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Safaricom has partnered with Visa to provide a virtual card for global transactions.

Kenyas biggest telecommunications operator, Safaricom, has launched a virtual payment card with Visa Inc. The MPesa GlobalPay Visa virtual card offers

Kenyas biggest telecommunications operator, Safaricom, has launched a virtual payment card with Visa Inc. The MPesa GlobalPay Visa virtual card offers access to global ecommerce platforms. MPesa, launched 15 years ago as one of the world’s first mobile phonebased money transfer services Through Visas digital processing network its users will now get access to more than 100 million merchants. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 2 years ago          

Talk360, the international calling app, raised $4 million in funding

Talk360 raised $4 million in funding as it prepares to launch a new panAfrican payment platform. The seed round of funding was led by leading African

Talk360 raised $4 million in funding as it prepares to launch a new panAfrican payment platform. The seed round of funding was led by leading African venture capital investor HAVAÍC, 4Di Capital, and prominent fintech angel investors. Talk360 app is seeing rapid growth in Africa with a growing number of paying users, accessibility has been an issue for the 500 million underserviced people. The company aims to create jobs and reduce unemployment in communities through its rapidly growing agent network. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 2 years ago          

Egyptian qcommerce platform Appetito buys Lamma for over $10 million

Appetito the Egyptian platform that delivers groceries and household products to customers from 11 dark stores across different cities. Appetito is ac

Appetito the Egyptian platform that delivers groceries and household products to customers from 11 dark stores across different cities. Appetito is acquiring Lamma, an identical startup with operations in the Maghreb regions of Tunisia and Morocco. Appetito has acquired Lamma, the Moroccanbased qcommerce platform with operations in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. The Lamma team, its three dark stores and distribution centre will be integrated into Appetito as both teams explore lots of synergies. Appetitos acquisition of Lamma is a first in the African market, albeit among small players. the companys aim is quality and affordability over speed and convenience is one of the reasons Appetito CEO Mokhtar is confident in the companys continuous growth. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 2 years ago          

Google is planning to develop first product development centre in Africa

Google is opening its firstever Africa product development Centre in Kenyan capital Nairobi. The company invested $1 billion in various projects on th

Google is opening its firstever Africa product development Centre in Kenyan capital Nairobi. The company invested $1 billion in various projects on the continent over five years. Google is also hiring engineers, product managers, and researchers to staff the new Centre. It has already inaugurated an artificial intelligence Centre in Ghana, with the aim of innovations that can be applied to various challenges. Microsoft has also been investing in technology development hubs in Kenya and Nigeria, investing $100 million and hiring engineers. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 2 years ago          

Salesforce sign s partnership with TikTok

Salesforce, an American cloudbased software company, has registered a partnership with TikTok to make it easier for Commerce Cloud dealers to engage w

Salesforce, an American cloudbased software company, has registered a partnership with TikTok to make it easier for Commerce Cloud dealers to engage with the TikTok community. Merchants can now easily add and launch TikTok as a new sales channel within Salesforce Commerce Cloud. This partnership presents an opportunity for businesses to understand todays social shoppers and curate highly personalized content for TikToks 1 billion monthly users The partnership will enable merchants to seamlessly and efficiently build their presence on TikTok. Nearly one in 10 purchases can now made on social media, and the number is only increasing. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 2 years ago          

Customers will be able to use Telebirr Digital Payment Services implemented by Ethio Telecom and Hybrid Designs PLC.

Ethio telecom and Hybrid Designs PLC have registered a contractual agreement that would enable the customers access to telecom products and services t

Ethio telecom and Hybrid Designs PLC have registered a contractual agreement that would enable the customers access to telecom products and services through Ride transport service. The newly emerging telebirr digital payment system is an easy, fast, convenient, and secure transaction platform for the settlement of any service payments. The contractual agreement registered between the two companies is mainly aimed at integrating telecom and telebirr services with the RIDE transport service platform to meet the evergrowing demand of the customers for telecom products and services. Telebirr has been very successful mainly because of its simplicity of use. As the platform is widely preferable in the society for emoney payments, over 18.7 billion birr transactions have been made so far. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 2 years ago          

Zuri Health Sets Aside $1.3 Million for Africa Expansion

Kenya primarily based startup Zuri Health providing mobilebased care has received $1.3million investment to expand across Africa. Zuri Health connects

Kenya primarily based startup Zuri Health providing mobilebased care has received $1.3million investment to expand across Africa. Zuri Health connects massmarket patients with care services via SMS, WhatsApp, and an obsessive app. the corporate has partnered with 16+ major mobile network operators in seven African countries. Zuri Health was launched by Ikechukwu Arthur Anoka and flower Isiah. Africa bears twenty fifth of the worlds sickness burden however solely two of its doctors, consistent with World Economic Forum. every doctor in African country would want to serve around five,300 patients annually to satisfy the countrys demand for care. Zuri Health plans to use this investment to any build out its digital platform and launch operations in new markets. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 2 years ago          

Mustard is launching an ideastage investment vehicle to establish global brands for audiences in africa

Mustard has disclosed the launch of his $4m investment vehicle to build narrativeled technology ventures from the very start with likeminded founders

Mustard has disclosed the launch of his $4m investment vehicle to build narrativeled technology ventures from the very start with likeminded founders and investors. Mustard will play the role of both investor and builder from the earliest stage possible in its new model. Mustard is a new venture agency that aims to provide its investors with VCtype returns in five years, rather than the typical 10year returns approach of African VCs. Mustards ideastage funding strategy is unique, demonstrating why a range of approaches is necessary for a growing startup ecosystem. Read More..

B2B Tech News | 2 years ago          



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