Morocco hammered Central African Republic 5-0 and Serhou Guirassy scored a hat-trick as Guinea trounced Ethiopia 4-1 on Saturday in the final 2025 Africa Cup of Nations third-round qualifiers. Azzedine Ounahi netted twice and Abde Ezzalzouli, Achraf Hakimi and Soufiane Rahimi once each as 2022 World Cup semi-finalists Morocco eased to victory in Oujda after […]
Waza comes out of stealth with $8M to power global trade for African businesses
Emerging economies face trade deficits that cause demand for the dollar, which dominates global trade to exceed supply. This imbalance raises costs and delays trade. In Africa, the problem is exacerbated by the shortage of tech solutions addressing the liquidity needs of large enterprises and multinationals, with many cross-border payment platforms opting to build consumer-facing […]
African e-commerce company Jumia completes sale of secondary shares at $99.6M
Almost two weeks ago, TechCrunch reported that African e-commerce giant Jumia was planning to sell 20 million American depositary shares (ADSs) and raise over $ 100 million, given its share price of around $ 5.70 at the time. The e-tailer has now completed the at-the-market transaction offering of 20,227,736 ADSs. Jumia sold the shares at […]
Where is Joel Embiid from? Home country, France ties and more to know about NBA star's African roots
Joel Embiid’s nationality has been a trending topic at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The NBA MVP is making his United States men’s national team debut, choosing America over other available options like France and Cameroon. That decision has led to a lot of animosity from the countries he didn’t play for. The French Federation of Basketball had […]
Intron Health gets backing for its speech recognition tool that recognizes African accents
Voice recognition is getting integrated in nearly all facets of modern living, but there remains a big gap: speakers of minority languages, and those with thick accents or speech disorders like stuttering are typically less able to use speech recognition tools that control applications, transcribe or automate tasks, among other functions. Tobi Olatunji, founder and […]