Meta Launches AI Academy Nigeria With FG, Offers $5,000 to Startups Meta has partnered with Nigeria's government to launch AI Academy Nigeria, 3 minute read
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Meta Launches AI Academy Nigeria With FG, Offers $5,000 to Startups Meta has partnered with Nigeria's government to launch AI Academy Nigeria, byBolu BabalolaAugust 20, 2026
Egypt Completes Africa’s First 6GHz Mobile Services Trial Egypt's NTRA, Telecom Egypt and Huawei have completed Africa's first mobile byBetty WangariAugust 20, 2026
Nigeria Launches Single Digital Gateway for Government Services Nigeria has soft-launched the Government Service Portal, a single digital byFatima OladunniAugust 19, 2026
Lesotho Begins Work on a National AI Strategy and Data Centre Plan Lesotho has opened a five-day Maseru workshop to draft a National AI Strategy byBetty WangariAugust 19, 2026
Africa News StartupAugust 11, 2025 South African Fintech SAVA Launches Africa’s First Native Spend Management Platform. South African fintech startup SAVA has officially launched what it claims is the byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsAugust 6, 2025 Visa Opens Applications for Fifth Africa Fintech Accelerator as Fourth Cohort Takes Flight. Visa has officially opened applications for its Fifth Africa Fintech Accelerator byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 31, 2025 Sun King Secures $156M in Landmark Securitization to Scale Pay-As-You-Go Solar in Kenya. Kenyan off-grid solar energy company Sun King has closed a landmark $156 million byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 30, 2025 $2 Million Prize Seeks African AI Solutions to Transform Manufacturing. Applications close July 31 for prestigious competition targeting scalable byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 28, 2025 Kenyan Startup Sukhiba Rebrands to Flowcart, Eyes AI-Powered Expansion Kenyan conversational commerce startup Sukhiba has rebranded to Flowcart, byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 28, 2025 Africa’s Pay-TV Giant MultiChoice Plans ‘Wholesale Overhaul’ As DStv Loses 1.2 Million Subscribers. MultiChoice CEO Byron du Plessis has announced plans for substantial changes byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsJuly 24, 2025 Canal+ Secures $3B MultiChoice Takeover, Creating Africa’s Largest Pay-TV Powerhouse. French media giant gains full control of DStv parent company after South African byBolu Babalola
News NigeriaJuly 24, 2025 54 Collective Shuts Down After Court Orders Liquidation Over $106M Mastercard Foundation Grant Dispute. 54 Collective, the venture firm formerly known as Founders Factory Africa, has byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 24, 2025 Egyptian Fintech Flend Raises $3M Seed Round to Digitize SME Lending Across MENA Egyptian digital SME lending platform Flend has closed a $3 million seed funding byBolu Babalola
Africa News StartupJuly 21, 2025 Moroccan superapp ORA raises $7.5M Series A to digitize North Africa’s cash-heavy economy. Morocco-based superapp ORA Technologies has closed a $7 byBolu Babalola
