Leta, a Kenyan B2B supply chain and logistics SaaS provider launched last year to optimize fleet management, is looking for growth opportunities in West Africa, even as it scales operations in its existing five markets with a a $3 million pre-seed funding.
Laid-off employees at Twitter’s Africa headquarters are accusing Twitter of “deliberately and recklessly flouting the laws of Ghana” and trying to “silence and intimidate” them after they were fired.
Nestcoin, one of the startups leading crypto and web3 efforts in Africa, announced that it was laying off several employees and slashing the salaries of those left to stay, by as much as 40%. The news is, in part, connected to the downfall of crypto exchange FTX.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.