Social media app WeChat has announced plans to invest US$3.5mn in technology-based start-ups across Africa
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Nomanini launches new enterprise payments platform
South Africa-based enterprise payments platform provider, Nomanini, rolled out its second generation product, eLula, at AfricaCom 2015
Microsoft partners COMESA to spread innovation in Africa
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Microsoft have signed an MoU covering COMESA’s 19 member states
GroupM buys majority stake in South Africa’s Yonder Media
Global media investment group WPP’s GroupM has acquired a majority stake in Yonder Media, South Africa’s specialised mobile marketing agency
Senegal gets US$78.13mn for digital technology park
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is injecting US$78.13mn in Senegal’s information and communication technology (ICT) sector