D.C. hosts Africa Fintech Summit

D.C. hosts Africa Fintech Summit

The Africa Fintech Summit will be held Wednesday in Washington D.C., with speakers from top African startups like Flutterwave and a keynote address from Ethiopian investor and summit co-founder Zekarias Amsalu. The event, the latest of the Africa Fintech Summit series launched in 2018, will place partnership with U.S. officials…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

African tech founders speak up about Silicon Valley Bank impacts

African tech founders speak up about Silicon Valley Bank impacts

Africa’s startup founders and investors are watching what happens next for Silicon Valley Bank (SBV), which was shutdown by regulatory authorities in the United States on Friday—essentially freezing thousands of accounts at the tech-friendly bank and raising questions about what happens to startup funds. “Check in on your fellow tech…

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

Outage knocks Amazon Web Services users offline

Outage knocks Amazon Web Services users offline

A massive outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Tuesday left people across the globe waiting for services they depend on to come back online. AWS said it was aware of the problem but an hours-long outage was expected to continue until the service was fixed. Many digital services, including…

LSE showcases African biz in ‘Companies to Inspire’ report

The London Stock Exchange has named 360 companies from 32 African nations in its new “Companies to Inspire Africa 2019” report. Nigeria and Kenya lead the way, with the report’s foreword written by President Uhuru Kenyatta. “Entrepreneurship is at the heart of Kenya’s vibrant economy, propelling investment, job creation and…

#AIDFAfrica development summit, new report focus on African finance

The Aid & Development Africa Summit beings Tuesday in Nairobi, with the event featuring more than 70 speakers whose expertise includes health, humanitarian aid and resilience, and finance. Among those speakers is Ronald Rwakigumba of Mercy Corps, who serves as the Uganda country coordinator for the Agri-Fin Mobile Program, designed to…