A new study on seed companies operating in Western and Central Africa has identified Nigeria as a leading seed hub in Western and Central Africa. The Access to Seeds Index 2019 – Western and Central Africa ranked Value Seeds number one. Like most of the other companies from the region, it operates exclusively in its [&hellip...
Founders Factory Africa (FFA) and Standard Bank have announced that they have selected and invested into the first five fintech startup businesses in Africa. Founders Factory Africa is a South African company operating across Africa delivering a...
Google has opened an Artifical Intelligence research laboratory in Accra, Ghana, the first of its kind in Africa. The new lab will use AI to develop solutions in healthcare, education and agriculture such as helping to diagnose certain types of crop disease....
Nigeria’s digital agriculture platform, Farmgate Africa announced its partnership with Livestock247.com, an online Livestock Market. This partnership is following the recent launch of the commodity aggregator platform by Farmcrowdy Group an umbrella company...
Allianz has appointed Gideon Ataraire as Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Life Ghana. Gideon brings years of experience to the company and has a proven record of taking customer-centric companies like Allianz Life Ghana to the next level. Until this move,...
AfricaOnline a subsidiary of Gondwana International Networks (GIN) has announced the launch of its new JOLA service, a high-speed broadband satellite service powered by Avanti’s HYLAS4 satellite that offers 100 per cent coverage of Ghana through...
Paylater, the Nigerian fintech company specializing in consumer lending, has confirmed its name change in light of its growing banking services. The company is re-launching as “Carbon“, the rebrand reflects the company’s deliberate...
Visa, the global payments technology company and Branch, the most downloaded finance app in Africa, have announced a partnership that will see virtual Visa prepaid debit cards offered to over 2 million consumers in Sub-Saharan Africa. This partnership...
Founders of Nigeria’s digital content distribution platform Publiseer, Chidi Nwaogu and Chika Nwaogu, have been invited by the Mastercard Foundation to participate in its Young Africa Works Summit, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa on October 17...
Siemens launched an extraordinary data visualization project called FABRIC at the German Africa Business Summit in Accra, demonstrating how crucial data is in transforming Africa’s urban centres into smart cities of the future. This interactive initiative...
April 5, 2019 •
Top Stories, West Africa •
Fundi Maseko •
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Farmcrowdy Group (FCG), has launched a new subsidiary, Farmgate Africa, a technology-driven agro-trading market place for agriculture commodities in Africa. Led by Kenneth Obiajulu, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Farmgate Africa (FGA) is bridging the gap...
#datafree pioneer biNu announced the appointment of Stephen Newton as CEO to spearhead its expansion across Africa and other emerging markets – following successes in Nigeria and South Africa. biNu addresses a major problem that continues in countries...
Jiji, Nigeria’s classifieds marketplace has reached an agreement with OLX to redirect OLX users in Nigeria to Jiji and to acquire OLX businesses in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The transaction is supported by one of Jiji’s principal investors,...
General Electric has announced the appointment of Sulemana Abubakar (Abu) as the Chief Executive Officer for GE Ghana. In this position, Abu will play a pivotal role in steering the next phase of strategy and growth for GE in Ghana. Based in Accra, Abu will...
The MTN Ghana Foundation has commissioned a modern library for a High School in the Eastern region. The facility will include a 20 seater ICT Centre and Teachers common area. In addition, the MTN Ghana Foundation partnered with Huawei Ghana to deploy fibre...
AfricaOnline, a subsidiary of Gondwana International Networks (GIN) has appointed Foster Plender as its Managing Director. Plender, brings with him decades of telecommunications experience across both African and European markets. “I am excited to lead...
