HONOR X9c: A Game-Changer for South African Smartphone Innovation HONOR has once again raised the bar in the mid-range smartphone market with the launch…
SA’s Recomed reports record number of medical bookings following Covid-19 onset
Medical bookings platform Recomed last week saw its highest volume week on record, the startup’s CEO and founder Sheraan Amod revealed yesterday. The platform,…
Applications open for 2020 MEST Africa Challenge
MEST — the pan-African training programme, seed fund, incubator and hub for tech entrepreneurs in Africa — has opened applications for the 2020 MEST…
Department to set up fund to help SA small businesses affected by coronavirus [Updated]
UPDATE (30 March 2020): The Department of Small Business Development on Saturday (28 March) said in a statement that it had published guidelines for application for the Debt Relief…
UmojaHack Africa, continent’s first virtual inter-university AI hackathon set for tomorrow
Data science competition platform Zindi will tomorrow host what it calls the “first-ever virtual inter-university artificial intelligence (AI) hackathon for students across Africa”. The UmojaHack…
GIZ’s Agricultural Innovation Fund looking to award up €50k in support to startups
Through its Agricultural Innovation Fund, the GIZ, the German agency for international co-operation, is looking to award up to €50 000 to three winners…
Egyptian fitness startup ElCoach raises seed investment
Egyptian fitness startup ElCoach has raised an undisclosed six-figure dollar amount in seed funding. In an article yesterday by tech publication MenaBytes, the startup…
Design Innovation Seed Fund open for applications from Western Cape innovators
The Craft and Design Institute (CDI) has opened its latest call for applications for its Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF). Designers, inventors, entrepreneurs and product…
Fresh from netting R25m, Grindstone Accelerator will go ahead despite coronavirus
The next cohort of SA’s Grindstone Accelerator due to start in June, will go ahead, despite the threat of the coronavirus, the programme’s directors…
How Startup Grind chapters in SA are responding to the coronavirus threat [Updated]
UPDATE (23 March 2020): Startup Grind Pretoria announced in an email to subscribers today that it has postponed all in-person events until an indefinite…
Here are the African startups and Africa-focused firms from Y Combinator’s W20 Demo Day
Thirteen African and Africa-focused startups graduated yesterday in US accelerator Y Combinator‘s latest batch. Each can have netted $150 000 in funding. Twice a…
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