Swish Raises Seed Funding: Bengaluru-based service food delivery startup Swish has raised $2 million (over INR 16 crore) in a seed funding round led by venture capital firm Accel. The funding round also saw participation from angel investors, including ex-Swiggy…
Twenty Open-Source Alternative: Open-source CRM Twenty has raised a $5 million seed round led by Runa Capital with participation from C-Suite executives at HubSpot, Front, and Pipedrive. The startup will use the funds to grow its open source community, develop…
Andela and CNCF Partnership: Andela and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) have unveiled a partnership to equip over 20,000 African tech professionals with cloud-native skills, starting 2025. According to the email sent to Silicon Africa, Participants will prepare for…
The TractionBoost Accelerator is an intensive program that lasts for 2 months. It is designed specifically for early-stage startups focused on product testing and customer acquisition. The goal is to provide you with the necessary traction to secure pre-seed funding. …
EFCC, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) have mapped out new strategies. These strategies are to ensure the exit of the country from the FATF’s Grey list. What is FATF? This is known…
dKilo, an Egyptian ad tech startup, raises 3.2 million dollars in funding from Upturn Ventures and Revival Labs. The funding was in the form of equity and financing and is to be used for the expansion of ad tech solutions…
Who owns Multichoice DSTV: France’s Groupe, Canal+, has acquired more shares of South Africa’s MultiChoice Group. Canal+ recently reported that it has acquired 45.2% of MultiChoice’s equity through both on-market and off-market transactions. Who Owns MultiChoice DSTV? Canal+ acquired 7.4…
Polaris Bank is the top MSME Lending bank. The Nigeria’s leading digital retail commercial bank was declared as Nigeria’s topmost bank in lending to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The award recognized Polaris Bank’s longstanding commitments to supporting…
Nvidia Overheating AI Chips: Nvidia’s new Blackwell AI chips, which have already faced delays, have encountered problems with accompanying servers that overheat. This development has caused some customers to worry they will not have enough time to get new data…
Qualcomm has introduced new PC Chips, which are more effective and reliable. The company highlighted that owners of laptops built on its new chips can use computers for a long time without worrying about a dead battery. Both Microsoft and…
