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News NigeriaJune 2, 2024 Patoranking Foundation and ALX Africa invest $500k in tech scholarships. The Patoranking Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsJune 2, 2024 Africa’s new accelerator, Accelerate Africa, selects its inaugural class of 10 promising ventures. Four months post-launch, Accelerate Africa, a budding accelerator program with byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 31, 2024 Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship selects 12 promising Kenyan startups. Nairobi-based incubator iHub has unveiled the 12 startups chosen for the second byMuhammed Mustapha
News NigeriaMay 31, 2024 Davido’s meme-coin crashes just a day after hitting the market. Nigeria’s Afrobeat superstar, David Adeleke (Davido), announced the launch of a byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 31, 2024 GITEX Africa takes center stage in Marrakech and its huge. GITEX, the largest African technology and startup showcase on the continent, byMuhammed Mustapha
News NigeriaMay 31, 2024 Breaking: Nigeria to Host GITEX Africa, the Continent’s Biggest Tech Show, in 2025. On Thursday afternoon, Kachifu Inuwa, the Director General of the National byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 30, 2024 16 African Fintech Startups Selected for Visa’s Fintech Accelerator Program. Visa has announced the African startups chosen to participate in the second byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 30, 2024 Safaricom picks 9 Kenyan startups for M-Pesa Spark Accelerator. Nine early-stage Kenyan startups have been chosen to participate in the Spark byFatima Oladunni
Africa NewsMay 30, 2024 African Banker Awards name Flutterwave 2024’s Fintech of the Year. The prestigious African Banker Awards named Flutterwave, Africa’s most valuable byMuhammed Mustapha
Africa NewsMay 30, 2024 Flutterwave gets the green light to operate in Mozambique with a preliminary payment license. Flutterwave, one of Africa’s foremost payment companies, has achieved a byMuhammed Mustapha
