Egyptian Fintech Startup Moneyhash Secures A Six Figure Us Dollar Pre Seed Funding Round For Expansion

The funding round was led by UAE’s venture capital firm COTU Ventures, with participation from the Ventures Platform, Kepple Africa Ventures, and angel investors. Founded in late 2020, MoneyHash provides a unified checkout experience built on top of a secure super-API that aggregates payment and fintech solutions through a single integration and a central dashboard consolidating technical infrastructure and centralizing data and operational reporting. MoneyHash was launched by its three co-founders Nader Abdelrazik ,Mustafa Eid and Anisha Sekar combined ,they have 30 years of experience and have worked for 11 startups ,in addition to a portfolio of employers and education such as Microsoft,UpWork,NerdWallet ,UC Berkeley ,SigFig and Brown University....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 299 words · Melody Ford

Egyptian Insurtech Startup Amenli Raises 2 3 Million Seed Round For Expansion

Amenli, a $2 billion untapped insurance market in Egypt, was founded in 2020 by Shady El Tohfa, Omar Ezz El Din, and Adham Nauman. But it was a series of personal experiences that motivated CEO El Tohfa to pursue market opportunities. El Tohfa relates the tragic stories of two of his close friends who lost their fathers. Despite the fact that his first friend’s loss had a negative influence on their well-being due to unpaid medical expenses, his second friend said that having insurance had allowed his family to avoid financial difficulties despite his father’s expensive treatments....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 234 words · Cynthia Henderson

Egyptian Startup Splendapp Raises Pre Seed Round To Fuel Expansion

Splendapp, founded in 2020 by Mohamed Khaled and Mohamed Shahin, is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that allows customers to create IOS and Android mobile apps in just 48 hours. The software enables users to make changes without requiring technical support from others. Splendapp has recently assisted clients in three countries with the development of mobile applications. In the following six months, the company hopes to use the newly obtained funds to grow into the GCC market....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 158 words · Matthew Rue

Eight Innovators From Africa Pitching For Asme S Innovation Showcase

ASME, the global organization for mechanical engineers, will see regional finalists display their socially-driven design prototypes and have five minutes each to pitch to a select panel of judges. The winners will be announced at a reception that evening. The first regional final recently took place in Bengaluru, India, on April 4, while the third is planned for Washington, DC, USA, on June 13. breastIT (Kampala, Uganda) – breastIT is a portable, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered diagnostic tool for breast anomalies such as cancer....

December 23, 2022 · 3 min · 575 words · Rodolfo Salak

Elon Musk Attacks Prominent Journalists On Twitter Citing New Privacy Restrictions And Numerous Accounts Are Terminated

Musk commented on the suspension, stating that the same doxxing rules apply to “journalists” as to everyone else. He also indicated that Twitter suspended some journalists’ accounts as they posted his “exact real-time location, basically, assassination coordinates, in (obvious) direct violation of Twitter terms of service”. He did, however, earlier make reference to the suspended ElonJet account and noted that Twitter allows free speech from individuals who are watching his private jet....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 251 words · Dana Barnes

Eng John Tanui Elected As President For Iasp Africa Division

Eng. Tanui takes the mantle from his predecessor Ms. Hauwa Yabani who is the CEO of Abuja Technology Village Free Zone Company in Nigeria. She took the leadership in May 2019 from Botswana Innovation Hub CEO Alan Boshwaen, becoming the first IASP Africa Division female president since it was established in 1984. The IASP organisation is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental, membership-based organisation with worldwide network bringing together over 350 science parks whose key objective is to coordinate an active network of professionals that manage areas of innovation....

December 23, 2022 · 3 min · 569 words · Sunshine Tetreault

Entering The Professional Foosball Scene

There are roughly two main ways to enter the foosball scene. The quick way is to enter a tournament. There are regional tournaments that are organized by the VIFA and USTSA organizations (Valley International Foosball Association and United States Table Soccer Association). To find out about tournaments, the webpage www.vifa.com can be a good place to start. And www.foosball.com is always a good reference. For example, you can enter a tournament such as “$7,500 New York State Foosball Championships....

December 23, 2022 · 4 min · 763 words · Edward Toone

Equity Bank Launches Online Forex Trading Platform Eazzyfx

The platform also features real-time streaming access and prompt tailored request-for-quotation services. It also has a dahsboard from which users can customize their profiles. EazzyFX is currently accessible via the web, however, Equity says the platform will be integrated into the Eazzy Banking app in early 2019. In future, EazzyFX will be rolled out for use in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and DRC.

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 62 words · Robyn Lopez

Escolax Launches To Help You Find The Cost Of Fixing Your Gadgets Before Meeting A Repairer

With Escolax, you don’t need to go through all that troubles anymore, as the platform enables you to find out the cost of fixing your electronic gadgets before meeting an actual repairer. Launched by Awele Osuka on the 8th of March 2017, Escolax goes a step ahead to offer repair services, but its primary motivation is to give users ample time to prepare the money towards fixing their gadgets. To use the platform, all you need is to register, post you device, and get price ranges....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 190 words · John Lamb

Essential Points To Consider When Choosing Speaker Hire

When you have made a sound idea about organizing the occasion, you should be cautious about employing the organization that can furnish you with the equipment you need. Since picking a reputable company can really increase the estimation of your events to meet the need of the event. You manage the other perspective additionally like London Speaker Hire to give your crowd with the best experience. To get the best the speaker must not be constrained to your likeness since you should think as a person who will go to an event for significant reasons and by recalling that reason you should choose decision which sort of character you have to welcome in your event that isn’t only renowned in your general vicinity yet for the individuals who are coming to go to your occasion....

