Applications for the inaugural cohort are open from December 18, 2024, to February 7, 2025, on the program’s official website.

The recent ruling indicates the SEC’s intensified focus on holding international entrepreneurs accountable.

The launch of localized services is expected to significantly increase this number, providing Moroccan businesses with access to the world’s largest business-to-business (B2B) marketplace, which boasts 47 million active users globally.

With SMBs comprising a significant portion of the economy in Morocco and Francophone Africa, access to credit remains a critical bottleneck for growth.

“We’re on a mission to make it easier for local retailers to stock up on what they need, grow their businesses, and uplift their communities."

Whether the CBN’s latest gambit will tip the scales toward progress or provoke a backlash from agents and consumers alike is anyone’s guess.

While Apple claimed to have severed ties with problematic suppliers, critics allege that some unethical partnerships persist.

This year, African tech companies leaned heavily on these firms to secure transformative investments.

ARM-Harith Successor Infrastructure Equity Fund will invest in Ghana, Nigeria and across West Africa

In early 2024, Ciwara Capital made its first direct investment outside Mali, backing LafricaMobile (LAM), a Senegal-based multi-channel digital communications platform.

Non-profits backing African startups have predominantly focused on energy, agritech, and fintech, though other sectors are increasingly gaining attention.

Sourcefin, a South African fintech company specializing in alternative funding for small and medium-sized...