VLC, the free and open-source media player developed by the non-profit VideoLAN, has crossed 7 billion downloads, marking another major milestone for one of the internet’s most enduring pieces of ...

Equinix is doubling its total investment in the Equinix Foundation to $100 million, expanding its efforts to improve internet access, build digital skills and create pathways into technology careers ...

Hyprop Investments, the South African retail real estate investment trust, has expanded its Eastern European footprint with the acquisition of Galleria Burgas Mall, a major shopping centre on Bulgaria ...

Comsol Networks, a prominent South African telecommunications infrastructure firm founded nearly three decades ago, is currently executing a major capital raise encompassing multi-billion-rand debt ...

Sahel Capital, through its Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA), has approved an additional $800,000 financing facility for MM LEKKER, building on an earlier $400,000 working ...

Nigerian financial technology startup Pouchers has officially exited its beta phase and secured $500,000 in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Stack Directory LLC and marks a major milestone as ...

Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the artificial intelligence startup founded by Ilya Sutskever, who is also a co-founder of OpenAI, has reportedly secured an additional $2 billion in funding, bringing ...

Small Foundation has officially announced a new strategic commitment to AgDevCo Ventures, a specialized investment vehicle designed to deliver long-term, “patient” financing to high-potential, ...

Blue Earth Capital, a specialist global impact investment firm, has officially announced the second close of its dedicated impact secondaries strategy. Total investor commitments to date have ...

Salt Capital, in partnership with Proparco, the French development finance institution, has acquired the Namibian Oncology Centre (NOC), a leading specialist provider of cancer care in Namibia.

The African gaming community has long advocated for dedicated Fortnite servers to address high latency issues that hinder competitive play. Fortnite African servers are not something I thought we ...

Nigeria’s surge in fraud and cybercrime is often blamed on technology—hackers, malware, and increasingly, artificial intelligence. But a closer look at how most incidents actually occur tells a ...