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Introducing CHARTBOX by Techloy
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Loy Okézie
Mar 5, 2020
Techloy is pivoting into a data-driven platform
Techloy is pivoting into a data-driven platform
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Loy Okézie
Jun 10, 2017
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Actis launches $250m pan-African data centre platform with the acquisition of Nigeria’s Rack Centre
Actis launches $250m pan-African data centre platform with the acquisition of Nigeria’s Rack Centre
U.K.-based Actis, a leading investor of private capital into global emerging markets, has launched a $250 million pan-African data centre…
Techloy
Mar 4, 2020
Africa’s Banked Population To Hit 400 Million By 2021
Africa’s Banked Population To Hit 400 Million By 2021
With the current population of Africa estimated to be over 1.3 billion, based on the latest United Nations estimates, the continent’s…
Techloy
Feb 27, 2020
Nigeria is investing about ₦100 billion to support entrepreneurs and technology innovators
Nigeria is investing about ₦100 billion to support entrepreneurs and technology innovators
Nigeria’s government says it has approved the sum of $268 million (about ₦100 billion) in funding to support agricultural entrepreneurs…
Techloy
Feb 27, 2020
Egypt’s Banque Misr to borrow $250 million for African expansion
Egypt’s Banque Misr to borrow $250 million for African expansion
Egypt’s state-owned lender, Banque Misr is planning to borrow $250 million from two international lenders this year to boost its financing…
Techloy
Feb 26, 2020
European Investment Bank’s new €4 billion financing will also support startups in Africa in 2020
European Investment Bank’s new €4 billion financing will also support startups in Africa in 2020
The European Investment Bank (EIB) provided €3 billion in new financing to support investments in the private sector, across Africa, where…
Techloy
Feb 26, 2020
Temenos software to power leading Libyan bank’s digital transformation
Temenos software to power leading Libyan bank’s digital transformation
Banking software company, Temenos has announced that Assaray Trade and Investment Bank (ATIB), one of the most structured and advanced…
Techloy
Feb 26, 2020
Zimbabwe’s Econet Wireless to acquire Ethiopian license
Zimbabwe’s Econet Wireless to acquire Ethiopian license
Zimbabwe’s Econet Wireless, which has operations in Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Burundi, is reportedly planning to acquire a telecommunications…
Techloy
Feb 25, 2020
MTN Is The Best Telecom Company To Work For In Nigeria In 2020
MTN Is The Best Telecom Company To Work For In Nigeria In 2020
According to the 2019 edition of the Jobberman Best 100 Companies to Work For, South African telecoms giant, MTN is the best telco to work…
Techloy
Feb 11, 2020
Nigerian fintech startup, Aella raises $10 million debt financing round
Nigerian fintech startup, Aella raises $10 million debt financing round
Nigerian fintech start-up, Aella has raised a $10 million debt financing round, from Singapore-based HQ Financial Group (HQF) to help the…
Techloy
Feb 10, 2020
Africa’s smartphone sales to reach 92 million units by year-end 2020
Africa’s smartphone sales to reach 92 million units by year-end 2020
Global smartphone sales to end users, which declined by 2% in 2019 for the first time since 2008, came back on track to reach 1.57 billion…
Techloy
Feb 5, 2020
Bhojsons PowerHub launches Amaze, a backup power solution in Nigeria
Bhojsons PowerHub launches Amaze, a backup power solution in Nigeria
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Techloy
Feb 3, 2020
Nigeria recorded 439 million PoS transaction volume and ₦3.2 trillion in transaction value in 2019
Nigeria recorded 439 million PoS transaction volume and ₦3.2 trillion in transaction value in 2019
Nigeria reached a record number of successful Point of Sale (PoS) transactions from 285.9 million transactions in 2018 to 438.6 million…
Techloy
Jan 24, 2020
South African sales tech provider, Skynamo secures $30 million in Series A funding
South African sales tech provider, Skynamo secures $30 million in Series A funding
Skynamo (formerly Honeybee CRM), a Cape Town-based sales technology provider has secured $30 million in Series A funding from Five Elms…
Techloy
Jan 23, 2020
UK’s CDC Group to invest £2 billion in African businesses over the next two years
UK’s CDC Group to invest £2 billion in African businesses over the next two years
CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, has announced that it will commit a further £2 billion into African businesses over…
Techloy
Jan 22, 2020
Pan-African solar power provider secures $17.5 million from CDC Group
Pan-African solar power provider secures $17.5 million from CDC Group
UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, CDC Group, has added to its renewable energy portfolio with a $10 million debt…
Techloy
Jan 22, 2020
Renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa gets a boost with $20 million investment
Renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa gets a boost with $20 million investment
In many communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, there’s little or no reliable energy access, which leaves millions of households with limited…
Techloy
Jan 22, 2020
CDC is backing two funds with $39.2 million to bolster access to finance for SMEs in West Africa
CDC is backing two funds with $39.2 million to bolster access to finance for SMEs in West Africa
CDC Group, the UK’s publicly-owned impact investor, has announced it will back Adiwale Fund I and Verod Fund III, two West-African based…
Techloy
Jan 22, 2020
UK’s impact investor invests €25 million to support entrepreneurs in North Africa
UK’s impact investor invests €25 million to support entrepreneurs in North Africa
UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, CDC Group has announced a €25 million commitment to Mediterrania Capital…
Techloy
Jan 22, 2020
ZTE and MTN launch the first 5G network trial in East Africa
ZTE and MTN launch the first 5G network trial in East Africa
China’s ZTE Corporation and South Africa’s MTN have jointly launched the first 5G SA network in East Africa, the first of its kind in the…
Techloy
Jan 21, 2020
Flutterwave raises $35 million in Series B funding
Flutterwave raises $35 million in Series B funding
Nigerian-based fintech startup, Flutterwave has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round, led by Greycroft and eVentures, with…
Techloy
Jan 21, 2020
Liquid Telecom to launch 5G in South Africa in “early 2020”
Liquid Telecom to launch 5G in South Africa in “early 2020”
Leading pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom is set to launch the first 5G wholesale roaming service in all major South African…
Techloy
Jan 20, 2020
Catalyst Fund secures $15 million to invest in African fintech startups
Catalyst Fund secures $15 million to invest in African fintech startups
Catalyst Fund, a Boston-based accelerator for inclusive fintech startups in emerging markets, has secured $15 million from JP Morgan and…
Techloy
Jan 20, 2020
15 African female tech entrepreneurs emerge finalists of the UK’s Female Tech Founders programme
15 African female tech entrepreneurs emerge finalists of the UK’s Female Tech Founders programme
The most ambitious development-focused women tech entrepreneurs from across Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria are attending the first-ever…
Techloy
Jan 20, 2020
This new €60 million African startup fund targets at least 50% of women-led startups
This new €60 million African startup fund targets at least 50% of women-led startups
A new €60 million fund that would back African technology startups, and targeting at least 50% of startups founded, co-founded, or…
Techloy
Jan 20, 2020
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