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…
For Many Black Voters, 2020 Is About Beating Trump, Not About Pride Or Making History
By Isheka N. Harrison In this Aug. 24, 2018 photo, Betty L. Petty of Sunflower County Parents and…