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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…

Total launches second edition of Startupper of the Year Challenge [Updated]

French oil and gas giant Total has launched the second edition of its Total Startupper of the Year Challenge in 37 countries across Africa….

Here’s who took home top honours at the SA Innovation Summit

Taz Technologies CEO Abdulaziz Mohamed has emerged the victor of the main pitching session at last week’s SA Innovation Summit. Mohammed (pictured above, right) beat 25 entrepreneurs to…

Share of R150 000 in prizes up for grabs in SA Wine Industry Innovation Challenge

Innovative SA entrepreneurs with business, product or tech ideas which can support the wine and related industries in the country stand a chance to…

AI-based agritech solutions sought in Vivatech 2019 Challenge

Vivatech and AfricArena are calling for African early-stage startups with artificial intelligence (AI) based agritech solutions to apply to the Vivatech 2019 Challenge. Applications for the…

Just under two weeks left to apply for UNWTO Tourism Startup Competition

Early-stage startups looking to enter the World Tourism Organisation’s (UNWTO) first Tourism Startup Competition have just under two weeks left to submit applications. Applications for the…

A whopping $25 000 up for grabs at Startup Battlefield Africa 2018

US tech publication TechCrunch will award the founders of the winning startup at this year’s Startup Battlefield Africa with $25 000 in equity-free prize…

$175k in cash prizes up for grabs in 2018 Nokia Open Innovation Challenge

Innovative startups with best-in-class products and solutions within the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) domain stand to win a share of $175 000 in…

Energy startups can win €15k in second edition of EDF Pulse Africa Awards

French energy company EDF Energy is offering a €15 000 grand prize to the first place winner of the second edition of its EDF Pulse Africa…

Seed funding, incubation up for grabs in 2018 GAP Innovation Competition

Are you a researcher or an entrepreneur with solutions that could improve the efficiency of government service delivery, increase the competitiveness of the Gauteng economy and enhance…

Here are three reasons why you should apply for the Global Pitch competition

The Global Pitch competition, which bills itself as the biggest worldwide online pitching competition, will close applications in just under five days (22 April)….

Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs Prize: Feed the Future’s $50k hunt for agritech

Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation, a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programme, is calling for applications for the $50 000 Accelerating…

Competition offers £250 000 in prizes to stimulate off-grid cold chain technology

The Global LEAP Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge (OGCCC) – a competition to develop innovative and energy-efficient off-grid cold storage technology – launched yesterday in Nairobi, Kenya….

SITA, Wits, Tshimologong Precinct launch $10k travel innovation award

UK-based SITA Air Transport Community Foundation has partnered with Wits University and the Tshimologong Precinct to launch a $10 000 travel innovation award. The…

Here are the finalists of the Next Einstein Forum’s Ci2i Innovation Competition

The Next Einstein Forum’s (NEF) in partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung has announced the top 16 finalists of the Ci2i Innovation Competition. NEF…

MIT, Mastercard Foundation in $200 000 financial inclusion competition launch

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — through the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship — has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to launch…

LBS Africa Club looking for startups for Accel Entrepreneurship Awards

The London Business School (LBS) Africa Club is calling on Africa’s best early-stage startups to apply for consideration for the inaugural Accel Entrepreneurshp Awards. The Accel Entrepreneurship…

Applications for Challenge of Invention to Innovation competition now open

The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Science in partnership with Robert Bosch Stiftung, has launched applications to it its Challenge of…

Meet the Top 10 finalists of Cell C’s Hangman innovation competition

The top 10 finalists of Cell C’s R1-million innovation competition and reality show, Hangman, have been revealed. The show which premiered earlier this month…

FNB Business Innovation Awards entries for 2018 are now open

Endeavor South Africa today announced the launch of the FNB Business Innovation Awards entries for 2018. The awards are supported by Endeavor South Africa….

FNB Connect drops its once-off data prices, increases Lifestyle data

Deezer opens a three-month free trial for users under lockdown

Dark Sky ditches Android users, weather apps after it joins Apple

Russia’s StudyFree named the winner of Seedstars World 2020

SA’s Custostech lays off staff after VC sues startup for $4.5m over failed investment bid

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [03/04/2020]

Apple’s next budget phone will likely be called the iPhone SE… again

Fitbit Charge 4 debuts in SA with GPS, effort monitoring for R2999

Huawei Y7p: a full, affordable photography studio in your pocket [Sponsored]

Toyota’s new Corolla blends sharper style with upgraded features

The Suzuki S-Presso is now South Africa’s cheapest passenger car

Mazda 2 road test: a compelling, compact Japanese hatchback