South African SME Lender Lula Secures $21M Funding
Africa-Press - Botswana. Lula, a South African fintech company founded in 2014 by Trevor Gosling and Michael Foley, has secured ZAR 340...
Google Accelerator Africa Offers Equity-Free Support for Startups
Africa-Press - Botswana. Applications are now open for the 2026 Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Program. This three-month hybrid accelerator program is...
Lekeelekee Pioneers Africa’S Digital Sovereignty
Africa-Press - Botswana. Nigeria has unveiled a new social networking service called LekeeLekee, created by the team behind ARISE and THISDAY media...
Google and African Institutions Empower Indigenous Languages
Africa-Press - Botswana. Google, collaborating with research institutions across Africa, has introduced WAXAL, an extensive open-access speech dataset aimed at improving AI...
Qualcomm Launches Make in Africa Program for Startups
Africa-Press - Botswana. Qualcomm has launched enrollment for the latest Make in Africa Startup Guidance Initiative. The programme offers young enterprises critical...
What is the Dart Frog Toxin Allegedly Used to Kill Alexei Navalny?
Africa-Press - Botswana. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a deadly toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America,...
Africa’S Tech Sector Surges with $180 Billion Investment
Africa-Press - Botswana. Over the past ten years, Africa has become one of the world’s fastest-expanding technology markets, driven by widespread mobile...
Yakeey Secures $15 Million to Transform Morocco Real Estate
Africa-Press - Botswana. Launched in 2023 by Karim Beqqali, Yakeey unifies developers, buyers, tenants, investors, and advisers within a single digital platform,...
Digital Twins and the Rise of 3D Avatars in Football
Africa-Press - Botswana. As of January 2026, the football industry is undergoing a massive technical upgrade. The biggest news involves the introduction...
Whatsapp Banned in Russia Citizens use State Platform
Africa-Press - Botswana. Russia has blocked messaging service WhatsApp over alleged legal breaches, urging users to switch to a state-backed alternative in...