MVMO, an innovative new entrant to the high-growth African online entertainment market, today announced the launch of its service. MVMO (Movies, Video, Music, Opportunity) is a distribution platform developed in association with the Creative Africa Exchange (CAX), a fast-growing marketplace for the creative and cultural industries, sponsored by Afreximbank. MVMO launches at a time of exciting […]
Kenyan start-up Alternative Circle has been recognized as one of the top fintechs in a first ever survey on the emerging industry, globally. The first Global Fintech Index city ranking 2020 by Findexable, a platform that aims to identify emerging hubs, fintech companies, and trends of fintech ecosystems in more than 230 cities across 65 […]
Carbon, Nigeria’s digital financial services company, has launched into Kenya. The service will allow Kenyans to be able to access instant loans, from Ksh 500 to 50,000, using their National ID number and a selfie, as well as the phone number associated to their mobile wallet. They will also have access to payment services to […]
TikTok launches in-app 2019 Year-End Rewind in Kenya to look back on the most popular TikTok celebrities, creators, challenges, stickers and music hits; The most unforgettable 2019 moments on TikTok include #tiktokkenyasquad, #africanmom, #tryme, #churchgirl and #parteafterparte; The year is not over: Join the #KenyaXmas challenge with local celebrities and creators from 20 December. Also […]
TikTok has risen from an unchartered niche which brands and business are now eager to tap on, with its growing trend. By Brian Yatich For any business, social media presence is non-negotiable. It has gradually changed our operations and our day to day lives right from the way we get information to the way we […]
Facebook (www.facebook.com) on Friday brought together over 400 developers, startups and businesses from across Sub-Saharan Africa in a first of its kind conference dubbed “Facebook iD8 Nairobi”. The event is part of Facebook’s effort to create opportunities for innovation, community building and education throughout the continent. “Facebook iD8 Nairobi” created a space for developers and […]
OPay, the payments service operating in Nigeria has announced that it raised $120 million of series B funding, less than 6 months after it announced its last funding round of $50 million in June. The company, which was incubated by Norwegian based, global consumer Internet company Opera (Nasdaq: OPRA), is already Nigeria’s leading mobile wallet […]
Tony Tugee, Managing Director SEACOM sees increased data usage, a changing world and markets that will be disrupted by new technologies. By Brian Yatich The world is overflowing with information. Every day, humans generate 2.5 quintillion bytes of data. Reports, selfies, streaming TV’s, text messages, high definition videos and data visuals are some of the […]
Digital network for global small-scale agriculture, Wefarm has announced it has raised $13 million in a Series A financing round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures. The financing round will help Wefarm further scale its network of 1.9 million farmers, and its newly created Marketplace, to connect farmers in Africa, even those without […]
By Digest Africa As if to balance out the major directions on a compass in representation, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa have the most funded startups on the African continent. Kenya is set apart, however, by a number of attributes. Be it the post-election violence or the era of mobile phones and the internet […]