Africa’s football federation has launched an invitation to tender for a ticketing services provider for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is looking for a partner to run the ticketing operation for the 2023 AFCON, which will be played in early 2024. All final technical and …
Nordic Wristbands’ journey to net zero with Stand For Trees scheme
Nordic Wristbands, a Finland-headquartered provider of event access control products, has introduced a partnership with the Stand For Trees scheme, which will see around 7,000 ancient trees protected. The new agreement with Stand For Trees is part of the company’s journey to net zero, by compensating the carbon dioxide emissions caused by fabric wristband and …
Start-up Tokea targets Kenya’s sports and music giants
Kenya is set for a new online ticketing player following the launch of Tokea. The platform, headquartered in capital city Nairobi, said its ticketing and event management services can help sports teams, rights-holders and festivals to organise their events and increase revenues. Tokea’s platform offers partners access control, cashless payments, data collection and analytics. It …
Afritickets and Flutterwave alliance seeks to revolutionise African events sector
Event organisers in Africa can now access an enhanced payments and marketing service through a new strategic partnership between Nigerian businesses Afritickets and Flutterwave. Digital payments giant Flutterwave and end-to-end ticketing platform Afritickets said their partnership can create more revenue opportunities for event organisers across the continent and improve the ticketing experience for event goers. …
Morocco-based ticketing platform secures funding
Morocco-based digital ticketing platform Guichet.com has raised $309,000 (£237,000/€281,000) in equity financing. The financing was raised from the 212 Founders programme through CDG Invest, which is the investment arm of Moroccan investment bank, CDG Capital. Guichet.com was founded in 2019 by Moulnakhla Ahmed Tawfik and allows partners to sell and monitor ticketing in real time. The platform is …