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…
AIF announces 10 nominees of the 2018 Innovation Prize for Africa awards
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced the 10 nominees for this year’s $185 000 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) awards. Among others they…
Southern African VC sector invested over R1bn in 2017 reveals Savca report [Updated]
Southern African venture capital (VC) funds invested over R1-billion in startups and early-stage companies last year. This, while the number of reported South African VC…
MEST invests $700k in seven startups that took part in 2018 cohort
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has announced that it has invested $700 000 in seven startups that were formed from teams that…
South African applications for The Chivas Venture 2019 now open
South Africa startups can now submit applications for the 2019 edition of The Chivas Venture $1-million global innovation competition. Chivas Regal announced the launch of…
Co-Creation Hub announces participants of inaugural FbStart Accelerator cohort
Lagos-based Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), in partnership with Facebook, has announced the 15 teams of students and startups selected for the first FbStart Accelerator cohort currently underway…
Samsung mentoring 19 SA startups as part of employee volunteer programme
Samsung SA has announced that it will mentor up to 19 South African startups at a bootcamp in Cape Town this week as part…
IBM South Africa, Tshimologong Precinct to hold acceleration bootcamp [Updated]
IBM South Africa plans to next month run a six-week long acceleration bootcamp next month together with Joburg incubator Tshimologong Precinct. The bootcamp is being run as part…
Fintech startups have two weeks to apply for Catapult: Inclusion Africa bootcamp
African fintech startups have about two weeks left to apply for the Catapult: Inclusion Africa fintech bootcamp which will take place in Luxembourg in…
SA journalism network Hashtag Our Stories lands $150k from Snapchat
SA mobile journalism network Hashtag Our Stories has netted $150 000 in funding from struggling social media Snapchat and a place in the US tech company’s…
SA legal startup Baobab named as Southern African winner of HiiL challenge
SA legal startup Baobab has been named the Southern Africa winner of justice accelerator The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law’s s (HiiL) annual Innovating Justice Challenge. The…
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