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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 […]
Fifteen startups, organisations and individuals have been named winners at the African leg of the Global Startup Awards (GSA), and will now proceed to the global final. Global Startup Awards (GSA) Africa, in collaboration with the Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG), revealed the 15 African winners at the GSA Africa Finale held in Cape Town, […]
The Trump administration could enter office in January with proposals to cut, redirect, restructure, and even eliminate key streams of funding for K-12 schools, after four years when schools received more money from the federal government than ever before. Trump and his advisers have also said in recent days that they believe the president should […]
Crypto markets experience a correction, with Bitcoin and meme coins like Popcat sliding. Catslap ($SLAP), however, teases a major announcement that could trigger its next big rally. The crypto market is navigating a period of healthy retracement as prices pull back from recent highs. Bitcoin’s failure to breach the $100,000 mark, coupled with President-elect Donald […]
Dogecoin’s community has had one goal for several years now, which was to push DOGE to the price of $1 per token. Unfortunately, DOGE has never managed to reach this milestone, as the highest its price ever managed to climb was $0.7376, and even this record was achieved in May 2021. Indicators Suggest That DOGE […]
Fintech startup DigMo, which gamified wealth-building tools to low and middle-income earners, has launched in Zambia. Licensed by the Bank of Zambia to operate a wallet, DigMo offers a secure, free digital money account with a special account for users to play a “financial planning game” which incentivises customers to get started putting money away […]
South African startup Word of Mouth has set up an end-to-end e-commerce platform to facilitate trade in and around township areas, and has delivered over 30,000 items in the last four years. What became Word of Mouth was founded in 2018 to solve a problem for one of the founder Simon Barson’s friends and colleagues […]
Egyptian insurtech startup Amenli has raised a US$2.3 million funding round aimed at accelerating its growth and enhancing its service offerings. Founded in 2020 by Adham Nauman, Omar Ezz El Din and Shady El Tohfa, Amenli offers its clients all types of insurance, with a focus on medical, car, home and business offerings. It also […]
The Dogecoin (DOGE) price skyrocketed in the last seven days, climbing up by around 111%. The world’s oldest meme coin hit a resistance at $0.40, and while it made several attempts in the last two days to breach this barrier, its attempts have been largely unsuccessful. Dogecoin’s surge comes as Bitcoin price skyrocketed beyond $92k […]