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Synnefa Secures Grant to Boost Kenyan Farmers' Productivity

Synnefa Secures Grant to Boost Kenyan Farmers’ Productivity

Africa-Press - Angola. Kenyan agri-tech startup Synnefa has secured USD 300K in grant funding from the World Resources Institute’s Partnering for Green Growth and...
Iniubong Obonguko: from Phone Coding to Global Software

Iniubong Obonguko: from Phone Coding to Global Software

Africa-Press - Angola. When Iniubong Obonguko wrote his first line of code, he was not sitting behind a powerful computer. He was typing on...
U.S.-Africa Renewable Energy Policy Alignment

U.S.-Africa Renewable Energy Policy Alignment

Africa-Press - Angola. The U.S. and Africa are strengthening ties in renewable energy to address shared goals: boosting investments, improving energy access, and supporting...
5 Partnership Models for Scaling Edtech in Africa

5 Partnership Models for Scaling Edtech in Africa

Africa-Press - Angola. Africa faces major education challenges: low internet access (36%), teacher shortages, and limited resources. EdTech offers potential solutions, but scaling these...
Africa'S Circular Economy Sparks Innovation and Jobs

Africa’S Circular Economy Sparks Innovation and Jobs

Africa-Press - Angola. On the outskirts of Addis Ababa, 30-year-old Behailu Seboka, founder of Askema Engineering, manufactures brake pads using discarded materials from slaughterhouses....
Africhange Partners with Griffin for GBP Accounts

Africhange Partners with Griffin for GBP Accounts

Africa-Press - Angola. Africhange, a UK-licensed cross-border fintech platform, has partnered with Griffin, the UK’s leading bank for fintechs, to provide GBP bank accounts...
AI Startup Velents.Ai Raises USD 1.5M for Arabic AI Employee

AI Startup Velents.Ai Raises USD 1.5M for Arabic AI Employee

Africa-Press - Angola. Velents.ai, an Egypt–Saudi Arabia-based artificial intelligence startup, has secured USD 1.5 million in funding to introduce Agent.sa, the first fully integrated...
Wave Mobile Launches WAVE Bank Africa S.A.

Wave Mobile Launches WAVE Bank Africa S.A.

Africa-Press - Angola. Wave Mobile, the $1.7 billion fintech unicorn that transformed West Africa’s payments landscape, is now undergoing a major shift in direction...
Utica Capital Launches N20 Billion Fund for Nollywood

Utica Capital Launches N20 Billion Fund for Nollywood

Africa-Press - Angola. Utica Capital Limited has unveiled a landmark N20 billion venture capital fund designed to bridge the major financing gap within Nigeria’s...
Nvidia and Cassava Partner for AI Data Centres in Africa

Nvidia and Cassava Partner for AI Data Centres in Africa

Africa-Press - Angola. Nvidia has entered into a landmark US$700 million deal with Cassava Technologies (Cassava) to establish AI-ready data centres across several key...