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Top African startups are upbeat over plans for 2020 – here’s why

It might still be early days, but 2020 seems set to be a good year for African tech startups. This is the general sentiment…

Naked betting on fairer, less costly insurance with chatbots and social cause initiative

Johannesburg-based startup Naked has been able to cut the cost of acquiring new clients to about half that of traditional direct insurance companies, using…

Nigerian mobile payments firm Paga acquires software development company Apposit

Lagos-based mobile payments firm Paga has acquired US-based software development firm Apposit. Although it is based in the US, Apposit primarily operates from Addis…

Could AfriLab’s Capacity Building Programme be the biggest such initiative of its kind in Africa?

Last month, AfriLabs, a pan-African network of tech and innovation hubs, announced the launch of its AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme (ACBP). The 36-month initiative,…

Digital Lab Africa opens applications for its fourth acceleration programme

Digital Lab Africa (DLA) is calling on creatives and cultural entrepreneurs from Sub-Saharan African countries to apply for the fourth edition of its acceleration…

SA’s I’M IN Accelerator to provide startups in 2020 cohort with up to R1.5m in funding [Updated]

UPDATE 20 January 2019: Subsequent to this article being published, I’M IN Accelerator told Ventureburn that it will provide startups that are accepted into…

SA, Egyptian startups selected for Startupbootcamp FinTech Dubai 2020 cohort

South Africa’s SnapSlip and Egypt’s Fawaterak have been selected along with eight other startups for Startupbootcamp FinTech Dubai‘s 2020 cohort. The accelerator, which launched…

Here are the 14 winners of the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards

Tech advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the winners of the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards following its annual awards party held in Cape Town on Monday (12…

Nigeria’s Terragon Group acquires Singaporean mobile ad company

Nigerian data analytics company Terragon Group has announced that it has acquired Singaporean mobile advertising company Bizense. In a statement on Monday (12 November), the Lagos-based company did…

Meet the Cape Town, Jozi startups that will pitch at Seedstars SA finals

After holding pre-selection rounds in Cape Town and Johannesburg, emerging market startup competition Seedstars World will tomorrow (14 November) host the Seedstars South Africa…

Here are the nine startups set to pitch at Seedstars Banjul this Saturday

Seedstars World, one of the leading startup competitions for emerging markets, has announced the nine Gambian startups set to pitch later this week at…

Microsoft SA launches Head Start programme to help startups grow

SA tech startups are set to benefit from tech, business development and legal support following Microsoft SA‘s announcement today (12 November) of the launch…

Obsession with raising $1bn to become a unicorn is wrong says Silvertree man

It is wrong and flawed for investors and entrepreneurs to focus on creating the next unicorn (a tech company with a billion-dollar valuation) charges…

Second class of Launchpad Africa have raised $12m, created 253 jobs – Google

The 11 startups from the second class of Google’s Launchpad Africa accelerator have created 253 jobs and have raised over $12-million before and during the…

Botswana food delivery startup MyFoodness wins Seedstars Gaborone

Botswana food delivery platform MyFoodness has been selected as the winner of Seedstars Gaborone pitch event, which took place on Friday (9 November). MyFoodness was placed first…

SBC AfriTech startups have raised €600k and secured 20 pilot agreements [Updated]

Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech participants have been able to secure 20 proof-of-concept, pilot and commercial agreements and collectively raise €600 000 in funding to date, the Cape…

‘Seedstars regional summit to help foster meaningful discussions’ [Q&A]

Having successfully held 15 pitch events — with another taking place today (9 November) in Botswana — and with four more to go, Seedstars…

We’re set to become first tokenised African tech accelerator – Kenya’s iHub

Kenyan hub and tech accelerator iHub today (8 October) announced that it will digitise all of its company assets using blockchain technology, and claims that…

Dimension Data to host NTT Data Open Innovation Contest regional challenge

SA IT company Dimension Data will host a regional challenge in February next year that aims to identify mature startups that can work with…

Meet the Kenya, Nigeria, SA Google Impact Challenge finalists

Google has announced the Kenyan, Nigerian and South African finalists of its Impact Challenge, while calling on the public to vote for the People’s choice…

Second cohort of MAN Impact Accelerator kicks off with three SA companies

The second edition of the MAN Impact Accelerator kicked off yesterday (5 November) in Munich, Germany with three SA startups making up part of the second…

Losing a patient led Cameroonian nurse to found award-winning startup Infiuss

Two years ago after graduating from nursing school in Cameroon, a helpless Melissa Bime watched as a five-year-old patient of hers died — because…

Digital Lab Africa to open call to content innovators – from music to animators

African innovators in digital music, web creation, virtual reality (VR), video games and animation better listen up. French backed incubation platform Digital Lab Africa (DLA)…

Huawei’s All-Optical smart-home showcase unleashes a new era of home connectivity in Africa

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