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 [28/05/2018]
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…
80% of applications for $400 000 Fall Armyworm Tech Prize are from Africans
A $400 000 competition which aims to find digital solutions to identify, track and protect crops from the armyworm — which has devastated agricultural produce…
Google launches $6m Impact Challenge for SA, Nigeria, Kenya
Google this week launched its $6-million Google Impact Challenge aimed at social enterprises and non-profit organisations based in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya. The announcement was made…
Meet the nine 2018 FNB Business Innovation Awards finalists
The FNB Business Innovation Awards, in association with Endeavor South Africa has announced the nine finalists selected for the 2018 FNB Business Innovator of…
Nigerian fintech Lidya raises $6.9m in Series-A round led by Omidyar Network [Updated]
Nigerian fintech startup Lidya has announced that it has raised $6.9-million in a Series A round led by Silicon Valley-based philanthropic investment firm Omidyar…
Visa’s Everywhere Initiative: Past winners on 4 reasons to apply [Sponsored]
Exposure, partnerships, funding, and access. These are the four main reasons why you should apply for the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), according to past…
Uber Eats acquires SA founded tech firm orderTalk for undisclosed amount
Uber’s food delivery business Uber Eats has acquired SA tech company orderTalk from Knife Capital, the Cape Town based venture capital (VC) firm revealed today (23 May). OrderTalk provides…
Facebook to take on Google in Nigeria with new hub, $20 000 accelerator
The tech startup scene in Nigeria is hotting up — with the unveiling today by social media site Facebook of NG_Hub in Lagos, Nigeria and a…
Seedstars launches call for African tech startups to enter pitching competition
One of the world’s largest emerging market competitions for tech startups Seedstars World today opened applications to tech startups in Sub-Saharan Africa to apply for…
Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [21/05/2018]
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…
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