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Nigerian startup Billboxx, an integrated billing-to-payment platform aimed at ensuring timely payments for businesses across Africa, has closed a US$1.6 million pre-seed funding round to help it tackle the critical cashflow challenges faced by SMEs across Africa. Founded in early 2023 by Justus Obaoye and Abdulazeez Ogunjobi, Billboxx has built an integrated billing-to-payment platform that […]
A new wave of excitement is spreading through the crypto industry as experts suggest that the prices are ready to bounce back up, and everyone is looking for the best coin to buy. The week started off with a bearish wave that knocked Bitcoin’s price down from $102k to $97k per coin. While the oldest […]
Nigeria-founded mobility startup Moove has agreed a strategic partnership with Waymo, the global leader in autonomous driving technology, to launch in the United States (US). Founded in 2020 to connect mobility entrepreneurs with fair, accessible, and affordable revenue-based vehicle financing options, Moove embeds its alternative credit scoring technology onto ride-hailing platforms, using proprietary performance and […]
Best Wallet’s ($BEST) Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is making waves, raising over $2.5 million in just two weeks. As the crypto market faces wild swings, this innovative wallet offers investors the tools they need to stay ahead. Bitcoin ($BTC) recently experienced a flash crash to $90,000, followed by a swift recovery. Such volatility highlights the […]
Crypto investors are always looking for the next crypto to explode, and many may have found it earlier this week in Keyboard Cat (KEYCAT). The KEYCAT price practically doubled in the past few days, going from $0.0068 on November 29 to $0.01301 earlier today. Since then, the price saw a small dip, going back down […]
Article content First responders were on alert in the morning rush hour of Dec. 6 when three farm animals went for a stroll through downtown Kemptville Article content The two cows and a lone sheep were “on the lamb from a nearby farm,” OPP East Region spokesperson Bill Dickson said in an email. “They weren’t […]
Egyptian logistics startup Nowlun has raised US$1.7 million in seed funding to fuel its expansion plans and accelerate platform development. Founded in 2021 by Moataz Khamis, Mahmoud Khaled, and Ahmed Emara, Nowlun is an online freight forwarding platform allowing customers to compare between different services and rates that match their needs. The startup’s US$1.7 million […]
There has been a long-term trend among traditional stock markets of seeing strong price surges ahead of the holiday season, specifically Christmas. The same trend has been observed in the crypto industry, whether through correlation with stocks, or due to their role as investment opportunities. Because of this, and given the bullish nature of the […]
Togolese startup PickApp is set to launch a pilot of its electric vehicle (EV) ownership and ride-sharing platform in the country’s capital Lomé. Co-founded in 2023 by siblings Joseph, Joshua and Rebecca Olurin, PickApp offers a variety of services aimed at increasing access to EVs for ordinary people. Among them are an EV ownership service, […]
Talent, funding, and regulatory bottlenecks are major hurdles for those operating within Nigeria’s startup ecosystem, according to a new report. Released by Lagos-headquartered venture law firm TLP Advisory,the report – “A Decade of the Nigerian Venture Ecosystem: Numbers, Insights & Stories – provides an analysis of Nigeria’s startup landscape, revealing the growth, challenges, and strategic […]