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Skills gap: WeThinkCode_ and System Verification team up

The South African software development academy WeThinkCode_ has partnered with System Verification, a global software quality assurance company based in Sweden. The collaboration aims…

AI in Africa: Double-edged sword for inclusion, inequality

Lavina Ramkissoon, an advisor to the African Union, emphasises the importance of developing and deploying AI and other emerging technologies in an inclusive and…

Africa’s Business Heroes competition seeks shining stars

The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy have launched the fifth edition of the Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) competition. It is a philanthropic initiative…

Over-C gets $1.2m investment for risk innovation

Over-C Limited, a leading property management software platform, has secured £1 million (about $1.2 million) in equity investment from Ayre Ventures. As part of…

Senegalese tea start-up wins $25k in AgriPitch competition

Senegalese businesswoman Adja Sembene Fall’s start-up Contanna has been an inspiration to many in the agriculture sector. Despite having only $200 to her name,…

Flexible staffing solutions needed to survive power cuts

Tania Govender, sales director at Worldwide Staffing, discusses the impact of load shedding on SMMEs in South Africa. With businesses struggling to cope with…

Vodacom Tanzania awards top tech start-ups with $85k

Vodacom Tanzania, in partnership with Smart Lab, has announced the three winners of the second season of its digital accelerator programme. The top three…

Launch Africa ignites $2.5m Skrmiish seed round

Cape Town-based Launch Africa has made its first ever investment into a gaming-tech venture with Skrmiish, the world’s first mobile play-to-earn app. This, as…

Tripesa to digitise tourism MSMEs following pre-seed round

The Ugandan tourism-tech start-up Tripesa has closed a pre-seed round with participation from Eric Osiakwan, Future Africa, Consonance Investment Managers and LTNT Investments to…

Africa’s only Metaverse venue bags Swiss VC funding

Billed as Africa’s first and only Metaverse venue, SodaWorld has secured initial global investment form a prestigious Swiss venture capital firm. The technology start-up enables…

DataProphet closes $10m series A round led by Knife Capital

South Africa-founded DataProphet has completed a $10 million series A funding round. This, says insiders, sets the AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) platform on its way to…

Droppa goes global following series A funding round

Droppa, a South African logistics start-up, closed its series A investment round with SkyNet Worldwide Express. The relationship, though, was not formed in a…

From zero to hero: Zimele backs 500 rural start-ups

Mining giant Anglo American has vowed to turn more than 500 South African start-ups in rural communities into sustainable and successful companies. This will…

African languages AI picked for Grindstone accelerator

Billed as Africa’s first conversational AI, Botlhale AI is among the 25 high-growth start-ups that were hand-picked for a year-long programme by Grindstone, a…

AfricArena announces more top speakers for Tunisia summit

With organisers announcing more high-profile speakers, the official countdown has begun for AfricArena’s upcoming North Africa summit hosted in Tunis, the capital, and the…

Closing the gender gap for women in technology

It seems the South African digital sector hasn’t quite grasped the age-old law of supply and demand. Technology companies are scrambling for capable women…

Africa’s start-up glory a major confident booster for Africans

A recent wave of technology innovation coming out of Africa is changing how Africans view the continent. This is according to a new report…

SAVCA to honour businesses who thrived with investment

Portfolio companies, private equity and venture capital funds have until Monday, 15 August to enter the 2022 SAVCA Industry Awards hosted by the Southern…

Win cash, training in Access Bank’s womenpreneur contest

On the eve of South Africa’s official Women’s Day celebrations, Access Bank South Africa has announced a new programme in which three women-owned start-ups…

Tech for good: start-ups drive change across Africa

Africa has long been touted as the continent with the most growth potential when it comes to tech and innovation. Many African countries are…

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…

BPS closes $2.7M seed round to improve electricity access

Beacon Power Services (BPS), a Nigerian energy tech company providing data and grid management solutions to help Africa’s power sector distribute electricity more efficiently,…

African start-ups shine in Migration Entrepreneurship Prize

No less than seven Nigerian tech start-ups walked away with top honours in this year’s Migration Entrepreneurship Prize, a programme designed for socially driven…

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Smart Tech: Turning the Tide on South Africa’s Water Crisis

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

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