Exclusive: Nnamdi Kanu’s relatives threaten judicial review against UK foreign secretary, saying his life is at risk in NigeriaThe family of a British national said to have been arrested in Kenya and taken to Nigeria in an act of extraordinary renditio…
What is going on in Tunisia? All you need to know
Has the president staged a coup as the opposition allege, and what is likely to happen next?Ten years after the revolution that triggered the Arab spring, Tunisia, long regarded as one of the few democratic transition success stories to come out of tha…
Field Intelligence targets 11 African cities to expand its pharmacy inventory-management service
The company’s Shelf Life project aims to remedy the inventory-management issues in Africa’s retail pharmacies.
Ivorian fintech Julaya raises $2M to digitize business payments in Francophone Africa
Julaya enables companies to streamline their accounting and improve their operational efficiency by digitizing payments to workers and suppliers instead of relying on cash.
African startups join global funding boom as fintech shines
Startups across Africa have never had more access to capital than they do right now.
South African payments startup Yoco raises $83M Series C backed by Dragoneer
Despite South Africa’s high card and mobile penetration rates of over 70%, the country’s SMEs still struggle to accept cards. Yoco’s portable card machines proved masterful in solving this problem.
One of Nigeria’s high profile angel investors is launching a fund for African startups
Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack, PiggyVest, and TeamApt. Today, the investor is announcing the launch of Voltron Capital, a Pan-African venture capital firm he co-founded with […]
ナイジェリアの人々の貯金習慣をアップデートする：伝統の枠組みをデジタル化するスタートアップの挑戦
成人の多くが銀行口座をもたないナイジェリアでは、これまで貯金先は木製の小さな貯金箱だった。こうしたなかナイジェリアのスタートアップPiggyVestは、この貯金箱のデジタル化と自動化を進めることで、人々の貯金習慣に変革をもたらしている。
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#18 Why Do Black People Get Creative In Naming Their Children?
STRONG LANGUAGE: I ask this question, my mother ask me this question, and I figure non-blacks must silently (if they are wise) ask it too.No right appears more sovereign to socio-economically disadvantage blacks than naming their offspring some phoneti…
Blue Eyes, Blacks And Occular Albinism
Photographs of this lad have been making the rounds, with what I believe to be a poor explanation of his blue eyes, on top of all the people who claim that it is a case of blatant photoshopping (forgery). He is from Zimbabwe and the photographer was Va…