UAE and Egypt Advance Development of Africa's Biggest Wind Farm Valued at $10B
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), along with Infinity Power and Hassan Allam Utilities, has signed an agreement with Egypt's New and Renewable Energy Authority to build a 10-gigawatt onshore [...]
Flutterwave Teams Up with Token.io to Enhance Cross-Border Transactions
Fintech firm Flutterwave has announced a partnership with Token.io, a top account-to-account payment infrastructure provider in Europe, to offer Pay By Bank transfer services. This collaboration allows Flutterwave to give [...]Africa Day: My Vision for Payments in Africa – Olugbenga GB Agboola
I was scrolling through Twitter and saw a few tweets about a yet-to-be-launched product we’d been building. Our Social Media Team had created an account for it and some well [...]AWS announces 25 startups selected for its first ‘fintech in Africa’ accelerator
25 African fintech startups have been selected for the inaugural Amazon Web Services (AWS) FinTech Africa Accelerator cohort. This cohort was selected from over 500 applications and is part of [...]
Angaza Awards 2023 Top Finalist; Patty Karuaihe-Martin
Managing Director Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation Ltd (Namibre) Patty Karuaihe-Martin oversees the entire operations of Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation Ltd, ensuring that it is run successfully, maintaining profitability, running on [...]
Africa Tech Summit Announces 12 Ventures For Investment Showcase At London Stock Exchange on June 23rd
Africa Tech Summit London has announced 12 African tech ventures who will showcase investment opportunities to investors, corporates and industry experts at the London Stock Exchange on 23rdJune. The Africa [...]BAT Group Selects Kenya as Operational Hub for 20 Markets in East and Southern Africa
British American Tobacco Group's regional office in Kenya has expanded its market scope to include Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, in addition to the over 15 countries it already [...]Energy Tech Firm Kofa Raises Seed Funding to Launch Intelligent Battery-Swapping Network in Ghana
Ghanaian and UK-based energy technology company, Kofa Holdings, has secured a significant seed stage funding to drive its mission of providing clean energy access to 10 million customers across Africa [...]Safaricom's M-Pesa License Approval in Ethiopia Paves Way for Financial Inclusion and Innovation
Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia, a subsidiary of Kenya's Safaricom Plc, recently received a mobile money license in Ethiopia, marking the first time a foreign investor has been granted such a license [...]Safaricom overcomes difficult macro-environment to post strong earnings and expand operations in Ethiopia
Safaricom Plc, East Africa's largest telecommunications company, has navigated a difficult macro-environment to post strong earnings for the full year ended March 2023, despite a decline in Group net profit. [...]KenGen Partners with German Govt to Boost Geothermal Energy by 40MW
Kenya's leading electricity generating company, KenGen, is set to add 40MW of geothermal energy to the national grid, thanks to Germany's support. This comes after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz launched [...]Akin Dawodu: Citi’s Cluster Head for Sub Sahara Africa on the State of Banking
Akin Dawodu's background and how he ended up in the banking industry Akin Dawodu has been Citibank’s Cluster Head for Sub Sahara Africa (SSA) since November 2019, providing business oversight [...]
