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Support SMEs to combat SA unemployment, plead experts

South Africa’s unemployment rate has eased marginally to 32.7%, but the number of graduates and young people applying for social development grants is still…

Covid-19 slows investments in East African start-ups

A recent survey of tech start-ups across East Africa reveals that whilst investment levels remained relatively stable over the last twelve months, the heart…

FSAT Labs: These 16 start-ups made the cut

South Africa’s FSAT Labs incubator has announced the selection of 16 start-ups for its tenth cohort, with a focus on empowering women and climate-tech…

Burger Index raises $1.3m to expand F&B analytics platform

Spanish AI start-up Burger Index has secured $1.3 million in seed funding to expand its services in the Gulf Cooperation Council region. The funding…

Bamboo joins SSNUP to boost farmers’ resilience

Bamboo Capital Partners, a specialist impact investor in emerging and frontier markets, has joined the Smallholder Safety Net Upscaling Programme (SSNUP) as an impact…

Countdown begins for AfricArena’s innovative Jhb summit

AfricArena’s Johannesburg Summit is fast approaching, and the excitement is palpable in the African technology ecosystem. This year’s summit promises to be a game-changer,…

Finch predicts game-changing technology trends for finance

Finch Technologies co-founder Michael Bowren shares insights on the technology trends set to transform the financial sector in 2023. From AI-driven customer experiences to…

Africa Data Centres joins forces with Nigeria’s IXPN

Africa Data Centres, the largest network of interconnected, carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre facilities in Africa, and part of the Cassava Technologies group, has…

M-KOPA unlocks $600m in credit for underbanked customers

M-KOPA, a fast-growing African fintech platform, says it unlocked $600 million worth of credit for customers by the end of 2021. In its latest…

Women in Crypto to simultaneously gather in Accra, Nairobi

Women Who Build Africa, a community that brings together women and non-binary people working in or around the tech space, has officially launched. Its…

FMO backs SBC AfriTech to empower more African start-ups

Designed to scout skill and scale early-stage tech startups in Africa, the third installment of the Africa Startup Initiative is back with a bang….

SADA rolls out national digital academy in Benin

Smart Africa’s capacity building arm, the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) and the government of Benin have launched a national digital academy, demonstrating the…

Enter now to represent SA in BRICS Skills Challenge

The BRICS Business Council is looking for South Africa’s best future-forward digital skills to represent the country in an online multi-day competition or hackathon….

Struggling to hire a CIO or CTO? Here’s why

Anyone who has recently tried to appoint a chief information officer (CIO) or chief technology officer (CTO) will know how difficult it is to…

Meet the 60 black-founded start-ups now funded by Google

Internet giant Google has released the names of the 60 black-founded start-ups across Africa who have been selected for the second cohort of its…

SA Innovation Summit announces new headline sponsor

The SA Innovation Summit (SAIS) has announced the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) as the headline sponsor for this year’s event alongside the host city,…

Nsereko-Lule lands top job at Seedstars Africa Ventures

Seedstars Africa Ventures, an early-stage fund for start-ups in Africa, announced that Bruce Nsereko-Lule has joined the team full-time as a general partner based…

Zimele start-ups clinch big contract to transport mining staff

Three start-ups participating in mining giant Anglo American’s Zimele enterprise development programme received 19 vehicles to deliver on a multi-million Rand staff transportation contract…

North African start-ups shine on AfricArena investor stage

Following a jam-packed AfricArena tour to the Tunisian capital, investors now turn their attention to Nairobi in Kenya for what promises to be a…

SA tech entrepreneurs tackle digital divide in townships

Improved internet access, online literacy and new technology tools such as apps for informal traders are helping the poorest, reports Kim Harrisberg for Thomson…

Egyptian food delivery start-up seeks $10m in seed funding

Billed as the first mobile app in the country’s food-tech industry to specialise in table and meal reservations, the Egyptian start-up Bonbell has closed…

New bookings platform to drive tourism in Cameroon

Based in Buea, known as Cameroon’s Silicon Mountain, B2C technology start-up Mungenow Technologies has launched a guest house booking platform aimed at helping travellers…

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