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Kenya’s mobile customer care platform Ongair rakes in funding [updated]

The Hong Kong-founded venture capital firm and accelerator, Nest, has invested an undisclosed amount into Kenya’s mobile customer care platform Ongair. With hundreds of…

Axing of finance minister – SMEs in SA to lose big

South African small businesses are likely to lose more than they gain from President Jacob Zuma’s axing of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene. While Nene’s…

6 startups scaling up in India

Startups that operate in important sectors such as healthcare, analytics, and small business lending found funding today. And then there was news of an…

Investors should look to private equity in Sub-Saharan Africa, says CEO of SAVCA

Private equity in Africa is set to present significant opportunities, says CEO of the Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA), Erika van der…

Why SweepSouth believes in US-based 500 Startups incubator

South African-based on-demand cleaning service SweepSouth believes more local startups should take advantage of US-based initiative 500 Startups. The company recently returned from the…

Rise: Barclays officially opens hub to catalyse fintech innovation in Africa

Last month, ex-Barclay’s CEO Antony Jenkins warned that banks face massive disruption within the very near future. Similar to how the popular ride-sharing app…

Entrepreneurship training for African startups? Stakeholders disagree

While entrepreneurship is an essential aspect of the economy of most African countries with entrepreneurs acquiring knowledge from different sources, tech entrepreneurs in West…

Kenya starts testing new online IP registration system

The Kenyan Copyright Board (KECOBO) in development collaboration with Microsoft 4Afrika has created an online intellectual property (IP) registration system. This new prototype system…

Konga’s bold attempt to revolutionise online payments in Nigeria

Nigeria boasts over 80 million mobile internet users doing all kinds of stuff online. Yet, as big as the Nigerian tech landscape is, getting…

Tony Elumelu Foundation welcomes 1k entrepreneurs to Pan-African bootcamp

What’s being dubbed the largest ever gathering of emerging entrepreneurs on the continent, the Tony Elumelu Foundation‘s (TEF) two-day bootcamp session will host 1…

Online business network introduces ‘Small Business Toolkit’ for SA SMEs

South African online business network OpenTenders this week introduced its Small Business Toolkit which aims to connect entrepreneurs with relevant opportunities as well as…

From lab to launch: the quest to build startup success in SA’s innovation capital

Venture capitalist and founder of popular US seed fund Y Combinator Paul Graham once wrote that the recipe for startup “clusters” is having a…

PoS terminal startup Nomanini, TranSol partner to expand to Ghana

Nomanini, a South African-based Point of Sale (PoS) service provider, has partnered up with Transactions Solutions Ghana Limited (TranSol) to substantially scale the number…

Ampion Venture Bus: an NGO’s mission to drive impactful innovation in Africa

There are various initiatives through which entrepreneurs can come together to ideate, develop, test and launch a product (and company) in Africa, but none…

5 women entrepreneurs from Africa to keep an eye on

Africa is often viewed as a destitute region consumed by war, famine and disease. These are all very real facts and we are not…

Ghana’s student app startup Flippy Campus is going to DEMO Africa 2015

Flippy Campus, a made-in-Ghana product that aims to improve students’ campus experience has become one of the first startups that will be pitching to…

Why Africa’s ‘largest retailer’ Jumia calls itself a startup

In February, I put Nigeria’s two leading ecommerce giants Jumia Nigeria and Konga to the test. The results showed some concerns about the quality…

Are carpooling services Nigeria’s next big thing?

In March, I spoke to the country manager of “the world’s sexiest startup“, Uber, on how the company is faring in Nigeria. Among other…

Pivot East 2015 announces mobile startup semi-finalists

Pivot East, an East African-based startups competition for tech companies, has announced its semi-finalists for this year’s competition. All entries were based on a…

Africa’s the new China — here’s why investors should care

Apart from the fact that one is a continent and the other a country, Africa is the new China. This seems like an odd…

Tanzanian water filter innovation claims prestigious prize

Transitioning from being an successful engineer to a successful entrepreneur takes some doing. In an attempt to recognise and promote both innovation and business…

Venture Bus opens for applications to build 40 impactful startups in Africa

Ampion is back. This year, five Venture Bus tours will travel across a total of 14 African countries on a mission to join participants…

Wella Health: Charting course for digital health startups in Nigeria

In Nigeria, very few professionals enjoy job security like doctors. This is why it is not every day that you meet someone no longer thrilled…

How Digital Platforms Are Enhancing Culture and Connectivity for Tourists in Portugal

South African Shoppers Tempted With Free Tablets As Windows 10 Deadline Nears

Why Some Apps Feel Like a Digital Comfort Zone

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel