Africa

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…

In startups we trust: Africa and its ‘silent’ rise to stardom

It’s starting to get redundant to say tech is big in Africa. Of course tech is big in Africa. Tech is big everywhere –…

Big data, pet food and dating: these are 88mph’s 7 chosen SA startups

From a pet food delivery service to an innovative social mingling site and business analytics, African startup accelerator and fund programme 88mph has recently announced the…

NGOs launch new tool to map water and sanitation in Kenya’s largest slum

With an estimated 1.2-million residents, Kibera is Africa’s second largest and one of the biggest slums in the world with some of the poorest…

Waabeh shows snapshot of Africa’s music streaming industry [infographic]

Online music streaming has been booming ever since iTunes was released more than a decade ago. With African content for Africans in mind, services…

Jumia now offering budget-friendly X-touch tablet in Nigeria

Jumia is one of Nigeria’s largest online retail stores and offers a range products from women’s high-heels to cheap smartphones and books. To further…

LeadPath tech accelerator launches $1.5-million startup fund in Nigeria

There’s a new startup space blooming in East Africa and it’s all about leveraging Africa’s latest tech trends. Nigerian accelerator LeadPath recently unveiled its…

Carmudi boasts record figures with more than 10 000 cars listed

Online vehicle marketplace officially launched under the name Carmudi Nigeria October last year with the hopes of becoming the region’s largest online car retailer….

These are SA’s top four ‘U-Startups’ heading to Milan

The South African leg of the U-Start startup conference has come to an end with four impressive contenders awarded the opportunity to present their…

Royal Academy of Engineering launches Africa innovation prize

This is pretty cool. Africa has its fair share of innovation prizes but the vast majority of them are aimed at entrepreneurs and thinkers…

Bad business: the makings of an ecommerce venture in Africa

If you had to pick any industry that Africa seems to have clung onto since its tech boom, it has to be ecommerce. For…

U-Start Cape Town conference: the hunt for Africa’s top 4 startups

Africa’s potential for growth has been recognised by global investment advisory firm, U-Start. The boutique firm will be holding a national pitch event in…

Crowdfunding platform Afrikstart to revolutionise Africa’s startup scene

Launched in 2013 by Edwige Boum, and a group of students who met on an online course on Technology Entrepreneurship from Stanford University and…

SA’s popular e-reader app bookly wants everyone to be an author

The popular e-reader app for Mxit, bookly, is expanding its service offering to inspire writing as well. Designed by Native VML, bookly has had…

What SA startups should take away from the 2014 budget speech

Last week was the South African budget speech for 2014. While some might be upset about the recent tax increase of alcohol and cigarettes,…

88mph, L5Lab launch joint venture fund ‘440’ for Nigerian tech startups

In an attempt to further boost the West African tech scene, seed fund and accelerator 88mph has recently announced the launch of its latest…

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel