What’s happened this Week:

• Little announces ride hailing operation in Accra

• Yango testing out its own map app in Ghana

• and more!

We just wanted to let you guys know this is the last newsletter for the year before we take an official break. We’ll resume on 13th January 2023. But you can still check for new stories on the Tech Nova website.

We just wanted to thank all our subscribers for reading and sharing our stories for this year.

Next year, we hope to bring you more insight into the Ghana and Africa tech ecosystem.

We’re planning on releasing new episodes of our “What’s Your Story” podcast in 2023. We’re also in the early stages of developing another podcast series later next year so look out for that announcement.

We have more projects lined up that we can’t announce yet so stay tuned.

Happy Holidays and have a great new year!

In The News This Week

Little, An African Ride Hailing Service, Launches In Accra

Little, the Pan-African ride-hailing service that originally started in Kenya in has officially launched operations in Ghana.

Kenyan Bitcoin Mining Startup, Gridless Raises $2 Million In Seed Funding

Gridless, a Kenyan bitcoin mining startup that provides new energy generation to rural areas in East Africa has received a $2 million funding for expansion.

Yango Is Beta Testing ‘Yango Maps’ in Ghana

Yango, the ride hailing company is testing a new app called “Yango Maps” in Ghana. The Yango Maps app is intended for navigating in the city of Accra.

Bank of Ghana Ready To Develop Framework For Regulation Of Cryptocurrency

The Bank Of Ghana will start developing a comprehensive framework for the regulation of the digital asset industry.

This announcement by made by Bank Of Ghana Governor, Dr. Addison at the Chartered Institute of Bank­ers Ghana 2022 Annual Bankers’ Dinner Day event last week.

MTN Ghana Launches Its eSIM Product

MTN Ghana today launched its electronic SIM (eSIM) today.

The eSIM is now available to MTN customers including Prepaid, Post paid and corporate subscribers.

Paystack Launches “Pay With Apple Pay” In Ghana

Paystack, a fintech payment provider in Ghana, has announced its new pay channel “Pay with Apple Pay” for Ghanaian users.

Africa Ecosystem Funding Activity

• Nigeria’s Daystar Power acquired by Shell after regulatory approval- Disrupt Africa

• SA data automation startup Synatic raises $2.5m seed extension round- Disrupt Africa

• Kenya’s BasiGo raises $6.6m funding to begin commercial delivery of electric buses - Disrupt Africa

• Egyptian e-commerce startup SIDEUP raises $1.2m seed round for Saudi expansion - Disrupt Africa

• TLG, Future Africa launch $25m venture debt fund programme for African startups - Disrupt Africa

• Kenyan e-health startup MyHealth Africa raises $1m in seed funding - Disrupt Africa

Podcast: What’s Your Story - Episode 5

Dave Emnett is a co-founder of Oze, a startup helping entrepreneurs and small businesses to digitally manage their finances.

But before he was working Oze with his co-founder Megan McCormick, Dave was working in the Peace Corps and was stationed in Benin helping a food processing business to get organic certification and export to the US and European markets.

Before long, he met Megan who was also working at the Peace Corps and they both saw a problem where small businesses were manually logging their finances on paper even though they had access to smartphones. They soon launched a non-profit called "Dare To Innovate" which eventually spun out to become Oze.

Listen to the latest episode of our podcast to learn more about Dave's story and the start of Oze.

Available on Spotify, Apple, Anchor and Google.