The e-commerce industry in South Africa has experienced a boom since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — and Black Friday was no exception….
AppsAfrica opens entries for 2018 Innovation Awards
Tech portal and advisory service AppsAfrica.com has opened entries for the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards set to be held on 12 November in Cape…
Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [4/06/2018]
Looking to get into the South African startup scene or brush up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place. This…
All you need to know about AfricArena’s current open innovation challenges
AfricArena, the international African startup and investor conference, currently has six challenges that entrepreneurs from across the continent can apply to. Two close this…
‘$1.1m funding will help Piggybank.ng to capitalise on opportunities’
Automated savings platform Piggybank.ng‘s latest round of $1.1-million seed funding will allow the Nigerian startup to “expand and capitalise on the many opportunities that the…
SA’s ThisIsMe best regtech at 2018 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards
South African identity verification and due diligence platform ThisIsMe has won the Best RegTech Solution category at the fourth edition of the recently held…
Nigerian insurtech CompareIN to head to Yale University pitch after winning $150k
Nigerian insurtech startup CompareIN are heading to Yale University in Connecticut in the US, after winning $150 000 at the inaugural VentureClash Lagos, a pitch competition organised…
Seedstars in call for Moroccan startups to enter pitching competition
Do you run a Moroccan-based tech startup? Fancy your chances of coming out tops and winning a trip to Switzerland to meet investors and clinch up…
Here are the four finalists of £25 000 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
A device that conducts fast malaria tests, a process that affordably recovers precious metals from autocatalytic converters, a tamper-proof electricity meter and a textbook-sized mini science lab….
SA startups Vizibiliti Insight, The Sun Exchange celebrating after VivaTech win
Johannesburg-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Vizibiliti Insight and blockchain startup The Sun Exchange are celebrating. Both won pitching challenges at French tech summit VivaTech held in Paris last week. Vizibiliti…
Here’s how African startups can apply for a share of €65m French fund
African startups will be able to apply for seed funding from a new €65-million French development agency (AFD) fund via an innovation competition, when applications for the competition…
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