARTUPS Women 
  • March 1, 2019 Editor 0

    How prepared are African businesses to tap AI benefits?

    The world is becoming a consumers’ market where future trends are now determined by an impatient...
    Q&A TECH 
  • March 1, 2019 Editor 0

    SMEs Digitization in Africa

    Gartner, the global research and advisory firm, defines digitalisation as “the use of digital technologies to...
    BUSINESS Q&A TECH 
  • January 18, 2019 Staff Writer 0

    How AI could bring a difference in 2019

    In 2019, artificial intelligence (AI) will increasingly become a mainstream presence in our work and personal lives,...
    BUSINESS featured Q&A 

Cyber Security

  • September 27, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Google’s Android Go, a lightweight alternative for low-end phones is faster brags the company

    Google is redesigning its Android Go — a lightweight alternative of its mobile platform design to run faster and smoothly on low-end phones. In a new blog post, the company says apps on Android 10 Go will now launch about 10 percent faster than they did on the...
    APPS Cybersecurity MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA 
  • September 17, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Cybercrime Report Tracks Growing Threat of Networked Cybercrime

    LexisNexis® Risk Solutions today released at the Digital...
    APPS BUSINESS Cybersecurity 
  • May 30, 2019 olivia Craig 0

    Millions of Instagram influencers data scraped and exposed from a Mumbai-based Chtrbox database

    TechCruch has detailed massive database leak containing contact...
    Cybersecurity 
  • May 28, 2019 Editor 0

    Singapore to launch QR based SG-Verify for businesses to perform secure ID verification and data transfer

    The Singapore government says it will introduce a...
    APPS Cybersecurity Internet 

Start-Ups

  • credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launched in Kenya
    October 16, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Singapore based Credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launches in Kenya

    Alternative credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launched in Kenya recently is lined to drive financial inclusion by credit scoring more people, especially those who are new to bank and credit. CredoLab announced that it is in negotiations with the large financial institutions, digital banks, credit bureaus, consumer lenders...
    APPS featured FINANCE MOBILE STARTUPS 
  • Andela
    September 18, 2019 Editor 0

    Andela to lay off 400 staff across Africa, confirms $50M in revenue

    Africa-focused tech talent accelerator Andela will cut 400 junior engineers across Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria, Chief...
    BUSINESS FINANCE STARTUPS TECH 
  • Mobile-based lenders pose money laundering risk, says CBK
    August 23, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Tala Microloan Startup gains $110 Million In latest Funding

    Tala, a Los Angeles startup that makes microloans to consumers and small business owners in emerging...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE MOBILE STARTUPS 
  • Negotiated fares taxi hailing app inDriver, targets more African cities
    July 22, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0

    Negotiated fares taxi hailing app inDriver, targets more African cities

    Online ride hailing service, inDriver, which allows passengers to negotiate the fare with drivers, has begun...
    APPS BUSINESS featured STARTUPS TECH 

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  • October 18, 2019 Staff Writer 0

    Jumia’s stock has reportedly lost more than half of its value since its NYSE public IPO

    Jumia, the ‘African’ ecommerce company that has its...
    BUSINESS featured FINANCE Internet 
  • credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launched in Kenya
    October 16, 2019 Anthony D. Curtis 0

    Singapore based Credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launches in Kenya

    Alternative credit scoring fintech company, CredoLab, launched in...
    APPS featured FINANCE MOBILE STARTUPS 
  • Tingg Celuulant
    October 8, 2019 Meredith Bradshaw 0

    Cellulant’s super payments app Tingg unveiled in 8 African countries

    Cellulant the African fintech company has Tuesday announced...
    APPS BUSINESS featured FINANCE MOBILE TECH 

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