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Edmund Wessels, Anatoli Kirigwajjo win 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Edmund Wessels, Anatoli Kirigwajjo win 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Nigeria launches $618m tech fund for young investors

Nigeria launches $618m tech fund for young investors

20 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

Flutterwave's accounts frozen in Kenya over money laundering claims

8 Jul 2022

#GartnerSYM: The next phase of digital transformation

#GartnerSYM: The next phase of digital transformation

Evan-Lee Courie 17 Sep 2018

Top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 announced

Top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 announced

14 Sep 2018

Empowering Africa's women-led entrepreneurial business ecosystem

Empowering Africa's women-led entrepreneurial business ecosystem

11 Sep 2018

Nigeria's Paga raises $10m for international expansion

Nigeria's Paga raises $10m for international expansion

Tom Jackson 7 Sep 2018

Women-led tech startups on the rise in Africa

Women-led tech startups on the rise in Africa

3 Sep 2018

Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa.

Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa 2nd cohort announced

Gabriella Mulligan 29 Aug 2018

African recruitment startups evolve to tackle unemployment

African recruitment startups evolve to tackle unemployment

Tom Jackson 29 Aug 2018

Africa is transitioning towards the on-demand economy

Africa is transitioning towards the on-demand economy

Tom Jackson 23 Aug 2018

Sarah Heck, an advisor on international entrepreneurship and youth programs to the Obama Foundation and head of entrepreneurship at Stripe.

Why Africa's youth should be encouraged to launch tech startups

Tom Jackson 16 Aug 2018

Nigeria's WaraCake expands and launches WaraChow service

Nigeria's WaraCake expands and launches WaraChow service

13 Aug 2018

Shop on Amazon from Ghana with startup Eazyloop

Shop on Amazon from Ghana with startup Eazyloop

Tom Jackson 13 Aug 2018

Jack Ma Foundation launches Netpreneur Prize

Jack Ma Foundation launches Netpreneur Prize

10 Aug 2018

Never Ncube is the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Dandemutande.

Seizing opportunities in Zimbabwe's new era

Never Ncube 19 Jul 2018

Enter the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Enter the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

16 Jul 2018

Image by The Loud Hailer

These are the Top 10 African Innovators selected for SBC AfriTech

13 Jul 2018

Google AI centres coming soon to Nigeria

Google AI centres coming soon to Nigeria

11 Jul 2018

Building a digital continent

Building a digital continent

Michael Pittelkow 5 Jul 2018

Why African corporates need startups in order to innovate

Why African corporates need startups in order to innovate

Tom Jackson 5 Jul 2018

African startups invited to apply for $50k impact investing challenge

African startups invited to apply for $50k impact investing challenge

Tom Jackson 28 Jun 2018

This is why Silicon Valley is decamping to Algiers

This is why Silicon Valley is decamping to Algiers

27 Jun 2018

Innovation labs in Africa have doubled

Innovation labs in Africa have doubled

15 Jun 2018

Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash

Want to take your digital startup to the next level?

14 Jun 2018

Applications open for second Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa

Applications open for second Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa

Tom Jackson 11 Jun 2018

Demo Africa announces Innovation Tour dates

Demo Africa announces Innovation Tour dates

Tom Jackson 6 Jun 2018

Kenyan startup Tanda launches inventory-management solution

Kenyan startup Tanda launches inventory-management solution

Tom Jackson 6 Jun 2018

Orange, Google to co-invest in EMEA startups

Orange, Google to co-invest in EMEA startups

Gabriella Mulligan 5 Jun 2018

Innovative e-commerce approaches can help small businesses in Africa

Innovative e-commerce approaches can help small businesses in Africa

Mercy Mpinganjira 4 Jun 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron.

French President Macron announces $76m Africa startup fund

Gabriella Mulligan 31 May 2018

Top 3 takeouts from Zuckerberg's fireside chat at Viva Tech

Top 3 takeouts from Zuckerberg's fireside chat at Viva Tech

29 May 2018

Mozambique's Izyshop secures funding round

Mozambique's Izyshop secures funding round

Tom Jackson 24 May 2018

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#GartnerSYM: The next phase of digital transformation

#GartnerSYM: The next phase of digital transformation

Evan-Lee Courie 17 Sep 2018

Top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 announced

Top 10 nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2018 announced

14 Sep 2018

Empowering Africa's women-led entrepreneurial business ecosystem

Empowering Africa's women-led entrepreneurial business ecosystem

11 Sep 2018

Nigeria's Paga raises $10m for international expansion

Nigeria's Paga raises $10m for international expansion

Tom Jackson 7 Sep 2018

Women-led tech startups on the rise in Africa

Women-led tech startups on the rise in Africa

3 Sep 2018

Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa.

Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa 2nd cohort announced

Gabriella Mulligan 29 Aug 2018

African recruitment startups evolve to tackle unemployment

African recruitment startups evolve to tackle unemployment

Tom Jackson 29 Aug 2018

Africa is transitioning towards the on-demand economy

Africa is transitioning towards the on-demand economy

Tom Jackson 23 Aug 2018

Sarah Heck, an advisor on international entrepreneurship and youth programs to the Obama Foundation and head of entrepreneurship at Stripe.

Why Africa's youth should be encouraged to launch tech startups

Tom Jackson 16 Aug 2018

Nigeria's WaraCake expands and launches WaraChow service

Nigeria's WaraCake expands and launches WaraChow service

13 Aug 2018

Shop on Amazon from Ghana with startup Eazyloop

Shop on Amazon from Ghana with startup Eazyloop

Tom Jackson 13 Aug 2018

Jack Ma Foundation launches Netpreneur Prize

Jack Ma Foundation launches Netpreneur Prize

10 Aug 2018

Never Ncube is the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Dandemutande.

Seizing opportunities in Zimbabwe's new era

Never Ncube 19 Jul 2018

Enter the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Enter the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

16 Jul 2018

Image by The Loud Hailer

These are the Top 10 African Innovators selected for SBC AfriTech

13 Jul 2018

Google AI centres coming soon to Nigeria

Google AI centres coming soon to Nigeria

11 Jul 2018

Building a digital continent

Building a digital continent

Michael Pittelkow 5 Jul 2018

Why African corporates need startups in order to innovate

Why African corporates need startups in order to innovate

Tom Jackson 5 Jul 2018

African startups invited to apply for $50k impact investing challenge

African startups invited to apply for $50k impact investing challenge

Tom Jackson 28 Jun 2018

This is why Silicon Valley is decamping to Algiers

This is why Silicon Valley is decamping to Algiers

27 Jun 2018

Innovation labs in Africa have doubled

Innovation labs in Africa have doubled

15 Jun 2018

Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash

Want to take your digital startup to the next level?

14 Jun 2018

Applications open for second Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa

Applications open for second Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa

Tom Jackson 11 Jun 2018

Demo Africa announces Innovation Tour dates

Demo Africa announces Innovation Tour dates

Tom Jackson 6 Jun 2018

Kenyan startup Tanda launches inventory-management solution

Kenyan startup Tanda launches inventory-management solution

Tom Jackson 6 Jun 2018

Orange, Google to co-invest in EMEA startups

Orange, Google to co-invest in EMEA startups

Gabriella Mulligan 5 Jun 2018

Innovative e-commerce approaches can help small businesses in Africa

Innovative e-commerce approaches can help small businesses in Africa

Mercy Mpinganjira 4 Jun 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron.

French President Macron announces $76m Africa startup fund

Gabriella Mulligan 31 May 2018

Top 3 takeouts from Zuckerberg's fireside chat at Viva Tech

Top 3 takeouts from Zuckerberg's fireside chat at Viva Tech

29 May 2018

Mozambique's Izyshop secures funding round

Mozambique's Izyshop secures funding round

Tom Jackson 24 May 2018

Facebook hub, Lagos, Nigeria.

Facebook launches Africa's first hub space in Nigeria

23 May 2018

Ten African startups selected for Disrupt Africa Live Pitch Competition

Ten African startups selected for Disrupt Africa Live Pitch Competition

Tom Jackson 10 May 2018

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#AfricaMonth: Pitching for Africa

Leigh Andrews 8 May 2018

Tim Harris, CEO of Wesgro; Rudi Visser, head of innovation acceleration for RCS; Victoria Jackson of Mest; Kerry Petrie of Silicon Cape; Xabiso Lombo, founder of Guardian Gabriel; Alexander Fraser of VC4A; and Christophe Viarnaud, founder of AfricArena.

#AfricaMonth: "We're not the United States of Africa"

leigh andrews 4 May 2018

Christophe Viarnaud, founder of AfricArena and CEO of French-South African tech company, Methys.

#AfricaMonth: Feed our startup gazelles and unicorns with funding

leigh andrews 3 May 2018

Help for entrepreneurs in West Africa

Help for entrepreneurs in West Africa

2 May 2018

AfricArena World Tour to select startups in top African tech cities

AfricArena World Tour to select startups in top African tech cities

30 Apr 2018

12 top young African tech leaders of tomorrow

12 top young African tech leaders of tomorrow

Peter Pedroncelli 24 Apr 2018

CoinAfrique app makes its mark in francophone Africa

CoinAfrique app makes its mark in francophone Africa

19 Apr 2018

Barclays Accelerator.

Why African banks must work with fintech startups

Tom Jackson 13 Apr 2018

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