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LaunchLab recognised as top university incubator in Africa by UBI Global

Stellenbosch University’s LaunchLab has been recognised as the top University Incubator in Africa by UBI Global, which regularly maps business incubation. UBI Global released…

Here’s what Twitter co-founder, CEO Jack Dorsey has been up to so far in his Africa trip

Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey will be travelling through Africa this month. Dorsey announced in a tweet earlier today that he’d completed the…

Nigerian agritech startup Crop2Cash wins Seedstars Lagos

Crop2Cash, an agritech startup that provides smallholder farmers with access to finance and markets, has won this year’s Seedstars Lagos pitching event. The event…

After taking third place last year, job alert service Mohiri wins Seedstars Gaborone

If at first you don’t succeed, try again. This is what Botswana’s Mohiri has proved. After being placed third at last year’s Seedstars Gaberone,…

Interswitch Group acquires Nigerian startup eClat Healthcare

Lagos-based digital payments firm Interswitch Group has acquired eClat Healthcare, a Nigerian startup that develops hospital management software solutions. Interswitch said in a statement…

SmartBlade co-founder Dr Caroline Corbett scoops Awief’s Tech Entrepreneur Award

Dr Caroline Corbett, the co-founder of Cape Town based medtech startup SmartBlade, has won the Tech Entrepreneur Award at the 2019 Awief Awards. Dr Corbett (pictured above…

Zambian legaltech platform Apptorney wins Seedstars Lusaka

Zambian legaltech platform Apptorney has been named the winner of this year’s Seedstars Lusaka pitching event. Apptorney, which was founded last year by Muchu…

URGENT: Jack Ma speech to be streamed live from 1pm Central African Time

Want to hear entrepreneur Jack Ma speak? Here’s your chance to hear the Alibaba Group founder speak — today. Ma is due to address an event that…

Here are the finalists of $100k Zambezi Prize for Innovation in Financial Inclusion

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship together with the Mastercard Foundation has announced the 10 African startups selected as finalists for this year’s…

Edtech shines at Seedstars Tripoli as Elham Education wins pitch event

Libyan edtech startup Elham Education has been selected as the winner of this year’s edition of the Seedstars Tripoli pitch event. In all, seven…

Honeywell Group launches Lagos-based Itanna accelerator and investment vehicle

Nigerian corporate Honeywell Group has officially launched Itanna, a new Lagos-based accelerator and investment vehicle. The accelerator, which will be led by Honeywell Group…

This is how SA’s 2018 HiiL finalists are using tech to serve justice in the country

From an app to help citizens with paralegal services, to one that allows one to digitally sign contracts on any device — to another app that offers…

New incubator Tuksnovation to help commercialise IP at University of Pretoria

South Africa’s challenges must not be seen as problems but as opportunities for young entrepreneurs, says Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) CEO Mandisa Tshikwatamba….

Luno looking to hire 40 new staff at Cape office amid tech investment boom in city

Amid a tech boom in Cape Town, SA bitcoin exchange Luno has gone on a hiring spree. The startup is looking to fill 40 new…

Jack Ma to attend Unctad, Alibaba Group event on digital economy in Joburg

Jack Ma, the Alibaba Group founder and UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) special advisor, is set to speak at an event on the digital economy…

Microsoft funds three African startups to boost rural internet access

Tech giant Microsoft has, through its Airband Grant Fund, invested an undisclosed amount in three startups to provide internet access and cloud-enabled solutions to underserved…

Silicon Cape launches new membership model, strategy

Cape Town based tech initiative Silicon Cape has launched its new strategic plan, as well as a new membership model. The organisation, which aims to support…

SA drone startup Aerobotics launches bid to take on US market

SA aerial data-analytics startup Aerobotics has hired a US representative and plans to expand into the US market, with a team from the startup set to…

Andela’s VP global operations on why Kigali is strategic location for tech hub

US software training organisation Andela is betting on East Africa as a strategic location from which to recruit and train software developers for top employers around the world….

Cape Town’s IT sector more than double that of Lagos, Nairobi combined – report

A new report has found that the greater Cape Town area, including Stellenbosch, employs more than double the number of people that Lagos and Nairobi do…

AlphaCode calls on black-owned fintech startups to apply to programme

Fintech incubator AlphaCode is on the hunt for black-owned fintech startups, as well as innovators with ideas that could change the face of financial services…

Expat founders have it easier than locals says Danish founder of Rwandan startup

Do expat tech founders that set up startups in Africa have it easier than their local counterparts when running their business? Expat and entrepreneur Olivia Zank,…

How football helped kick off Nigerian agritech startup Farmcrowdy

In just 18 months Nigerian agritech platform Farmcrowdy has grown to helping 7000 farmers on farm land across nine states in Nigeria to help fund the purchase…

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

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

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

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

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