Events

Gitex Global to make its Africa debut in 2023

Recognising Africa’s potential for technological advancements and its ballooning appetite for innovation, Gitex, the annual showcase by global technology giants and start-ups in Dubai,…

29 investor meet-ups now confirmed for #AESIS2022

This November, a record of 29 cities across Africa and beyond will play host to an in-person gathering of investors in the biggest Africa…

Cameroon gears up for biggest tech start-up summit

The start-up community in Cameroon is gearing up this year’s Silicon Mountain Conference. Billed as the country’s biggest tech event, the focus this year…

Women techpreneurs can now apply to attend Kenya summit

The United States ambassador to Kenya, Meg Whitman, is among the confirmed speakers for the Africa Tech Female Founder Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya…

Scale Summit to focus on ‘optimising money movement’

Leaders from across South Africa’s payments and digital commerce ecosystem will on Friday, 14 October gather for the inaugural Scale Summit. Hosted by payments…

Abidjan to host 600 leaders at Next Fintech Forum

More than 600 people are set to touch down on Côte d’Ivoire’s commercial capital Abidjan for the Next Fintech Forum, the leading fintech gathering…

Gitex Global: Special focus on African tech start-ups

The global digital economy is in full velocity mode, embracing the return of the world’s largest tech and start-up event, Gitex Global 2022. Commencing…

SA clean-tech start-ups to vie for global investment

South African clean-tech start-ups and entrepreneurs will vie for the attention of international and local investors at the Green Energy Africa Summit held on…

Africa’s next wave of tech unicorns to gather at #SAIS2022

Innovation goes viral. This is the theme of this year’s SA Innovation Summit with about 1 500 founders, ecosystem builders and investors exploring how great…

Register your start-up for AfricArena’s North Africa summit

So, you think you’ve got what it takes to rise, raise and scale? Time to put your money where your mouth is, then, and…

‘Decisive issues’ tackled at Marseille summit on African tech

Over 2 300 participants, 150 start-ups and 50 investors from 70 countries are expected at EMERGING Valley, a major annual gathering of the African-European…

1 500 African innovators to gather for SA Innovation Summit

After having raised $22 million worth of investments just last year, the SA Innovation Summit is set to return to the Mother City from…

Africa’s Business Heroes: Hurry to enter $1.5m competition

Entrepreneurs and small business owners across Africa have until Wednesday, 6 July to apply for Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), a bold call to the…

Cape Town creative school to host Metaverse summit

Registration has just opened for a Cape Town-based summit that vows to celebrate the next frontier of the internet, including the Metaverse. Organisers say…

E-commerce trends unpacked at Google’s shopping summit

Owners of small and medium-sized enterprises in Africa can still register for Google’s first Shopping Small Business Summit on Tuesday, 21 June. During the…

Global Startup Africa: Partnerships unlock economic growth

The inaugural Global Startup Africa Summit hosted by Wesgro, SA Tourism and the Cape Town International Convention Centre went in search of the key…

AFSIC: Africa to showcase new investment opportunities

Speakers at the upcoming AFSIC – Investing in Africa forum will unpack the increasing global investment momentum into Africa’s growing public and private sectors…

300 young people trained at African Metaverse Academy

More than 300 young people in 15 African countries are set to benefit from free Metaverse training programmes offered by 3D Netinfo and its…

Investments within reach for SDG-aligned start-ups in Africa

Techpreneurs from across Africa are set to gather in the Mother City this June for the first ever Global Start-up Awards (GSA) Africa event…

Mohanji joins top execs at summit on conscious leadership

World-renowned humanitarian Mohanji is set to join the speakers’ A-list at the Conscious Leadership and Ethics Summit held in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 18 May….

AVCA conference: ‘Private capital in Africa at a crossroads’

World-class investors, business leaders, public figures and policymakers driving innovation through private investment opened the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s (AVCA) conference…

20 of Africa’s finest start-ups to pitch at AfricArena summit

More than 20 of Africa’s finest start-ups will today and tomorrow vie for the attention of international investors attending the AfricArena West Africa Summit…

Register now for the Future Females Future of Digital Entrepreneurship Summit

With 33 percent of today’s women in tech considering switching careers because of the men who are dominating the industry, this online summit will…

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Zambian neo-bank Lupiya raises $8.25m in Series A round

AfricArena’s Tunis summit to spotlight start-up resurgence

Flapmax & Microsoft launch FA23 cohort for African start-ups

Huawei introduces the Huawei Watch GT 4 series

The HONOR 90 5G, futuristic technology in the palm of your hand

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Review Honda’s HR-V 1.5 CVT

Shenxing battery is CATL’s latest EV breakthrough

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