Google has partnered with Pluralsight and Andela to offer 30,000 scholarship opportunities and 1,000 grants. This scholarships and grants are aimed to certify African techies on  Mobile Web, Associate Cloud Engineer and Google Associate Android. The scholarships and grant opportunities are part of the Grow with Google initiative The main aim of the Google Africa Certifications Scholarships is to help …

MDaaS Global, a Lagos-based medtech startup that builds and operates diagnostic centres in Nigeria, has raised just over $1-million in equity funding, reveals a US Securities and Exchange Commission filling made on (1 April). The filling states that up to 12 investors were involved in the round which commenced on 15 March. According to the filling the total offering amount was …

End-to-end distribution platform Brimore has announced that it has raised $800 000 in a seed round co-led by Algebra Ventures and Endure Capital. In a statement today (2 April) the Cairo-based startup said 500 Startups, Flat6labs and some undisclosed angel investors also participated in the round. Brimore’s platform provides manufacturers with direct access to local communities who can both use and promote the products. The startup was founded …

Morocco-based Outlierz Ventures, an early-stage VC fund backed by private investors from Silicon Valley, Middle East and Africa has made five investments in fast growing tech-enabled companies across five different markets. The startups include, Morocco’s WaystoCap, Kenya’s Sokowatch, UK’s Asoko Insight, France’s TousFacteurs, and Egypt’s MaxAB, The startups received investment tickets range between $50k and $500k in Seed stage and …

By now you’ve likely experienced the convenience of services such as Uber Eats. For those that haven’t, there’s talk of a new player entering that market, We’re talking about the company formerly know as Taxify, Bolt. The ride-sharing service has today announced plans to expand Bolt’s services into food delivery. “Combined with our technology, efficient operations and thousands of drivers …

Nigerian fintech startup TeamApt has raised $5.5 million in capital in a Series A round led by Quantum Capital Partners. The Lagos based firm will use the funds to expand its white label digital finance products and pivot to consumer finance with the launch of its AptPay banking app. Founded by Tosin Eniolorunda, TeamApt supplies financial and payment solutions to Nigeria’s largest …

BRCK has long been on a mission to create an onramp to the internet for people who can’t afford it regularly.  To this end, we built the SupaBRCK that runs the Moja Network, and then started expanding that service in Kenya and Rwanda.  Moja is about getting everyone online, even if you can’t afford it, by having businesses buy services …

SA tech company Xineoh has closed a $500 000 equity funding round and is now exploring opening a second office in Canada — in Toronto — the startup’s CEO and founder Vian Chinner revealed today. The company, which Chinner (pictured above) founded in 2010 and uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict customer behaviour, already has offices in Canada’s Vancouver — as well …

First of I want to Give thanks to God, our readers, supporters, other tech media blogs, my co-founder, ya’ll are the reason we are still standing strong through the journey. Basically When you are a one runner, you carry the company load alone, what if the weight becomes a burden and you really feel like hanging the boots, quitting and …

Sanofi, a major player in innovation in Africa, is launching three challenges for African start-ups to find innovative solutions to improve access to healthcare and transform the health ecosystem throughout the continent. These will be pitched at VivaTech, an annual technology conference, dedicated to innovation and startups, held in Paris, France and will take place in May 16th to 18th, …