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…
Meet the Kenya, Nigeria, SA Google Impact Challenge finalists
Google has announced the Kenyan, Nigerian and South African finalists of its Impact Challenge, while calling on the public to vote for the People’s choice…
Digital Lab Africa to open call to content innovators – from music to animators
African innovators in digital music, web creation, virtual reality (VR), video games and animation better listen up. French backed incubation platform Digital Lab Africa (DLA)…
Nigerian startup Edves secures $120k funding from Chinook Capital, CcHub fund
Lagos-based edtech startup Edves has announced that it has secured a $120 000 seed round from two Nigerian investors: Chinook Capital and Co-creation Hub’s…
Jozi fintech startup Franc Group wins Seedstars Johannesburg 2018
Jozi-based self-insurance platform Franc Group has been selected as the winner of last Friday’s Seedstars Johannesburg pitch event. The fintech startup was founded in…
AfriLabs partners with Francophone innovation hub network Jokkolabs
AfriLabs — a pan-African network of tech innovation hubs — has announced that it is adding 12 new hubs to its network and extending…
Startups have until midnight to enter 2018 Ventureburn Survey to win iPhone X
SA startups have until midnight this Monday (5 November) to enter the 2018 Ventureburn Tech Startup Survey. In addition, Ventureburn has added two new prizes to encourage startups…
Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [5/11/2018] [Updated]
This week sees the fourth Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) kick off in Cape Town on Thursday (8 November). The theme of this…
Nine African fintech startups selected for Catapult: Inclusion Africa bootcamp
The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) Foundation has announced the 14 fintech startups — nine of them from Africa — that have been…
AFD seeks startups with solutions that boost women to apply to digital challenge
French development bank AFD and innovation platform Digital Africa are seeking African tech startups that help boost women — be it in the economic, social, cultural or political sphere —…
GTR Ventures announces investment in Africa-focused deals platform Orbitt
International investment platform GTR Ventures has announced an undisclosed investment in Africa-focused digital deal-sourcing platform Orbitt. In a statement on its website on Tuesday (30 October),…
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