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Roqqu acquires Kenya’s Flitaa as Nigerian startups eye East Africa
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Roqqu acquires Kenya’s Flitaa as Nigerian startups eye East Africa

Nigerian cryptocurrency exchange Roqqu has announced its acquisition of Flitaa, a Kenya-based crypto startup, as part of its expansion into East Africa. Per TechCabal, the acquisition gives Roqqu immediate entry into Kenya’s fintech market and marks the company’s first footprint in the region. Flitaa, founded in 2019, operates in Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania. The company allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies and has built a customer base through its simplified crypto transaction services. While the value of the acquisition remains undisclosed, Roqqu stated that Flitaa’s operations will be integrated into its platform. Roqqu has been operating since 2019 without raising external capital, and the acquisition aligns with its vision to become a pan-Af...
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Gov’t hints of tax waivers for electronic vehicle importation 
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Gov’t hints of tax waivers for electronic vehicle importation 

The Government has hinted of plans to ensure import duty exemptions for individuals and entities that import electronic vehicles (E-Vs) into the country, as part of the roadmap towards the roll-out of the National Electronic Vehicle Policy framework.  Mr Joseph Bukari Nikpe, the Minister of Transport, announced this on the floor of Parliament in Accra on Wednesday when responding to urgent question posed by Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ofoase Ayirebi, about the roadmap towards the full implementation of the E-Vs policy in Ghana.  Mr Nikpe, also the MP for Saboba, stated that his Ministry would work collaboratively with the Ministry of Finance to undertake the necessary amendments to the Valued Added Tax (VAT) Act and other relevant legislations to ensure tax...
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Ghana to Spotlight Education Innovation and Digital Learning at eLearning Africa 2026
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Ghana to Spotlight Education Innovation and Digital Learning at eLearning Africa 2026

The landmark event is set to position Ghana at the forefront of digital learning innovation on the continent, bringing together leading voices from across Africa and around the globe to exchange ideas, showcase best practices, and deepen collaboration in the field of education technology. The Ministry of Education has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with eLearning Africa, officially designating Ghana as the host of the 18th edition of the eLearning Africa Conference, scheduled to take place in Accra from June 3 to 5, 2026. The landmark event is set to position Ghana at the forefront of digital learning innovation on the continent, bringing together leading voices from across Africa and around the globe to exchange ideas, showcase best practices, and deepen collaboration...
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Complete Farmer Secures EU Backing to Boost Northern Ghana’s Agritech Network
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Complete Farmer Secures EU Backing to Boost Northern Ghana’s Agritech Network

Ghanaian agritech startup Complete Farmer has received roughly €2.2 million ($2.5 million) in funding from the EU-backed AgriFI initiative, managed by EDFI Management Company. The investment will go toward building six rural fulfillment centers across five northern regions in Ghana, aimed at enhancing aggregation, quality assurance, and logistics services for smallholder farmers. Established in 2017 by Desmond Koney, Complete Farmer runs a digital platform that streamlines agricultural trade. Its two main services are CF Grower, which provides smallholder farmers with data-driven farming guidelines and access to input suppliers and CF Buyer, which connects global commodity buyers to traceable, export-quality produce. This new funding supports Complete Farmer’s expansio...
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Ghana: UNICEF StartUp Lab welcomes four agritech ventures into its 2025 cohort
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Ghana: UNICEF StartUp Lab welcomes four agritech ventures into its 2025 cohort

25 social impact tech-enabled startups were welcomed into the 5th cohort of the UNICEF StartUp Lab accelerator programme. These social impact startups are addressing critical challenges affecting children, adolescents, and communities, in areas including education, health, nutrition, WASH, climate action, financial inclusion, and youth employment. Participating startups will complete a carefully designed curriculum, comprising six structured venture-building modules covering diligence, product development, business modeling, finance and unit economics, marketing and communications, and investor readiness. Startups selected for the programme will receive equity-free prototype grants amounting to US$5,000, with an additional US$10,000 awarded to three standout ventures. Startups will a...
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Goldman Sachs leads USD 55 mln funding in South African fintech startup Jumo
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Goldman Sachs leads USD 55 mln funding in South African fintech startup Jumo

