Tech mogul Elon Musk alongside Steve Wozniak, tech expert Stuart Russell and Yoshua Bengio have signed an open letter calling for a six-month pause…
Burger Index raises $1.3m to expand F&B analytics platform
Spanish AI start-up Burger Index has secured $1.3 million in seed funding to expand its services in the Gulf Cooperation Council region. The funding…
Bamboo joins SSNUP to boost farmers’ resilience
Bamboo Capital Partners, a specialist impact investor in emerging and frontier markets, has joined the Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP) as an impact…
Finch predicts game-changing technology trends for finance
Finch Technologies co-founder Michael Bowren shares insights on the technology trends set to transform the financial sector in 2023. From AI-driven customer experiences to…
Google announces 15 women-led start-ups for Africa accelerator
Google has taken a significant step towards empowering women entrepreneurs in Africa by announcing three initiatives aimed at providing resources to help them succeed….
AI in Africa: Double-edged sword for inclusion, inequality
Lavina Ramkissoon, an advisor to the African Union, emphasises the importance of developing and deploying AI and other emerging technologies in an inclusive and…
Flexible staffing solutions needed to survive power cuts
Tania Govender, sales director at Worldwide Staffing, discusses the impact of load shedding on SMMEs in South Africa. With businesses struggling to cope with…
The uncertain future of young African entrepreneurs
African youth are highly adaptable and tech-savvy, but face high unemployment rates. Whilst many aspire to entrepreneurship, starting a business straight out of school…
Digital entrepreneurs: FastTrack empowers African youth
Xaxis, the outcome media specialist of GroupM, has announced the continuation of its FastTrack programme for 2023 after the success of its pilot initiative…
Upnup adds Bitcoin withdrawals and USDC micro-saving
Upnup, a passive micro-investing app, has announced two major updates to its platform: out-of-app Bitcoin withdrawals and the addition of USD Coin (USDC) to…
EziPay, MFS Africa partner to bridge last-mile connectivity
EziPay, an award-winning intra-African cross-border remittances and digital wallet company, has partnered with MFS Africa, the continent’s leading digital payments gateway, to enhance last-mile…
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