Boosted By ‘Facebank,’ Bitcoin Surges Past $13,000, Reviving Memories Of Last Boom-And-Bust Cycle
By Dana Sanchez Pile of bitcoin keychains. Photo: BTC Keychain Bitcoin is up 245 percent in 2019 so…
Barbershop Management Platform Squire Raises $8 Million Series A Round
By Dana Sanchez Dave Salvant and Songe LaRon, co-founders of Squire Technologies, a disruptive small business management platform…
Africa: Roscongress, Afreximbank and REC Sign Agreement to Promote Trade
[RosCongress] Moscow -As part of the Russia–Africa Economic Conference in Moscow, Russia, the Roscongress Foundation, African Export-Import Bank…
French VC Firm Invests $5M In Kenyan Mobile Produce Platform
By Peter Pedroncelli Kenyan mobile produce platform Twiga Foods empowers farmers and food vendors. Photo – AP –…
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Vessel Inspection Rises By 81%
[Vanguard] Nigeria’s Port State Control, PSC, ratings shot up by 81.7 per cent with a total of 636…
Namibia: Beef Exported to China Distributed to the Asian Market
[Namibia Economist] Meat processing and marketing entity, Meatco this week said that the first consignment of premium beef…
Namibia: //Kharas Submits U.S.$34,000 Incentive Claims
[Namibian] A total of 67 farmers in the //Kharas region have submitted subsidy claims of N$500 000 for…
Applications open for $50k GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize
By Tom Jackson African agri-tech entrepreneurs have been invited to apply for the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize, which is…
SA fintech startup Lulalend raises $6.5m Series A funding round
By Tom Jackson South African startup Lulalend, an online automated provider of short-term funding for small and medium…
Kenya: Budget – Sonko to Increase Parking Fees, Tax Facebook Entrepreneurs
[Nairobi News] Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko wants to increase parking fees barely six months after reducing it to…