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Nigerian edtech start-up Edves now in 1 300 African schools

Nigerian edtech start-up Edves has announced that its school management solution is now utilised in 1 300 schools in Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Cameroon Rwanda,…

Wanted: women-founded start-ups to work with L’Oréal

Beauty giant L’Oréal has created the Bold Female Founders initiative, designed to support female-led startups worldwide. The initiative will be developed by the group’s…

Start-ups channel VC funding towards tech recruitment

More than half (54%) of start-up businesses who have secured private equity or venture capital funding in the past 12 months invested capital in…

Local is king: Africa’s online platforms take on Silicon Valley

From online funeral service planning to voice-based messaging, Africa’s innovators are tapping local knowledge and cultures to develop their own tech platforms, reports Kim…

E-commerce in Africa to bring in $46bn by 2025

The African e-commerce market is set to reach an annual revenue of $46.1 billion by 2025. This is according to the latest research by…

Africa Data Centres lifts veil on 30MW facility in Accra

Africa Data Centres, a carrier-neutral co-location data centre provider, has announced the building of a 30MW data centre facility in Accra, Ghana. This comes…

JASIRI welcomes new cohort for talent investor programme

The Kigali-based JASIRI Talent Investor programme has announced its second cohort of high-potential aspiring entrepreneurs from Rwanda and Kenya. Starting this month, 52 fellows…

Alan Knott-Craig Jr gets into the ISP game

Former Mxit CEO and current Project Isizwe head Alan Knott-Craig Jr has entered the internet service provider game. The serial entrepreneur today launched a…

Does your personality type fit that of an entrepreneur?

According to a survey conducted by a California-based personality and career assessments company, Truity Psychometrics, found that extraverts are more likely to become entrepreneurs….

Accelerate Cape Town announces Ryan Ravens as CEO

Ryan Ravens has been appointed as Accelerate Cape Town‘s (ACT) new CEO. Established in 2007, business leadership organisation ACT has become a prominent player…

Sunday Times, FNB announce Dragons’ Den style competition for KZN entrepreneurs

South African weekly newspaper the Sunday Times and First National Bank (FNB) have teamed up to launch a Dragons’ Den-style contest for entrepreneurs in…

Duty free shopping startup named top dog at Seedstars Abidjan

Duty free shopping startup Airshop has been named the regional winner of Seedstars World in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The global competition for startups from emerging…

Finalists announced for 2015 She Leads Africa pitch competition

The She Leads Africa competition has announced its top six finalists for the 2015 Entrepreneur Showcase event. Taking place between 25 to 26 September…

SUPERBALIST.COM CELEBRATING YOUTH Changing the way the youth shop and applauding creative talent

Superbalist.com, South Africa’s only high-trend curated online shopping destination, has in excess of 1 million members. With an ever expanding selection of the best…

Convergence Partners announces $20m investment to stimulate tech in West Africa

Pan-African investment management firm Convergence Partners has announced an investment of US$20-million for a minority stake in Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN), a tech investment…

Designing for emerging markets, the challenges businesses face in Africa

Emerging markets are full of opportunity for the clever entrepreneur. Across Africa, Asia and South America are countries with millions of underserved consumers. These…

Banking Africa’s Unbanked – Time For A Reality Check

Plenty of progress has been made on increasing the size of Africa’s banked population. The trouble is, from the amount of noise that is…

Nomanini scales West African footprint with Transaction Solutions partnership

South African-based portable Point of Sale (PoS) service provider Nomanini has announced it has signed an exclusive agreement with Transactions Solutions Ghana Limited (GSE:…

Geeks Online SA to launch soon

Brand new education startup Geeks Online SA (GOSA) based in Cape Town, South Africa, looks to bring an innovative solution in the education space. It’s…

Top international fashion brands are a click away at Superbalist.com

Attention all fashion lovers! Popular international fashion brands, Vero Moda and Jack & Jones, are now exclusively available at online fashion destination, Superbalist.com. Gone…

The Hope Factory Stakeholder Day celebrates entrepreneurs, funders

Non-profit enterprise development organisation The Hope Factory brought together funders, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders at its aptly named Stakeholder Day in Johannesburg, South Africa….

Superbalist hits 1 million members

Cape Town, 25 September 2014: Superbalist.com, South Africa’s only high-trend curated online shopping destination, has come of age reaching 1 million members. To mark…

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Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

Conservio raises $1M to expand sustainable travel

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