On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
Winetech, SA Innovation Summit launch agritech startup competition
Wine industry body Winetech and the SA Innovation Summit have launched a competition for agritech startups that are developing innovative solutions that address key issues affecting wine producers.
Standard Chartered Bank launches fintech hub Africa eXellerator in Nairobi
The innovation hub will serve as a platform to collaborate with fintechs in Kenya and the broader Africa region. The bank hopes the lab will drive innovation and develop new business models and services to meet client needs on the continent.
Cisco to give startups a boost with launch of R10m Durban based incubation hub
The Durban hub — which is based at Dube Trade Port — is the second such facility that the firm has built. Last November, Cisco launched a R10-million incubation centre in Pretoria.
Up to $175k in total prize money up for grabs in 2019 Bell Labs Prize
Three innovators from around the world stand to win a share of $175 000 in the 2019 Bell Labs Prize. The competition is aimed at proposals that “change the game” in the ICT sector by a factor of 10.
Applications open for Founders Institute Lagos 2019 programme
Silicon Valley-based pre-seed startup accelerator Founder Institute has opened applications for the Lagos 2019 programme.
Nigerian fintech Kudi raises $5m Series-A round to expand network, products
Fintech startup Kudi is set to expand its network of bank agents in Nigeria and launch new financial products after it raised a $5-million Series A round led by Paris-based venture capital firm Partech.
Two top Nigerian fintechs can win 1m naira in FCMB Tech Pitch Perfect competition
Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has partnered with Passion Incubator in a search for innovative solutions around e-payment, e-collection and e-savings solutions through the FCMB Tech Pitch Perfect competition.
DEMO Africa, Apebi sign partnership to co-locate events in Morocco
Startup launchpad DEMO Africa has signed a partnership with the Moroccan Federation of Information Technologies, Telecommunications and Offshoring (Apebi) that will see the two organisations co-locate their events on 24 and 25 October at the Sofitel Hotel in Rabat.
Nedbank claims digital first with launch of API marketplace for fintechs
Nedbank has launched the Nedbank API_Marketplace, an application programming interface (API) platform which the bank says will allow approved technical partners to create innovative…
Ghanaian healthtech startup mPharma wins $1.5m at 2019 Skoll Awards
Ghanaian healthtech startup mPharma has been named as one of five winners of the 2019 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. The awards comes after…
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