After Running an Event in Africa for the second time in Lagos, Nigeria: Techcrunch Startup Battlefield Africa  where 15 companies took part in competing for the $25,000 equity free grand prize and a chance to attend the TC Disrupt 2019 in SF. The winner of the event was M-SCAN from Uganda, which develops portable mobile ultrasound devices (Ultrasonic probes) that are laptop, …

PayPal Inc Holdings Inc has made a strategic investment in Tala, a financial technology startup that lends to underserved consumers in emerging markets, the companies said on Monday. The companies declined to disclose the amount of the investment, but Tala said it will use the funding to further develop its product and broaden its reach. Based in Santa Monica, California, …

Cairo-based HitchHiker has raised $200,000 for its international P2P shipping platform, the startup announced today. The investment came from Dubai-based angel investors. Founded last year by Hussein Mahmoud El-Terawy and Hassan Selim, HitchHiker likes to call itself a social network (available as an Android and iOS app) that connects people wanting to ship something from Point A to Point B internationally with …

Founded in 2009, Pesapal provides a simple, safe and reliable way for individuals and businesses to make and accept payments in Africa. Pesapal is this morning pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Arusha, Tanzania. The office located at PPF Plaza along Old Moshi road is meant to cater to a growing demand for payment services by …

The musical artists at Publiseer are currently celeberating, following the digital content distribution company’s giant leap in the business of distributing and monetizing the works of great musical artists in Africa. The music aggregator have recently released its subscription streaming numbers in excess of 1.5 million streams, as garnered from the amazing variety of contents on hundreds of digital stores …

ERC20 tokens are smart contracts that run on the Ethereum blockchain. ERC is an abbreviation for Ethereum Request for Comments. ERC20 has 6 functions and 2 events. This standard was created to enable interoperability (the ability of computer systems or software to exchange and make use of information). The functions describe how tokens can be transferred. The functions also help …

Safaricom, through the M-agri Business branch, has introduced two new initiatives to target farmers and enhance the food security sector of the country. Food security, which is also part of President Kenyatta’s Big Four Agenda has been a vital sector in the Kenyan economy. According to Daily Nation, Shs 400 billion has been allocated to Big Four Agenda with Shs 20.25 …

Google is in the process of signing a deal with the Kenyan telecommunication operators to deliver mobile Internet to remote and underserved areas through a network of floating balloons. The project is expected to help in the reduction of the cost of Internet packages. Through their Project Loon, Google has embarked on a global campaign to increase Internet connectivity and …

 In a move to grow music streaming services in Kenya, Safaricom’s music platform Songa has poached Chinasa Udeala from Boomplay and appointed him General Manager. The incoming manager was until he joined Songa, the Regional Director East Africa at Tecno’s Boomplay Music where he helped expand the streaming business significantly. He has previously worked as East Africa Head of Business …

Ushuru.co.ke, the Kenyan platform whose main mission is to remove any literally any hiccup that is experienced by Kenyan taxpayers by simplifying the tax-paying process, has relaunched and expanded the platform’s users. The platform has helped the citizens a lot. And to attest to the impact the platform, it’s important to use statistics and numbers (because numbers don’t lie). In …