Barcelona was buzzing as Mobile World Congress 2025 wrapped up, showcasing groundbreaking innovations set to reshape the digital landscape. This year’s event wasn’t just…
Cameroonian medtech startup wins €25k in 2019 Orange Social Venture Prize
Cameroonian medtech startup Chaque Souffle Compte has been named the winner of the 2019 Orange Social Venture Prize, winning €25 000. Chaque Souffle Compte…
Nigeria’s LifeBank scoops $250k in Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize
LifeBank, a Nigerian healthtech startup that delivers blood and other essential medical supplies to hospitals, has been awarded $250 000 after it was named…
Here are SME minister’s new measures to boost small business finance
The Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni last week announced new measures to make funding more accessible and affordable to small businesses. Speaking…
Nigeria’s Hello Tractor, Kenya’s BuuPass win $15k each in Bosch Africa Smart Mobility prize
Nigeria’s Hello Tractor and Kenya’s BuuPass have each won $15 000 and three month’s acceleration in Bosch Africa’s Smart Mobility competition. The two startups…
Africa-UK Female Tech Founders 2020 programme applications to close on Thursday
Female tech entrepreneurs in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa tackling local development challenges have until Thursday (21 November) to submit their applications for the Africa-UK:…
UK-SA Tech Hub, CiTi launch youth-focused Developers Placement Programme
The UK-South Africa Tech Hub has partnered with the Cape Innovation Technology Initiative (CiTi) to launch a youth and female-focused developers placement programme. The…
Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [17/11/2019]
This week Africa’s tech startup community will join the world in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), so look out for GEW themed events between…
Here are the startups that won at AfricArena 2019
This year’s edition of the AfricArena tech conference, which took place on Monday and Tuesday (11 and 12 November) saw 33 startups compete in…
Rainbow wins 2019 Innovating Justice Challenge Southern Africa regional finals
Rainbow, a chatbot that addresses gender-based violence in SA, has been named the winner of the Southern African regional finals of The Hague Institute…
Sw7, Amazon Web Services launch virtual B2B technology business accelerator
Joburg-based tech accelerator Sw7 and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have partnered to launch a virtual B2B technology business accelerator which they claim to be…
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