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…
Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [29/10/2018]
On Tuesday (30 October) Outsourced CFO will host the second edition of its Founders and Finance Series in Cape Town. Learn about what to look out for…
Amazon Web Services to open data centres in Cape Town in 2020
Tech entrepreneurs in Cape Town are set to benefit, with the announcement yesterday by cloud computing services provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) that it will open…
Here are the DEMO Africa 2018 winners
Startup launchpad DEMO Africa has selected five startups that will travel to Silicon Valley as part of the Lions Africa Innovation Tour next year. The…
GreenTec Capital Partners invests in Namibian computer manufacturer PEBL
Frankfurt-based venture capital (VC) firm GreenTec Capital Partners has invested an undisclosed amount in PEBL, a Windhoek-based startup that manufactures computer hardware. GreenTec Capital Partners announced…
SA fintech Akiba Digital launches savings app for SA millennials [Sponsored]
Financial literacy remains a barrier for the youth. There is currently no platform that offers financial insights and proactively empowers or educates millennials about…
Egyptian startup HitchHiker secures $200k round from Dubai-based angels
Cairo-based peer-to-peer international shipping startup HitchHiker has announced that it has secured $200 000 in a round of funding led by Dubai based angel…
Four African startups make it into PeaceTech Accelerator’s fifth cohort
Four African startups — two each from Ghana and Nigeria — have been selected for the fifth cohort of the Washington DC-based PeaceTech Accelerator….
First speakers confirmed for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa
Nigeria’s former communication technology minister Omobola Johnson and Singularity Investments principal investment officer Lexi Novitske are among the first speakers confirmed for this year’s TechCrunch Startup Battlefield…
Here’s how to qualify for 10% discount on Seedstars Africa Summit tickets
Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, will host the fourth edition of its annual Seedstars Africa Summit in Dar es…
InfoShare 2019 Startup Contest offers up to €30k in prizes, applications now open
European tech conference InfoShare has opened applications for its global startup contest with up to €30 000 in prizes up for grabs. InfoShare’s Startup Contest…
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