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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…

Nigerian accommodation booking site Hotels.ng just raised $1.2m

Nigerian accommodation booking site Hotels.ng has just raised US$1.2-million in funding from global firms Omidyar Group and EchoVC, TechCabal reports. Founded by Mark Essien…

MEST incubator looks to Kenyan talent in regional expansion

On a crusade to create a pan-African business incubator, Ghanian-based initiative Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) has announced that it’s entering Kenya —…

Q&A with MoboFree CEO on Africa’s fast-growing mobile marketplace

MoboFree is an African-based mobile marketplace with a social twist that allows people to buy, sell and swap products with each other. The goal…

Kenya’s million dollar bitcoin startup BitPesa expands to Tanzania

Kenyan bitcoin startup BitPesa is expanding to neighbouring Tanzania about a year after it launched its mobile-friendly digital currency exchange. Since then, the innovative…

Innovation Prize for Africa seeks creative pioneers across the continent

Have an ingenious invention hidden in a lab or your garage? If so, listen up. The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) is currently looking for…

Tech4Africa conference coming to Cape Town 28 August

Tech4Africa has just announced that it will be running its first ever Cape Town event on 28 August. The popular South African annual tech…

Standard Bank highlights US investment opportunities in Africa [Infographic]

According to recent research done by Standard Bank in South Africa, the greater continent offers US multinationals a compelling trade and investment opportunity thanks…

iROKOtv unveils international content to meet Africa’s growing market needs

Africa focused video-on-demand service iROKOtv is unveiling a new international content package, targeting its diverse subscribers throughout the continent. Adding to its existing line-up…

SA mobile PoS Nomanini scores R4.8-million to help scale internationally

Operating across Southern Africa and other emerging markets, the Cape Town, South Africa based mobile Point-of-Sale (PoS) startup Nomanini has just received an investment…

M-Pesa relaunches in SA: refined strategy, massive roll-out

Vodacom’s well-known mobile money transfer service M-Pesa is having a second go at South Africa’s mobile market. The telecom giant announced that, after two…

MzansiStore: this Etsy for Africa aims to empower local crafters

A few months ago, MzansiStore successfully raised funds on local crowdfunding site Thundafund in order to support one of South Africa’s designers. More than…

Worldreader brings mother-tongue ebooks to feature phones in Africa

Literacy in empoverished lands is a pressing issue, especially on the African continent. But NGOs and other organisations are looking to eradicate this discretion…

Physics, healthcare and imagination: meet Africa’s future

Every year, Microsoft asks university students to imagine what they could do with technology through its Imagine Cup competition — a skills-based challenge comprised…

Fixing the African startup space: stop looking at Silicon Valley

We are at a very exciting stage in the African Startup space. The attention we are getting internationally is great and we are seeing…

Project Isizwe launches 213 free Wi-Fi hotspots in Tshwane

The City of Tshwane, in partnership with the free Wi-Fi crusade Project Isizwe, has launched more than 200 new free internet zones. Centered at…

Go Metro named Cape Town winner of Get in the Ring 2014

Get in the Ring (GITR) South Africa has announced transport startup Go Metro as the regional winner of the Cape Town batch. Founder of…

Many fragments of a whole: unmasking Nigeria’s tech industry

“Things don’t work like that here,” someone in the audience responds as Gareth Knight, founder of popular tech conference Tech4Africa, talks about the need…

Pearson looking to fund, incubate Africa’s top edtech startups

Pearson, in collaboration with US accelerator Village Capital, has announced its Edupreneurs programme which seeks to support entrepreneurs across Africa trying to solve pressing…

Video on demand startup iROKOtv expands to East Africa

Online television startup iROKOtv will be opening up its doors to Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in the following week. The move comes as…

WeChat, Dream School partnership brings second screen content to mobile

Dream School SA, the prime time series featured on SABC, will transcend the television’s square box and push additional content via mobile channels, most…

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