Africa Entertainment Science & Tech

YouTube Selects 26 African Content Creators to Join Second Year of #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund

“This group of creators is making content that starts important conversations about issues we face in society, which really resonate with their audience. We are inspired by them and hope that the skills they learn from being part of this programme will help them touch more lives than they’d ever imagined,”“We are excited to be working with an outstanding group of young and talented African creators who understand that content that resonates with their audience is both entertaining and thought-provoking” Alex Okosi, MD, Emerging Markets, YouTube EMEA.

Africa Business / Finance East Africa

NALA, Tanzanian fintech raises $10M seed 

“We’re scaling that up, not just being in Tanzania and Kenya and Uganda as a consumer-facing product. But in the long run, we want to build infrastructure across the continent where we can do outbound from the continent and allow people to send money back. We’ve submitted our remittance license application in Kenya, as well as Uganda, for us to be able to do this the other way around,” said the founder.