The investment round saw participation from existing investors including Goldman Sachs, Odey Asset Management and Leapfrog Investments as well as new unnamed investors. It brings Jumo’s total funding raised to nearly USD 150 million and follows two major rounds in 2018 when the company raised USD 64.5 million. Jumo operates in five African countries—Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia—where it partners with financial service providers and telecoms operators to offer lending, savings and insurance services to their vast customer bases. The company says it has disbursed USD 1.8 billion in loans since being founded and has now served 15 million customers. The fund raise comes amid intense interest in the potential of financial technology startups in Africa, notably from global paymen...
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Kenya’s Leta enters Ghana after $5 million seed round
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Kenya’s Leta enters Ghana after $5 million seed round

Leta, a Kenyan software startup that builds logistics software for businesses, has expanded into Ghana, its seventh market, after a $5 million seed round in March 2025. The company already operates in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mauritius. Founded in 2021 by Nick Joshi, Leta is a software development company that creates supply chain and logistics solutions to enable the efficient and automated movement of goods. Its platform helps businesses manage fleet operations, optimise delivery routes, and reduce transportation costs using AI-powered tools. “We are officially live in Accra with our first customer on the ground: Simbisa Brands Limited, one of Africa’s largest quick service restaurant groups, with over 600 outlets in 11 countries,” Joshi announce...
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Heirs Technologies i-Academy graduates 100 emerging tech talents
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Heirs Technologies i-Academy graduates 100 emerging tech talents

In a bold step towards accelerating Africa’s digital transformation, Heirs Technologies has marked the successful graduation of the latest cohorts from its i-Academy Supplementary Technical Engineering Program (STEP), a rigorous three-month, hands-on training initiative equipping young professionals with job-ready skills in Cloud Computing and Cybersecurity.  Held at the company’s training center in Lagos, the ceremony underscored Heirs Technologies commitment to nurturing homegrown technology talent and closing the digital skills gap across the continent.  Launched in 2023, i-Academy offers practical, immersive training across high-demand domains including network infrastructure, IT operations, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and software development. Participants ...
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What we learned from mentoring Africa’s top 19 innovators: Insights from the 2025 YIA Accelerator by TEDxLagos and Kijana
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What we learned from mentoring Africa’s top 19 innovators: Insights from the 2025 YIA Accelerator by TEDxLagos and Kijana

The 2025 cohort of the Young Innovators Accelerator (YIA)—an initiative by TEDxLagos and accelerated by Kijana—has concluded, shining a spotlight on 19 of the most promising entrepreneurs from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa. The program, designed to nurture scalable innovation and catalyze impact, immersed participants in a six-week intensive accelerator experience focused on mentorship, collaboration, and execution. What emerged was not just three standout ventures, but 19 clear indicators of Africa’s bold future. Most Innovative Business: Chimezie Martins, Darwin Foods — leveraging sustainable farming to tackle food insecurity. Most Impactful Business/Idea: Opeyemi Muyiwa-Dada, Florence AI — democratizing STEM education in schools usi...
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Changing the conversation in health care
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Changing the conversation in health care

The Language/AI Incubator, an MIT Human Insight Collaborative project, is investigating how AI can improve communications among patients and practitioners. Generative artificial intelligence is transforming the ways humans write, read, speak, think, empathize, and act within and across languages and cultures. In health care, gaps in communication between patients and practitioners can worsen patient outcomes and prevent improvements in practice and care. The Language/AI Incubator, made possible through funding from the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC), offers a potential response to these challenges.  The project envisions a research community rooted in the humanities that will foster interdisciplinary collaboration across MIT to deepen understanding of generat...
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