December 23, 2022 · 3 min · 457 words · Ronald Baker

Esusu Raises 130 Million Series B Led By Softbank Joins The Unicorn Club

In July last year, the firm raised $10 million to fuel its growth despite the pandemic while in August 2020, Esusu raised $2.3 million in seed extension for US expansion bringing total capital raised to $4 million after it’s 2019 $1.6 million raise led by Acumen Fund. In the United States, credit is fundamental to financial stability, access to housing, and upward mobility. Unfortunately, the current system leaves millions behind who are credit invisible, thin-file, or otherwise credit-challenged precluding them from accessing quality financial products....

December 23, 2022 · 3 min · 456 words · Rene Guy

Etisalat Nokia Launch Ultra Fast 5G Broadband Services In The Uae

Together with Nokia, Etisalat is building an autonomous 5G network using Etisalat A3 platform to deliver best-in-class customer experience, as 5G’s ultra-high bandwidth and low-latency enrich service offerings and transform business models. Users will be able to deploy innovative applications in areas such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) and various Internet of Things (IoT) use cases in areas such as energy, healthcare, education, transport and entertainment, providing new revenue opportunities....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 361 words · Scott Folsom

Facebook Accelerator London Celebrates Latest Graduates

The program is open to high-growth start-ups who are creating impact at scale using artificial intelligence (AI), virtual and augmented reality (AR/VR), or other Facebook products and technologies. The initiative encourages start-ups that are harnessing the power of technology to have a positive impact on the world. Including companies who are improving digital connectivity around the globe. So far, the programme has supported 25 emerging start-ups in total. And in the latest iteration, has been open to start-ups from across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa for the first time....

December 23, 2022 · 3 min · 504 words · Linda Eldred

Founders Factory Africa And Small Foundation Partner To Build And Scale Agritech Startups Across Africa

Small Foundation is making an undisclosed investment in FFA that will enable the agritech startups from across sub-Saharan Africa with their ideas and ventures to address challenges across the entire agricultural value chain. The partnership is meant to support agritech startups that can innovate and improve the delivery of a range of services to smallholder farmers and micro, small and medium sized enterprises in the agricultural sector. According to Founders Factory Africa, founded by Roo Rogers and Alina Truhina, the early stage founders will be required to apply to join the Founders Factory Africa Venture Scale or Venture Build portfolios....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 419 words · Liliana Callahan

Four Players From Africa Who Deserve Fifa Icon Card

Yaya Toure The dimensional centre-back Yaya Touré has become one of the symbols of twentieth-century African football. Touré had his most tremendous success at Barcelona, where he became part of Guardiola’s Dream Team. At Manchester City, he went all the way to becoming a European football powerhouse. His former team is one of the leading contenders for the Premier League title this year. To bet on this result, it’s better to check reviews like this https://bookmaker-ratings....

December 23, 2022 · 3 min · 569 words · Geralyn Worsham

French Government Commits Additional 150M Funding For African Tech Startups

Digital Africa, which was founded in 2018 with the goal of equipping African tech entrepreneurs with the skills they need to design and scale up game-changing innovations for the real economy, brings together startups, academia, incubators, institutional financiers, venture capitalists, and technology clusters to help develop the African startup space. President Macron’s renewed financial commitment of EUR130 million, made at the New Africa-France Summit, covers the next three years, while Digital Africa has been reorganized and is now part of Proparco, the Agence Française de Développement’s private sector subsidiary (AFD)....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 423 words · Rita Owen

Ghana S Covibes Connects Musicians With Top Music Producers Studios

WhatsApp will allow users to send money securely or make a purchase from a local business without leaving their chat, something China’s WeChat has been doing for years. “The over 10 million small and micro-businesses are the heartbeat of Brazil’s communities. It’s become second nature to send a zap to a business to get questions answered. Now in addition to viewing a store’s catalog, customers will be able to send payments for products as well....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 413 words · Matthew Bailey

Ghanian Fintech Startup Dash Raises 32 8 Million In Its Seed Round For Expansion Across Africa

Other investors in the round include ASK Capital, Techstars, Guillaume Pousaz’s Zinal Growth Partners, Jitendra Gupta of Jupiter Money, Amrish Rau, CEO of Pine Labs, the founders of Moss, executives from ProcessOut (acquired by Checkout.com), and the founders of PennyLane. Dash aims to utilise the funds to expand to new markets such as Tanzania and South Africa, as well as get the licenses necessary to operate there, build out its team, invest in technology, and launch new features....

December 23, 2022 · 3 min · 439 words · Daryl Bickford

Google Acquires Timeful To Help You Schedule Events Based On Your Desires

The app helps users do things like set up their exercise schedules say three times a week or that they need to call the bank by next Tuesday, and their system will make sure you get it done based on an understanding of both your schedule and your priorities. Timeful’s technology wil be applied into Inbox, Calendar and beyond so the app does the work as they focus on being creative, having fun and spending time with the people they care about....

December 23, 2022 · 1 min · 175 words · Robyn Newcomb

Google And Levi S Tech Jacket Is Now Available

Picture a jacket that is almost as good as your phone in every way. The jacket has conductive fibers that are woven directly into clothing these conductive fibers are flexible and can be washed — though the actual electronics are handled by the cufflink, which you have to remove before you wash the jacket. Any motions you make on the left cuff of the jacket’s sleeve register as touch inputs just like a screen....

December 23, 2022 · 2 min · 286 words · Karyn Davis