Africa

Eco-Innovators programme seeks to make environmental entrepreneurs investment ready

Cape Town, South Africa-based incubator and consultancy firm Impact Amplifier has opened applications for its Eco-Innovators investment-readiness programme. Set to start in late January…

Report details how frontier investing can benefit investors

Foundation and impact investment firm Omidyar Network has released a new report detailing how investors can benefit from frontier capital investments. Entitled Frontier Capital: Early…

Tech4Africa’s Gareth Knight: Africa needs real tech heroes

Africa needs heroes. Real heroes, who build innovative products for the continent and live on the continent, not exiles who’ve found their fortunes in…

Africa is the new frontier of impact investing

In the endless search for global development opportunities, the supply is limited for the first time in history. Africa is truly the last frontier….

Nigeria’s person-to-person money transfer company Paga bags $13m

The Nigerian person-to-person money transfer company, Paga, has secured US$13-million from renowned international investment firms Adlevo Capital, Omidyar Network, Goodwell West Africa, Acumen Fund,…

Affordable greenhouse company recognised as best startup in Kenya

A company responsible for constructing affordable, modern greenhouses has been recognised as the best startup in Kenya. This follows the winning pitch of Illuminum…

Meet Seedstars World’s 11 top startups of Ethiopia

The startup competition for emerging markets, Seedstars World, has made it to Ethiopia for the first time, revealing 11 of the East African county’s…

Green Pioneer Accelerator reveals 23 entrepreneurs selected from Kenya, SA

The Green Pioneer Accelerator has announced which entrepreneurs it’ll be taking on for the 2015 programme. The programme, sponsored by Impact Amplifier, Growth Africa,…

9 foodie startups out to change the way South Africans eat

From restaurant discovery to on-demand chefs and a calorie controlled food subscription, there are a growing number of interesting, mouth-watering tech startups out to…

Say hello to ALN Ventures’ 9 inspiring startups of 2015

Today’s startups. Tomorrow’s leaders. African Leadership Network (ALN) Ventures has revealed its latest in-take of entrepreneurs for 2015. From Cameroon to Nigeria and South…

3 unique trends shaping Nigeria’s startup ecosystem

In April last year, it was announced that Nigeria’s economy had overtaken South Africa’s, making it the biggest on the continent. This coincided with…

Jumia partners with First Bank of Nigeria so shoppers can pay in installments

“Those days of saving up all you had only to buy one single product are over,” Jumia boasts. Nigerian ecommerce has always had a…

Mobile startup Giraffe launches to help fill SA’s unemployment gap

South Africa’s unemployment rate hovers somewhere above the 20% mark with almost half of that number consisting of the country’s youth. A new startup,…

These are Chivas Regal’s top 5 social entrepreneurs of South Africa

Popular luxury whisky brand Chivas Rigal has just unveiled its five finalists of its Win the Right Way campaign. With a focus on social…

DEMO Africa 2015 to be hosted in Lagos for second year in a row

For the second year running, Lagos is going to host 2015 edition of DEMO Africa. The event will be co-hosted by The Ministry of…

Affordable fashion marketplace HipCloset wants to help you sell your blue jeans online

When it comes to ecommerce in South Africa, the fashion industry is certainly growing in popularity. The fact that only airline ticket sales generate…

Fintech startup Azimo is tapping into West Africa’s remittance market

As you may know by now, the remittance scene in Africa is quite a big topic with a bunch of startups both locally and…

Rwanda’s Think incubator is calling for its second in-take

Rwanda’s Think incubator is calling for tech startups to join its six-month accelerator programme in Kigali. This comes at the back of thefirst in-take…

Kenya’s M-Kopa wins $1.5M, plans to build university institute

Solar energy in Africa is really hip and happening. The pay-as-you-go solar energy startup from Kenya, M-Kopa, has just won the 2015 Zayed Future…

Ubongo, Lekki Peninsula Affordable Schools named Africa’s top edupreneurs

There are plenty of exciting entrepreneurs in Africa trying to kickstart education systems through affordable education, interactive games, online content and digital career discovery…

Uber finally comes to Kenya, African expansion to be tested

It was only a matter of time before Uber unleashed its East African chapter. The US$40-billion worth taxi company is finally about to show…

Meet iXperience: the startup that’s teaching US college kids how to code in Africa

When you think about Africa, foreign kids traveling to the continent to learn how to code isn’t the first thing that comes to mind….

From the horse’s mouth: 7 tips every startup needs to follow in 2015

Did you know that in 2014 the world hit 52% of its entrepreneurial capacity? That’s according to the Global Entrepreneurship Index, which hosted last…

How VR Meditation Apps Like Realms of Flow and Others Are Redefining Our Connection with Reality

Transforming Healthcare in Africa with Technology

How forex trading is transforming startup investment strategies

How One Energy Project Could Reshape Climate Action

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain