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TikTok Faces U.S. Ban on January 19 Unless Sold to American Company
TikTok, the popular social media app, is at risk of facing a U.S. ban unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells its U.S. operations by…
Coinbase Partners with Apple Pay to Simplify Crypto Buying
Tearing down barriers between the digital wallet in your pocket and the future of finance, Coinbase is shaking things up by weaving Apple Pay into…
Bluesky Cracks Down on Impersonators as User Base Grows
Bluesky Social, the decentralized social media platform positioning itself as a potential successor to X (formerly Twitter), is taking a hardline stance on parody accounts…
Australia Passes World-First Social Media Ban for Under-16s
Australia has made global headlines by passing the world-first social media ban, prohibiting children under the age of 16 from holding social media accounts. The…
Morocco to Legalize Cryptocurrencies and Explore CBDC
Morocco is opening the door to the digital future with plans to legalize cryptocurrencies. After banning crypto transactions in 2017, the country’s central bank, Bank…
Start Ups
Bundle Africa Closes Exchange, Shifts Focus to Cashlink
After three years of operation, Bundle, a social payment app for cash and crypto, is set to close down. Its peer-to-peer platform, Cashlink, will continue…
Shuttlers Raises $4M to Expand Shared Mobility in Nigeria
Nigeria-based shared mobility firm Shuttlers has secured $4 million in a new funding round, with Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV), a venture capital firm focused on…
Kenyan startup Jumba secures $4.5M funding
Kenyan startup, Jumba, has raised $4.5 million in a recent seed funding round, led by LocalGlobe, with participation from Enza Capital and other investors such…
Moroccan Startup Terraa Raises $1.5M in Funding
Terraa, a Moroccan brand-to-brand (B2B) distribution platform, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding from European venture capital firm FoodLabs, as well as UM6P Ventures,…
Digitizing Public Transport in East Africa: BuuPass Raises $1.3m Pre-Seed Funding
BuuPass, previously known as Magic Bus Ticketing, is transforming Kenya’s public transportation sector by digitizing it for both operators and customers. Founded in 2016 by…