Spotlight

Inside Gebeya's plan to support 100 existing marketplaces in Ethiopia, and across Africa

In 2016, two Ethiopian entrepreneurs—Amadou Daffe and Hiruy Amanuel—founded Gebeya to bridge the shortage by providing training and also serving as a marketplace between these talents and companies in Africa. We look at the next phase of this company.

Inside Nollywood's first game app—Aki and Pawpaw Epic Run

Nigerian movie producer, Play Network Africa has launched Aki and Pawpaw Epic Run, Nollywood's first game app modelled after the popular 2002 comedy; Aki Na Ukwa.

African techies in the 2023 Forbes 30 under 30 class

Out of the 30 young Africans recognised by Forbes Africa 30 under 30 class, 11 are tech professionals from Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda and Mauritius.

Review of Klasha's virtual dollar card

Klasha's virtual dollar card works for online spending at international merchants like Amazon and can be funded with Nigerian naira. Here is what I observed from creating, funding, using and withdrawing from the card.

How MyCover.ai is building Africa’s digital insurance infrastructure

MyCover.ai is on a mission to provide financial security to Africans by improving access to insurance products.

Meet Geegpay, a leading digital payments and invoicing platform for African freelancers on Upwork and Fiverr

With Geegpay, freelancers can create and automate invoices, open foreign bank accounts in global currencies–USD, GBP and EUR, and instantly generate a virtual USD debit card and convert their foreign exchange to their local currency.

The African M&A deals that we tracked in Q1 2023

About seven acquisitions took place in the African tech ecosystem in Q1 2023, according to BD Funding Tracker. The disclosed deals were worth about $710 million.