Uber Ghana Debuts “Women“ Rider Preferred View Feature
Flutterwave signs 5 year agreement with Microsoft and Stima Mobility secures funding
What’s happened this Week:
Flutterwave signs agreement with Microsoft
Eyowo denies reports of closure
and more!
Uber Ghana is launching two new features in Ghana: Women Rider Preferred View and a partnership with Aura to provide In-App emergency support for riders and drivers using the Uber platform.
The Women Rider Preferred feature has expanded to 23 countries on five continents including South Africa. Globally, in the past quarter, four out of 10 women drivers on the Uber platform have used Women Rider Preference at least once, and we’ve seen over 44 million trips using this feature to date.
In The News This Week:
Ghanaian Startup Berry Health Raises $1.6 Million Pre-Seed Round From Lightspeed Ventures
Berry Health, a Ghanaian startup, has raised a $1.6 million pre-seed round which is co-led by U.S.-based large-size funds Lightspeed Ventures (its first investment in Africa) and General Catalyst.
SecondSTAX Signs MOU With African Securities Exchanges Association
The African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with SecondSTAX, a technology company that is building solutions to enhance intra-Africa capital and investment flows, to support the success of the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP) which aims to integrate all exchanges across the continent and to facilitate seamless cross-border trading of securities.
Flutterwave Signs Technology Agreement With Microsoft
Flutterwave, a leading African payments technology company today announced it is working with Microsoft to build its next-generation platform on Microsoft Azure, powering payments infrastructure across the African continent and beyond.
Kenya Green Tech Startup Stima Mobility Secures €100,000 Investment
Stima Mobility, the Kenyan startup providing green tech solutions for the moto-taxi sector (boda boda riders) has secured 100,000 Euro in investments from DEG Impulse.
Nigeria Digital Bank Eyowo Denies Report Of Shutting Down Operations On June 27
According to a new report by TechCabal, CEO Omoseindemi Olobayo denied the reports of an imminent shutdown.
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